EA eyes digital identification systems to solve its problems

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A Huduma Namba Clerk gets the biometric data of a woman in Nairobi, Kenya on May 15, 2019. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG

Digital identification is swiftly becoming the hallmark of technological sophistication in the region, as countries lay ground to roll out new generation forms of personal documentation. But just how will they solve the current problems related to security and identification?

Rwanda has recently drafted a bill to govern the issuance and use of digital IDs that if enacted, will give way to a disbursement of $40 million from the World Bank to support the initiative, projected to be completed within the next three years.