DIRECT : ARRIVEE DU PRÉSIDENT FELIX TSHISEKEDI AU LANCENCEMENT OFFICIELLE DE LA RDC PASS

We are here at the cultural center where the RDC Pass, a digital identifier that allows you to access all official portals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will be launched in a few moments. This is a stated desire of the President of the Republic and the government to facilitate access to all this information on various sites and platforms. So, to bring you this ceremony live, Astrid Congo is with us for Swili, and the room is already ready, awaiting the arrival of the President of the Republic. But as tradition dictates, there will certainly be a family photo before the President enters the room. I believe that will be the case this afternoon. Nothing is left to chance because you are tuned in to the national Congolese radio and television, which has the tradition of broadcasting live all major events of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today is June 13th. The President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, is celebrating his birthday. Despite this, he is working for the Republic. He is arriving here at the cultural center, as I was telling you, for the launch of this RDC Pass, which is an identifier that allows you, whether you are in Durba or Kaimba, to access various information on the official sites of the Democratic Republic of Congo. You need to have one for the civil service, taxes, the DGDA, the GFRM, the Ministry of Labor, all in one click with a single identifier. This is now possible. This identifier is free. You will have all the details in the various speeches that will take place, but also the specialists will explain how it works and how to access this portal of the Democratic Republic of Congo. How to create this identifier? The details will certainly be given during this launch ceremony. The vehicle transporting the President of the Republic is stopping in front of the red carpet, while the small welcoming committee is in place to receive the President. And as I told you, for this ceremony, the family photo before the President enters the room, you see, and all those who must appear in this family photo are already lined up. The President will get out shortly. As I was telling you, the welcoming protocol, the Minister in charge of the digital economy, and a few other personalities are lined up to welcome the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. So, what is the portal not? That is what we must tell you very clearly. The RDC Pass is not an identity card, you should remember that. It is also not an identity document like a passport, nor even a voter card. It is simply this identifier, this digital key that allows you to access digital services in a very secure manner. When I talk about digital services, these are the official digital services offered by the various entities of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I was saying earlier that you can be in Kinshasa, Goma, Kisangani, or Tela in Central Congo. You easily access official information by identifying yourself or by entering this portal with your identifier. There will be no more passwords. You have just one. The President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, has just gotten out. He greets the Minister of the Digital Economy, the Minister of PTN, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, I believe, and all the other personalities lined up, such as the city commander of Kinshasa, the mayor of the commune of Kasa-Vubu, and so on. The President will then position himself for this family photo, as I told you. Then he will go into the room, and the protocol provides for a few speeches. In these speeches, you will certainly have all the details I gave you earlier. The personalities taking part in the ceremony, the family photo, are in place. I was saying that in the room, you will have the necessary information to know how to create this identifier and what useful information will be available to you each time you can access this large portal that brings together all the official platforms of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Astrid in Congo.

