Chombo opens ICT conference

Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has urged African countries to embrace digitalisation and information communication technology (ICT) when conducting civil registration of their citizens as this helps curb crime.

Opening a conference on digitalisation of civil registration being attended by 40 countries from Africa, Chombo said ICT would help facilitate quick implementation of decisions and reduces crime rate.

Representatives of registration departments from over 40 countries are in the capital attending the conference on civil registration hosted by Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede.

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