Bissau's first entry in the atlas is SIREC, Guinea-Bissau's push to move civil registration off paper. Launched at the city's 1st Civil Registry Office in January 2025 with UNICEF and UNDP support, the digital system aims to lift a birth-registration rate stuck near 46 percent, with a target of every school-age child holding a birth certificate by the 2026/27 school year.

All 1 project in Bissau

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Compare with other cities

• 🇳🇬 Lagos: Lagos State Residents Register and the LAG-ID Card Both digitise civil identity at very different scale: Lagos's LASRRA has enrolled millions since 2011, Bissau's SIREC starts near 46%.
• 🇬🇦 Libreville: Gabon's Electronic National ID Card (CNIE) & NIP Rollout Two 2024-25 African digital-ID pushes: Gabon's chip CNIE began in Libreville, Guinea-Bissau's SIREC digitised birth registers in Bissau.
• 🇹🇬 Lomé: WURI Biometric Social Safety Program Two donor-backed West African ID drives in 2025: Togo's WURI biometric number vs Guinea-Bissau's SIREC digital birth registry.