Rolling outEswatini
ERS requires authorised fiscal devices and electronic VAT records; check the ERS instruction that applies to your business.
ERS · TaxCore
Fiscal device
Hloliwe: planned
E-invoicing across Africa
Find the rules.
For your country.
Understand the tax authority’s rollout, the dates that matter and what your business must do.
Authority rollout and Hloliwe availability are different things. See the ERS preparation status for our current position.
Read the illustrated guideExplore the map
Natural Earth geographic boundaries. Small countries have a locator dot. The country list gives the same information.
LiveRolling outAnnouncedConsulting
Country in focus: tap or hover a country to change
Eswatini
Rolling outFiscal device
Hloliwe: planned
- EswatiniFiscal device · plannedRolling out
- LesothoHybrid · plannedRolling out
- BotswanaNot yet set · plannedAnnounced
- South AfricaNot yet set · plannedConsulting
- NamibiaNot yet set · plannedAnnounced
- KenyaReal-time reporting · plannedLive
- TanzaniaHybrid · plannedLive
- ZambiaReal-time reporting · plannedLive
- ZimbabweHybrid · plannedLive
- UgandaReal-time reporting · plannedLive
- RwandaReal-time reporting · plannedLive
- MalawiClearance · plannedLive
Country guides
Other-country references below describe their own authorities, not Eswatini rules.
Rolling out
Rolling outLesotho
VAT-registered taxpayers must complete Lekuka rollout by 30 October 2026 under RSL’s signed extension; its website and awareness slides say compliant use by 1 November 2026. Prepare for the earlier date.
RSL · Lekuka
Hybrid
Hloliwe: planned
AnnouncedBotswana
Botswana has legislated electronic billing; the regulations defer system commencement to April 2027.
BURS · Electronic Billing System (EBS)
Not yet set
Hloliwe: planned
ConsultingSouth Africa
SARS is consulting on a digital VAT model; the consultation is not a new invoicing mandate.
SARS · Not yet announced
Not yet set
Hloliwe: planned
AnnouncedNamibia
NamRA is procuring an e-invoicing system; procurement is not an operational business mandate.
NamRA · Not yet announced
Not yet set
Hloliwe: planned
LiveKenya
eTIMS extends electronic invoice reporting beyond VAT-registered businesses.
KRA · eTIMS
Real-time reporting
Hloliwe: planned
LiveTanzania
Use an approved fiscal device or software system where TRA’s receipt rules apply.
TRA · EFD / VFD
Hybrid
Hloliwe: planned
LiveZambia
VAT taxpayers must use Smart Invoice; ZRA says standard penalties apply from 1 October 2024.
ZRA · Smart Invoice
Real-time reporting
Hloliwe: planned
LiveZimbabwe
VAT operators must connect fiscal invoices to ZIMRA’s Fiscalisation Data Management System.
ZIMRA · FDMS
Hybrid
Hloliwe: planned
LiveUganda
EFRIS covers VAT-registered businesses and designated sectors; check the rules for your trade.
URA · EFRIS
Real-time reporting
Hloliwe: planned
LiveRwanda
Rwanda’s EBM rules cover taxable activities whether or not the business is VAT registered.
RRA · EBM
Real-time reporting
Hloliwe: planned
LiveMalawi
Malawi moved from fiscal hardware to EIS for VAT businesses from 1 May 2026.
MRA · Electronic Invoicing System (EIS)
Clearance
Hloliwe: planned
A category, not a country
Peppol-based regimes
Peppol is a network for sending invoices and credit notes between businesses through accredited service providers. On its own it is not tax clearance: the tax authority does not approve each invoice.
Some countries add tax reporting on top of the exchange. In the United Arab Emirates, for example, the tax data is a separate message from the invoice itself. Hloliwe does not connect to Peppol today.
Sources: OpenPeppol, PINT-EU billing specification; OpenPeppol, UAE Tax Data Document process. Both accessed 27 October 2026.
Don’t see your country?
Tell us where your business operates.