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
No
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
National Registration Bureau (NRB)
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
National Registration and Identification System (NRIS)
Organizations providing funding
World Bank
Organizations providing technical support
UNDP EU Irish Aid
Personal data breach notification
No
Procedural rules for the ID
No
Qualitative status for implementation
In 2022, the country approached 94% registration of population in the biometric identity. Has parallely set up a national eKYC database, which allows ID to be leveraged for different use cases. In 2024, the country has received technical and financial support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the European Union (EU) and Irish Aid to introduce a digital ID system.
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
ID or Registration Authority
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