Tanzania president demands faster digital ID harmonization, online service delivery

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the ministries of Home Affairs and Information, Communications and IT to fast-track digitizing government services and unifying ID data, Kenya’s The Guardian reports.

At the August 10 launch of the Airtel-2Africa submarine cable landing station and Airtel’s 5G Network in Dar es Salaam, Hassan said the National Identification Authority, which administers the nation's personal ID number program, needs to work with both ministries to harmonize the identification programs.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will …

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