Rwanda’s Digital ID: Iris scans, fingerprints help recovery when lost
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- 25 Apr 2023
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Rwanda plans to issue digital ID cards to all residents and replace the current physical IDs. Photo by Courtesy
The technology considered for Rwanda’s proposed digital identity (ID) cards, including biometric data such as fingerprints and iris scans, will make them ‘recoverable’, even when the holder has lost one or forgotten their identification number, the Minister of ICT and Innovation told The New Times on Monday, April 24.
Minister Paula Ingabire was shedding light on what could happen if someone loses their digital ID card — once such cards start being used in Rwanda — or forgets their digital ID card number.
Last week, Parliament adopted the relevance of the draft law governing population registration in the national system of single digital identity (SDID). This is intended to have an inclusive and trusted digital identification and authentication framework to enable the further roll-out of end-to-end digital services.
Ingabire told lawmakers that Rwanda plans to issue digital ID cards to all residents and replace the current physical IDs, within three years. She said the Digital ID will come in three forms: Mobile ID, Physical ID card with a QR (Quick Response) code; and tokens. Read More…
