Ethiopia’s Immigration and Citizenship Services (ICS) department has signed an agreement with Toppan Gravity Ethiopia, a joint venture of Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) and the Japanese ID document printing firm Toppan, to initiate security printing in the country. The program is presently awaiting the delivery of one million personalized cards from Indian firm Madras Security Printers, which won a tender in August. Concerns about privacy, security and the uses of personal data linger, particularly in the wake of an armed ethnic conflict in the country’s Tigray region. However, the government says no information pertaining to ethnicity will be used and promises to strengthen storage infrastructure through an increase in partnerships. Article TopicsAfrica | biometric passport | digital ID | Ethiopia | Ethiopia National ID Program (NIDP) | government purchasing | identity document | Toppan Gravity

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2023 21:20 UTC