Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has announced winning the “African Excellence E-Government Award,” noting that the prize constitutes a recognition of the services provided by Morocco’s new, digitized general identity cards (CNIE 2.0).
DGSN received the award during the ceremony of the 15th annual great African mass of innovation, Africa Pay & ID Expo (APIDE), the Moroccan security directorate said in a press release.
The ceremony took place from May 26-28 in Marrakech, with the participation of several countries and organizations working on the advancement of digitization across the African continent.
“This continental coronation is part of the structuring projects recently launched by the General Directorate of National Security in order to ensure the transition to a complete digital identity, highly secure and integrating modern technologies in the identity documents,” DGSN said in the press release.
It emphasized that its newly launched CNIE can contribute to speeding up the digital transition process in public administration, enabling all public and private services to bring their “range of services closer to the general public.”
Morocco’s new identity card consists of new standards that seek to counter fraud and identity theft. It also aims to integrate new services in line with Morocco’s approach to digital development.
Morocco has in the past months invested considerable efforts in digitizing its public administration.
Ghita Mezzour, Delegate Minister for Digital Transition and Administration Reform, has committed to expanding access to the internet in Morocco, saying that this is the first step towards reaching Morocco’s digitization goals.
According to recent estimates, Morocco has nearly 34 million internet users, making the North African country among the top three African states with the largest internet networks.
But Mezzour is adamant that the number is not sufficient, saying that the country is looking to invest more efforts in expanding and strengthening internet coverage to accelerate its digital transition.
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