Region
Africa
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Unknown
Transparency in processes to access, review, edit and delete one's identity data
No
Allow digital authentication
Unknown
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Unknown
Claim to have a digital identity
Yes
Collects or uses biometric data
Yes
Data Protection Act
Yes
Digital identity has legal status
No
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Unknown
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
Ministry of the Interior
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
No
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity authority is subject to courts oversight
No
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Unknown
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
No
Legally binding redressal mechanism
None
Name of the identity
Carte Nationale d’Identité Electronique (CNIE)
Organizations providing funding
World Bank
Organizations providing technical support
Thales
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
No
Qualitative status for implementation
A loan agreement has been concluded in 2023 between the World Bank and the central African nation of Gabon for the implementation of a project dubbed “Digital Gabon.” The key objective is to facilitate access to legal identity and select digital government services, according to a World Bank press release. The country has not issued ID cards to its citizens since 2012, with several episodes of failed government promises.
Quantitative status of implementation
Plan
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
No
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
No
Type of institutional governance structure
Others