# Lesotho holds X-Road pilot planning workshop for government data exchange

> The 20–23 October Berea workshop is assessing secure data sharing and use cases for child-focused services.

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- Published: 2026-10-21T14:40:05+00:00
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- Event / data period: 2026-10-20
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Lesotho’s Ministry of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation and UNICEF Lesotho are holding a four-day X-Road Pilot Planning, Readiness and Use Case Identification Workshop in Berea from 20 to 23 October 2026. The announcement was published on 21 October.

The workshop is assessing ministries’ readiness to join the National Data Exchange, identifying priority use cases that could improve access to child-focused services, and discussing an implementation roadmap. The government describes the initiative as aimed at secure inter-agency data sharing and better service coordination; it did not say the pilot had been completed.

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| 2026-10-20 | Lesotho holds X-Road pilot planning workshop for government data exchange | Lesotho’s Ministry of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation and UNICEF Lesotho are holding a four-day X-Road Pilot Planning, Readiness and Use Case Identification Workshop in Berea from 20 to 23 October 2026. The announcement was published on 21 October. | occurred |

Sources: <https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/the-government-of-lesotho-remains-committed-to-strengthening-secure-data-exchange-across-government-institutions-and-enhancing-service-delivery-for-basotho?lang=en> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/lesotho-x-road-pilot-planning-workshop-berea-october-2026/data/announcement?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/lesotho-x-road-pilot-planning-workshop-berea-october-2026/data/announcement?lang=en&format=csv)

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- [Government of Lesotho, distributed by APO Group](<https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/the-government-of-lesotho-remains-committed-to-strengthening-secure-data-exchange-across-government-institutions-and-enhancing-service-delivery-for-basotho?lang=en>) (Source checked: 2026-10-21; Published: 2026-10-21)

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