âA Digital ID will serve as a primary Bank ID and will have legal acceptance in all financial institutions,â the government said in a statement.
Ethiopia, a nation currently struggling with deep food shortages and famine, has announced that they will make it obligatory to have a national digital ID in order to use banking services in the country.
Over a week ago the United Nationsâ World Food Programme said that they were appalled at the levels of theft going in Ethiopia, in regards to how many people were stealing the provided rations, and have demanded that biometric checkpoints be instigated to alleviate the problem before they start making any real resupplies there…