We are at the Central African Cultural Center here in Kinshasa, where the official launch of the RDC Pass will take place shortly. The President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, has already entered the premises of the Central African Cultural Center. The President of the Republic will officially launch this ceremony. Here in the meeting room, various dignitaries, ministers, and the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo are all ready to wait for the launch of this ceremony. This ceremony is entirely organized by the Ministry of the Digital Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by Mr. Augustin Kibasa Maliba. You should know that this ceremony stems from the modern state of identification, seeing that many citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially those abroad, have great difficulty in obtaining and knowing their identity. Even if someone's passport has expired, they have no way to get it when they are abroad. So, with this new measure, it will be possible for Congolese citizens, even those abroad, to obtain this status. This is a measure that will allow Congo to enter the world with a Congolese identity. You can enter the world by entering the modern state, through the RDC Pass, this identifier, like a code we say in the foreign language, to access everything related to the various services of the Democratic Republic of Congo. That is the measure that will be launched today. It is a new technology that will allow every Congolese person to identify themselves in a digital state. So, many Congolese, as I said, have great difficulty when they are abroad in accessing computers, getting certain addresses, or getting certain jobs. It was a big problem. So, with today's modern measure, it will greatly reduce the difficulties of Congolese people, even those abroad. It will reduce the neglect of Congolese people abroad and will also strengthen how Congolese people can, through this digital means, get various jobs through this computer method. So, with this single identification, it will also correct the theft of various jobs. It is a very good thing, even for medical care. A Congolese person abroad can get treatment by simply entering this digital method, and this code they call RDC Pass, you can be identified as a Congolese person. Even for banking, they can identify you just through this method that will be officially launched today. So, you should know that it is a very good measure that will also benefit various Congolese issues. This measure is also due to the relationships with various technical and expert assistants who were able to help the Democratic Republic of Congo enter this modern state. Various organizations were able to support this project, which relied on modern technology. It is also supported by various organizations that helped the Democratic Republic of Congo enter this new digital method to help the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the vision of President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, who wished for the Congolese nation to be in this modern national state by 2030. That means that by that year, the Democratic Republic of Congo will be able to enter this area and will be helped by various things because there are many things that will be able to develop and rise. Even if someone goes from there to there, they must know that by entering this digital state, they can be identified. Ah, my identification, they will recognize me. Through this digital state, when they just type RDC Pass, they put my name and they know that I am truly Congolese, I come from Congo, even if I don't have an identification in hand. So, it is a very good thing that will also protect people who use this method. It will also ensure the security of various national services at all times and will also help with various services. You will be able to know what it says and what the citizens of Congo will benefit from in this modern computer method. There is no payment at all. It is just a way to identify this state and to know that if you are truly Congolese, the various jobs of Congo will be fully protected and there will be no more theft because this method will stop the theft of various jobs, even in state organizations, even in workplaces. It will completely stop the theft, just to build the digital Democratic Republic of Congo of the modern state and to protect various services of our country. Mr. Ed, we see that the President of the Republic has already entered the Central African Cultural Center here in Kinshasa. He has already taken a photo with all those who were waiting to receive him. We think that at this moment he is in his office here at the cultural center. Shortly, he will enter the room that will host the meeting to officially launch this code we call RDC Pass, which will allow the identification of Congolese people even abroad. When you are abroad, you say, Mr. Ed, you don't have an identification in hand. But they just type RDC Pass, and they see that Mr. Ed, your picture comes up, they recognize you. That's the information.

I was telling you about this official launch of the RDC Pass, which is a digital identifier that allows you to access the large portal of the Democratic Republic of Congo with all the necessary information on what you want to obtain, depending on the areas and specificities. I remind you that this is a huge gain in terms of time for business people. You can be anywhere in the Democratic Republic of Congo or anywhere on the globe, and you can have the necessary information on the Democratic Republic of Congo in terms of administrative documents to obtain, procedures in one area or another. It facilitates the task for any information seeker, wherever they are and in whatever field. This portal is an important step towards the digitization and dematerialization of the administration. With this identifier, you don't need to travel to these administrations, which means there will be fewer and fewer crowds in administrations looking for a document or another, because you can get it from home. You can get the necessary information from home and possibly make payments from your office, from wherever you are. So, this portal is of capital importance in development, in dematerialization, but also in the availability of necessary information on one area or another. Imagine you want to start a business and the information on the one-stop shops for business creation can be served to you on your computer or phone. These identifiers, you can use them, according to the information we have gathered here and there, from your phone with a digital touch or a digital fingerprint as an identifier. You can have this information from your phone number. These are details that will be given to us shortly as the presentation of this RDC Pass will be made in a few moments. And the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, who is responsible for it, I think it is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs in the DRC. Young entrepreneurs, as soon as they have an identifier, can gather all the necessary information on the progress of their business. What opportunities does the state offer them, but also state-owned and parastatal companies, and others. And the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of the DRC, gives it the dynamic and expects the results to be on the ground, as is the case now for inaugurations or launches. The ministers themselves have the responsibility, according to the government's objectives and the government's program, of course, to concretize and materialize this government program, which stems from the vision of the President of the Republic, as he will feel in his national address.

