Region
Africa
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Yes
Transparency in processes to access, review, edit and delete one's identity data
Unknown
Allow digital authentication
Yes
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
Yes
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Yes
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
National ID Program (NIDP)
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
Yes
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Yes
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Unknown
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Both
Name of the identity
Fayda ID
Organizations providing funding
World Bank
Organizations providing technical support
MOSIP Implementation by NIDP and partnering Banks, Printing system implementation by Madras Security Printers
Personal data breach notification
Yes
Procedural rules for the ID
Yes
Qualitative status for implementation
In December 2023, Ethiopia completed linking TINs to Fayda numbers. In 2024, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology launched procuring strategy for infrastructure for the digital ID project. Despite only four million enrolled so far, Ethiopia aims to register 90 million citizens by 2028, delayed from the original 2025 target.
Quantitative status of implementation
Rollout
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Yes
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Yes
Type of institutional governance structure
ID or Registration Authority