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WURI Biometric Social Safety Program

Togo's rollout of the World Bank-backed WURI programme (US$395.1m across six ECOWAS countries, with Togo receiving US$72m) uses the MOSIP platform, run by statistics agency INSEED and identification agency ANID, to give residents a unique biometric ID number. Registration in Greater Lome paused for nearly three months in early 2025 before resuming in May; over six million people were enrolled nationwide by December 2025.

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📊 Impact

More than six million Togolese had received a Unique Identification Number by December 2025 (ANID, via Biometric Update).

Evidence🏛️ Official

Scale🌍 National

📖 Terms in this entry: Civic participation platform · Digital identity · Open data

Sources

↗ République Togolaise (authority)Official national report portal documenting social digital updates.

↗ World Bank (authority)Official page by the city or public authority behind the project.

↗ Biometric Update (press)News coverage of the project.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “WURI Biometric Social Safety Program” — Lomé, Togo. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/lome-biometric-id/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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