🇷🇼Rwanda

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Rwanda

Program

Digital ID (e-Indangamuntu), NIDA

Status

Used by most adults

National ID card

ID card compulsory

Biometrics

Yes

Law

2023 digital ID law

NIDA's digital ID has a unique number, a transaction token, and a card with a QR code. Kigali rollout began in February 2026 and enrolment passed 8 million by August 2026. A March 2026 report says current cards will be phased out by June 2027, with banks, hospitals and telecoms to use the new authentication system by then.

• allAfrica — Rwanda: Govt Sets 2027 Deadline for Full Shift to Digital ID ↗
• Parliament of Rwanda — Senators commend progress on digital ID rollout ↗
• The New Times — Enrollment for Digital ID surpasses 8 million ↗

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status

Pilot

Name

e-FRW

The National Bank of Rwanda revealed in 2025 that it had started a pilot to test the feasibility, integration and legality of a CBDC (e-FRW).

• Human Rights Foundation — Rwanda CBDC Tracker ↗

UN and WHO

How Rwanda has voted

WHO

Accepted the 2024 rule changes

Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)

No recorded objection

Migration compact (Dec 2018)

Voted yes

Paris climate deal

Party

SDG Index 2026

64.3 · rank 114 of 169

Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)

3

• UN Digital Library — migration compact vote ↗
• WHO — amended health regulations enter into force ↗
• SDSN — SDG Index 2026 rankings ↗
• World Bank — Carbon Pricing Dashboard ↗

Sovereignty score

How the -2 adds up

• -1Running a CBDC pilot source ↗
• -1Government digital ID used by most adults source ↗

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