Namibia Looks to Lesotho for Digital Policing Inspiration

Maseru — When Lesotho tech firm EngiData first visited Police Headquarters in 2019, they were not greeted by sleek servers or computer screens but by stacks of thick paper books, handwritten records of every spotfine issued across shifts. According to Neo Kolobe, Managing Director at EngiData, that moment sparked a revolutionary idea. “We were told there was no money to digitize the process,” Kolobe recalled. “But we showed them that the money was right there in those books. The unpaid fines themselves could…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...