World Bank adds $19M for Rwanda's biometric digital ID rollout

Rwanda's parliament has ratified about $19 million in additional World Bank financing to complete a national digital ID system and digitise civil registration. About 13.7 million people have already been biometrically enrolled, with the ID rollout 76 percent complete. The project links biometric identity, government data hubs and access to public and private services, a pattern of foundational identity infrastructure being built with international funding that could later condition participation in daily life.