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Gabon: Biometric National Registry (Photo: Business Wire)
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital
security, has been selected by the State of Gabon for its national
biometric identification initiative, following an international
tender. The program aims to build a reliable national biometric civil
registry to replace paper identification with electronic documents and
generate a secure electoral register ahead of the local 2013 elections.
The agreement supports Digital Gabon strategic plan to modernize
and secure the country’s infrastructure and protect its citizens from
identity fraud.
The Gemalto end-to-end solution comprises of its Coesys biometric
citizen enrolment system including desktop and mobile stations with the
related software to capture citizens’ demographic data, fingerprints and
digital photographs. The solution integrates fingerprint matching
capabilities to guarantees the identity’s uniqueness of each entry.
Gemalto also provides its Coesys Issuance solution to enable the
Gabonese government to personalize future official documents as well as
a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to build a trusted backbone for the
integration of future eGovernment services. Gemalto also supplies
consulting, training, technical assistance and maintenance services.
The biometric database will serve as a master registry to issue all
citizen ID, including birth certificates, national identity cards,
passports and driver’s licenses. Tamper-proof biometric authentication
will be instrumental to preventing fraud and abuse of government
benefits programs.
“This project is a matter of sovereignty and national security for
the Gabonese Republic,” said Jean-François Ndongou, Minister of
Interior. “We benefit from Gemalto’s unrivaled expertise in citizen’s
enrolment programs that will enable us to make this project a reality.
This initiative will slash identity fraud, strengthen transparency in
election and contribute to reinforcing representative democracy.”
“The creation of a biometric national registry in Gabon marks a major
milestone for Central Africa,” added Ari Bouzbib, Senior Vice
President at Gemalto. “Following the successful enrolment of
beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance in 2009, this new program
underlines the success of the nation’s 'Emerging Gabon 2025' strategy.
Customer proximity and local presence are essential in such a large
strategic project, and our Libreville bureau will provide full support
throughout the program.”
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital
security with 2011 annual revenues of €2 billion and more than
10,000 employees operating out of 74 offices and 14 Research &
Development centers, located in 43 countries.
We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions of
people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel,
shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are
enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for
personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access,
identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency,
convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M)
applications.
Gemalto develops secure embedded software and secure products which we
design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these secure
products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user
services they enable. Our innovations offer more ways for our clients to
enhance the convenience and security of people’s digital lives.
Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to
interact with the digital and wireless world.
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