Please be seated. Thank you. We thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We thank you. Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State. Thank you, please. Thank you. Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, please accept the expression of our most respectful homage. Honorable President of the Senate, Madam Prime Minister, Head of Government, Mr. Presidents of the institutions supporting democracy, Honorable National Deputies and Senators, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the government, Your Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen Ambassadors, Heads of Diplomatic Missions and Representatives of International Organizations, Ladies and Gentlemen, in your respective titles and qualities, Distinguished Guests. The protocol welcomes you to this ceremony dedicated to the official launch of the RDC Pass, the unique digital identifier of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The event that brings us together today is part of the dynamic of the major reforms undertaken under the high impetus of His Excellency the President of the Republic for the modernization of the State and the acceleration of the digital transformation of our country. The program of this ceremony provides successively for the welcome address by the Director General of the company Tridentity, then the address by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Tridentity, the speech by the Minister of the Digital Economy, which will be followed by the screening of a video demonstrating the mechanics of obtaining the RDC Pass. After that, the protocol will have the distinct honor of very respectfully inviting His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State, to kindly deliver his speech. A visit to the RDC Pass acquisition stand is planned at the end. With your permission, Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, the protocol invites Mr. Director General of the company Tridentity for his welcome address.

Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, with the expression of our most respectful homage. Mr. President of the Senate, Madam Prime Minister, Mr. President of the Constitutional Court and President of the High Council of the Judiciary, Honorable Deputies and Senators, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the government, Ladies and Gentlemen representatives of international organizations and technical and financial partners. Mr. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tridentity, Mr. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tridentity Group Singapore. Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, all protocol observed. Allow me, before anything else, Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, to address, on behalf of the company I lead, Tridentity RDC Tech, a word of welcome and my warmest greetings to all the eminent personalities who honor this ceremony with their presence. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great honor for Tridentity RDC and for me personally to speak on this day under the high patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. Allow me to pay him a deferential tribute and thank him for his enlightened vision. Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, that of making digital technology a true lever for integration, good governance, good practices in both public and private sector governance, social progress, and societal inclusion. On behalf of my entire team, I also express our profound gratitude to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and particularly to the Minister of the Digital Economy, for the trust he places in us by associating us with projects of such national scope. Right from the start, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to say with humility that this project is first and foremost that of the Democratic Republic of Congo. By my nationality, being Congolese, it is obviously a pleasure to certify and specify this. The vision is Congolese, the sovereignty is indeed Congolese. The conduct obviously falls to the Congolese state. Our place as a private partner, as a technological partner, is to serve it with rigor, discretion, exigency, and above all with determination. Tridentity RDC is a company member of the Tridentity International group, a Singaporean company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, which has accompanied some of the largest digital identity programs and digital public infrastructure programs in the world, across Southeast Asia and Africa, where we are now present in these great countries at the heart of Africa. Our solutions are based on patented technology and meet the most recognized international certifications in information security and transaction protection. From this experience, we have retained a simple conviction: a national digital infrastructure is only worth the trust it inspires and the robustness that supports it. It is this trust, this robustness, that we have placed at the service of this beautiful gift, the RDC Pass, an initiative under the high patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic. Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests, without going into deep technicalities, allow me to share the guiding principle. The RDC Pass that we launch today is based on a secure end-to-end architecture designed to last over time and to scale up to the level of a nation awakening in terms of engineering, the capacity to make administrations, citizens, the public sector, and the private sector interact fluidly and above all securely, given its power, as it is based on blockchain solution and Web 3. Cybersecurity and cyber defense standards among the most demanding in the world, such as bank-level encryption, reinforced authentication, and defense in depth, as our laws require. I cite, among others, the digital codes. The technology we are implementing is designed so that the data of Congolese people, I emphasize, the data of Congolese people, remain the property of the Congolese state. Hosted on national soil, placed under national control, accessible only by nationals, including the Director General that I am, Congolese by father and mother. I was 10 years old. The technology we are implementing today is designed so that the data of Congolese people remain the property of the Congolese state. Hosted on national soil and placed under national control, accessed by Congolese people, including the Director General that I am, Congolese by father and mother. Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests, the RDC Pass is today a technological reality, proven and ready to go into battle. But what we are celebrating goes beyond a technological platform, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is the consent of a collaboration of trust at the service of the digital ambition of the Congolese people. Be assured, Ladies and Gentlemen, our commitment remains total and over the long term. No matter how advanced a technology is, it is only worth the way it is deployed. Our approach is that of a progressive and above all controlled deployment, step by step, service after service, validating each level with lucidity before moving to the next, to guarantee at all times the stability, security, quality, and experience offered to users, who are first and foremost Congolese citizens. Today, the challenge is not only technical, it is also human. Adopting a new technology requires a lot of support and a lot of lucidity, because it is said that man fears change. It involves evolving habits that are sometimes deeply rooted in our ecosystem. That is why Tridentity pays particular attention to change management, accompanying administrations, training users, and raising awareness alongside the Congolese government for this proximity campaign, educating and implementing pedagogy so that our citizens appropriate this technological tool for the nation. First and foremost, it places Congo at the heart of Africa as a model. As was the case with mobile telephony, the DRC was that champion, and we, the sons and daughters of this country, Mr. President of the Republic, looking you straight in the eye, we are ready to go into this battle to materialize the vision that is yours, under your impetus, of course. Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to conclude my speech with a simple but well-measured promise. We did not come to the Democratic Republic of Congo for a passage, still less for a tourist visit. But we came to the Democratic Republic of Congo to stand beside you, Mr. President of the Republic, Madam Prime Minister, Mr. Members of the Government, to stay and build together this great Congo at the heart of Africa. We came to build together, alongside each and every one of you, Congolese women and men, for a duration, and to see our country project itself into this technological trajectory, in the wake of the great nations of the world. We can cite in this matter of technology, Singapore, where our parent company is located. That is why I will end with this word in Lingala, because for me, the word is no longer the air, but rather actions. In Lingala, I would say, "Tosala elongo." Let us build together, on behalf of our entire team, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the group, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tridentity RDC, on behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. I thank you.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Tridentity is kindly invited to take the floor.

Now, the leader of the board of directors of that room will take the floor to explain how that room will be led by the RDC Pass to identify the digital identity of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which will allow Congolese people to enter with ease. Mr. Chairman, with the expression of my most respectful homage. Honorable President of the Senate, Madam Prime Minister, Head of Government, Mr. President of the Constitutional Court and President of the High Council of the Judiciary, Honorable Senators and Deputies, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the government, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the diplomatic corps, Gentlemen representatives and partners of our company Tridentity from Singapore. Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Guests, in your graces and qualities. Today marks a historic step in the modernization of our state, in the digital transformation of the DRC. We officially launch the RDC Pass, the national unique digital identifier. Before anything else, allow me on this particular occasion to respectfully address to His Excellency the President of the Republic, on my behalf, that of my family, of the company Tridentity, of all my partners and collaborators, our most sincere wishes for health and prosperity on the occasion of his birthday. May this new year be filled with peace, success, and great achievements for our country. This project is above all the expression of a strong political will carried at the highest level of the state. The President of the Republic has chosen to fully enter the era of digital sovereignty. No nation can claim development, economic security, administrative efficiency, and modern power without mastering its digital identity and its strategic infrastructures. The RDC Pass translates this presidential vision, that of a modern, organized, secure, inclusive, and technically sovereign Congo. This ambition aims