Illustration of e-ID card (frontend / backend)
The Functions of the National e-ID Card
Electronic Identity (e-ID)
This is the simplest but major function of the National e-ID Card as it contains key information of the applicant or Card holder recorded in the Database: National ID number, ID photo, the Cardholder/applicant’s address, name and other details are stored here and securely locked away and can ONLY be read by authorized terminals or Card Acceptance Devices (CADs).
Match-on-Card (MoC)
The card has your 10 fingerprints taken at the point of registration in to the National Identity Database safely stored away on it. No unauthorized person can access them. The Match-on Card (MoC) is the most secure technology to authenticate a person. A secure terminal or a Card Acceptance Device (CAD) is used to match a specific fingerprint against that locked away on the National e-ID Card to clarify authentication card or fake card as well as right person though MK DSS verification and authentication solution (MK e-ID solution)
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) – Security
This function facilitates secure communication between persons, users and devices. PKI as it is called helps in building trust for transactions as well as ensuring confidentiality of business transactions such as e-commerce, internet banking and business emails. With the PKI function on the National e-ID Card, electronic signature can be duly applied to sign binding contracts, applications, documents, online identification and at vending/ATM machines.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) – Travel
The National e-ID Card is also a travel document and conforms to such standards as the ICAO just like the International Passport. This function on the Card provides future functionality for anyone who may wish to embark on cross border migration such as regional travel within Ethiopia as well as other countries in Africa and or other consenting Countries where a visa is not required.
Optional: Payment
This payment Function enables the National e-ID Card to be used as a tool for making payments for goods and services in any part of the world. With the new e-ID Card, money can be transferred, paid into, withdraw money at ATM/Kiosk or loaded into an individual’s e-ID Card.
Other Functions of the National e-ID Card
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