Region
Africa
Enables service providers to collect a KYC packet of profile information
Identity act establishes the identity authority being subject to general oversight of the courts
Allow digital authentication
Yes
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Collects or uses biometric data
Yes
Digital identity
Yes
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
Identity act codifies the digital identities legal status
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity act or secondary policy transparent about the terms of collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Name of the identity
Maisha Namba/ National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS)
Qualitative status for implementation
High court halted roll-out of pilot implementation given privacy concerns. But in 2024 it was again rolled out. In 2024, the country announced the opening of new digital ID registration centers and the involvement of local chiefs in sensitization campaigns as part of efforts to ramp up registration for birth certificates and the Maisha digital ID, amidst design irregularities and exclusion concerns.
Quantitative status of implementation
3
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Yes
Type of institutional governance structure