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
No
Allow digital authentication
Yes
Allow individuals to use a SSO or esign facility to authenticate themselves through a single government portal
Yes
Claim to have a digital identity
Yes
Collects or uses biometric data
Yes
Data Protection Act
Yes
Digital identity has legal status
Unknown
Entities other than the owner or operator use the digital identity infrastructure
Yes
Governance structure responsible for de digital identity
Unknown
Identity act establishes the accountability of the ID executors to the ID authority
Unknown
Identity act or civil registry act
Yes
Identity authority is subject to courts oversight
Unknown
Identity infrastructure enable at least two sectoral use cases
Yes
Identity system is under the purview of Freedom of Information Law
Legally binding redressal mechanism
Legally established mechanism
Name of the identity
SeyID
Organizations providing funding
Unknown
Organizations providing technical support
WISeKey
Personal data breach notification
No
Procedural rules for the ID
Yes
Qualitative status for implementation
ID platform launched in 2024 for public and private use.
Quantitative status of implementation
Rollout
Secondary act or policy for digital identity
Unknown
Transparency about collection, storage and sharing of personal data
Yes
Type of institutional governance structure
Unknown