The partnership covers the establishment of a modern security printing factory capable of producing all security documents, including ePassports and polycarbonate ID cards, and supplying all related services. Veridos is also deploying its trusted identity management platform IMAGO to enhance identity document enrolment, data management and personalization processes, and the latter will be carried out in a newly constructed facility.
Evelyn Anite, State Minister of Finance for Investment and Privatisation, said: “We are pleased that in Veridos we have found a reliable partner to help us to modernise our complete security document infrastructure. Local ID production will not only result in a more cost-efficient way to supply national ID – it will also create more than 100 jobs for highly skilled workers.”
Hans Wolfgang Kunz, CEO of Veridos, said: “We are excited to embark on this long-lasting partnership which will help the country to modernise its identity infrastructures and enable local production of security documents. This project ensures that Uganda meets the East African Community targets for issuing ePassports. Ugandan citizens will benefit from smooth and secure travel with ICAO-compliant* ePassports and enhanced identification processes thanks to the new sophisticated ID cards.”
*ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)
UGANDA PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CORPORATION (UPPC)
Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) was established in 1992 under the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation Act CAP 330. It is the official government printing service for security and general printing for all government ministries, departments and agencies, created to preserve and protect the integrity of the Ugandan government’s sensitive information.
For more information on UPPC, please visit www.uppc.co.ug.