- Ethiopia’s Ministry of Peace has announced the launch of a national identification system.- Local reports confirm that the system is based on Cardano’s Atala PRISM.This is the world’s largest deployment of blockchain in Africa.EDIT: added the article in the comments! For some reason it kept getting removed whenever I posted it in here.EDIT2: here's the link to the first announcement, which was made in Aramaic on the FB account of the Ministry of Peace of Ethiopia: https://ift.tt/37rt2ly about it from the article:According to the Ministry of Peace, the first pilot test was successfully completed this week under the slogan “One Man is One.” The system stores basic personal information (full name, date of birth, gender, nationality and current address) as well as biometric data (photo, fingerprints and eyeballs). “This system can be used to verify a person’s identity not only with a card but also with a biometric system with the help of digital technology,” the announcement states.The ministry also announced that “various service providers will integrate their systems with this basic system so that they can serve their customers securely and quickly. Consultations are underway with stakeholders to further mobilize the resources needed to implement the system at the national level.”Citizens of the African country apparently only need to take a photo via smartphone and enter the required data on their device to register. As an incentive, the Ethiopian government is offering a financial reward for registering.
Submitted February 19, 2021 at 05:33PM
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