Ethiopia is launching the nation's first Foundational ID project, providing national IDs equipped with biometrics to residents.
The East African nation plans to ease the issuance of digital IDs; minimize the reliance on smart cards, ease of distribution and usage of new IDs; and provide authentication for both online and offline scenarios. The Ethiopian government selected TECH5's T5-ABIS BE (Biometric Engine) for face, fingerprint and iris modalities for biometric identification, de-duplication and enrollment, as well as T5-Digital ID for issuance and authentication of foundational IDs in Ethiopia.