Unique electronic identifier: Captain Ibrahim Traoré gives the go-ahead and warns fraudsters
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Unique electronic identifier: Captain Ibrahim Traoré gives the go-ahead and warns fraudsters (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso's head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, launched in Ouagadougou the mass registration for the national unique electronic identifier register, which will assign an individual number to every Burkinabè and to foreigners residing or in transit in the country. The system aims to fight…
Unique Electronic Identifier: the President of Faso launches the population registration operation (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
President of Faso Captain Ibrahim Traoré presided over the official launch in Ouagadougou of the mass registration of the population in the unique identifier register. The operation aims to strengthen digital sovereignty and modernise civil registration.
Burkina Faso: Captain Ibrahim Traoré officially launches mass enrolment for the electronic unique identifier (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
President Ibrahim Traoré launched in Ouagadougou the nationwide mass enrolment of the population in the national unique identifier register, under the WURI project. It includes collecting biometric data through public bodies.
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