to place the Congolese citizen at the center of the transformation of the state, by forcing transparency and preparing our country for the economic and technological challenges of the 21st century. Through this initiative, the DRC affirms its commitment to building a strong nation where every citizen counts, where every identity is recognized and protected, and where digital technology becomes a tool for dignity, trust, and collective progress. This project is not simply a technological innovation. It is an instrument of national sovereignty, social inclusion, economic modernization, and political trust. For a long time, millions of Congolese have lived without a reliable administrative identity, without simplified access to public services, without the possibility of full integration into the formal and digital economy. With the RDC Pass, we are changing this reality. Every citizen will now be able to have a secure, verifiable digital identity recognized at the national level. This identity will allow simplified access to public services, financial services, telecommunications, the health system, education, social protection, and numerous digital platforms. The RDC Pass constitutes the foundation of a new architecture of the modern state. It will enable new governance, a reduction in fraud and administrative duplication, securing transactions, better mobilization of public revenue, improvement of services rendered to citizens, and a stronger integration of our country into the global digital economy. Our coalition is clear: a sovereign, interoperable, and inclusive digital nation. The world is evolving rapidly. Today, the great powers build their competitiveness on the mastery of data, digital infrastructure, and identity systems. Africa itself now affirms the necessity of controlling this strategic data and its digital infrastructure. The DRC cannot remain a spectator. Our country must become an actor in its own transformation. The RDC Pass is fully in line with the vision of the national digital plan and the desire to build a strong Congolese digital sovereignty. We have studied the most advanced international digital experiences: France Connect in France, DigiD in the Netherlands, SingPass in Singapore, itsme in Belgium, X-Road in Estonia. But our fight is not to copy a foreign model. Our ambition is to build a Congolese model adapted to the reality of our territory, our institutions, and our population. The RDC Pass will be based on a secure and federated architecture. The institutions will retain their prerogatives and their data, while the...

We now invite the Minister of Digital Economy to take the floor.

Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, with the expression of my most deferential respects, Mr. Honorable President of the Senate, Madam Prime Minister, Head of Government, Mr. President of the Court of Auditors, Honorable Deputies and Senators, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the government, Ladies and Gentlemen members of the diplomatic corps, Ladies and Gentlemen representatives of international organizations, technical and financial partners, Mr. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tridentity Digital Tech SAS, Ladies and Gentlemen heads of state institutions and public services, Mr. Director General of Tridentity Tech SAS, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with a real feeling of pride that I take the floor on this day when our country not only launches a tool but lays a founding act. With the RDC Pass, we offer today to every Congolese woman, every Congolese man, and every resident of our country a single, simple, free, and secure gateway to the public services of the State. Allow me first to pay a vibrant tribute to His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. What we celebrate today is not the fruit of chance or fiction; it is the culmination of a clear vision, carried at the highest level of the State and tirelessly reaffirmed. It is your vision that we are materializing today. This vision, Excellency Mr. President, you formulated without ambiguity, I quote: 'To make the Democratic Republic of Congo a prosperous digital nation and a technological hub at the heart of Africa by 2030.' Under your impetus, digital technology has ceased to be an abstract promise to become a national priority, a lever for integration and sovereignty, good governance, economic growth, social progress, and inclusion. The efforts made under your leadership are considerable: a modernized legal framework with the ordinance law on the digital code, digital institutions, the National Electronic Certification Authority, the National Cybersecurity Agency, the DRC digital portal being implemented, deployed infrastructure, an active digital diplomacy that carries our country's voice on the continental and international stage. The high patronage placed under your authority testifies once again to your personal commitment. Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, on behalf of all sectors, I express our profound gratitude. Thank you. The RDC Pass is the concrete translation of your commitment. It gives substance for the citizen, the resident, and the enterprise to an ambition that many thought distant: that of a Congolese state accessible with a gesture everywhere and for everyone. Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests in your respective titles and capacities. A vision, however strong, is only realized through determined government action. I wish to salute in this regard the leadership of Madam the Prime Minister. The dematerialization of public services is not a slogan; it is a patient work made of texts, infrastructure, and courageous choices conducted in coherence with the great national orientations. Today's launch is one of the most visible and tangible imprints for the population. Because digital technology is not an end in itself. Its value lies not in the technology itself but in the services it can deliver to citizens. That is precisely the purpose of the RDC Pass: to put the power of digital technology at the service of the daily life of Congolese people. Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests in your respective titles and capacities. Allow me to specify that the RDC Pass, as your unique digital identifier, is the personal and secure key to the State's digital public service. What we launch today is not an achievement. The RDC Pass is the first step in the digitalization of our public services. A first step towards DRC Nation 2030. The foundation is laid; we will raise the building together, service after service, in a coordinated and coherent digitalization process. The RDC Pass is free, it is personal, it is secure, it is accessible everywhere. Obtaining your unique digital identifier requires no payment, no payment. It is a service that the State offers to its citizens. It guarantees respect for the competencies of each institution of the Republic and the legal solidity of our approach. But what will this key concretely be used for? Its value will grow as the State's digital services connect to each other. Tomorrow, your procedures and your documents will dialogue with each other. Some simple examples: when your passport approaches its expiry, you will receive a reminder to renew it on time. When a tax comes due, a notification will indicate it. When an administrative document is ready, you will be informed without having to travel. A state that anticipates and comes to you instead of making you wait. This interconnection will not be done all at once. It will come to life thanks to the digital portal of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the engine. It is this public service that will progressively connect the systems of administrations and will allow, through the RDC Pass, to accelerate the digitalization of our public services. Service after service, the digital portal will make the RDC Pass a key that opens more and more doors. Today, we cross the first. Tomorrow, thanks to the digital portal, they will open one after the other. Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Head of State, Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests in your respective titles and capacities. Concretely, for each user, the RDC Pass means fewer trips and fewer waiting lines for procedures that can be done from home. Simplified and secure access to the State's digital public service with a single account at any time, better protection of users' personal data, increased interoperability between the different services of the State, and ultimately, strengthened trust in digital transactions. The RDC Pass does not come out of nowhere. It is based on a clear normative framework, foremost among which is the digital code, and is part of the trajectory of DRC Digital Nation Horizon 2030, as well as the major government orientations and regulatory texts of the digital sector. It is a public policy designed for the long term and coherence. In this ecosystem, the role of the Ministry of Digital Economy is precise. It is the structural guarantor of the robustness, sovereignty, and security of the national digital infrastructure. Ladies and Gentlemen, the DRC is not embarking on this path alone. It joins a proven global movement and adapts it to its own realities. In Singapore, the national system SingPass has become the reference digital access key. According to public data from the government agency GovTech, it now brings together 97% of adult citizens and residents and provides access to more than 2,700 services from over 800 administrations and businesses, for some 41 million transactions each month. In France, the FranceConnect system, operated by the Interministerial Digital Directorate, illustrates the same philosophy: a unique and secure identifier which, according to 2025 data, is used by 45 million people to access more than 1,500 online services, totaling nearly 500 million connections in the single year 2025. Remarkable, and which should inspire us. This system does not centralize or store personal data. It merely transmits a proof of verified access. It is entirely operated on national territory and has been recognized as compliant with sovereignty and data protection requirements. More broadly, countries like Estonia have built an entirely digital administration on an interoperability layer connecting public services to each other, and the African continent is converging towards Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as a development foundation. Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished guests, a digital identifier is only valuable if it is trustworthy. That is why the protection of personal data, the security of the system, and the sovereignty of our infrastructure are not options for us; they are founding requirements. The citizen must have the certainty that their digital key serves them, protects them, and remains under national control. That is the promise that the Ministry undertakes to keep. Allow me to express my gratitude to all my colleagues in the government, and particularly to those of the Interior, Finance, and Posts and Telecommunications for their participation and involvement in the success of this project. My thanks also go to all our institutional, technical, and financial partners, whose commitment has made it possible to give substance to this project. I salute the professionalism and technicality of all the staff of the company Digital Tech SA. Ladies and Gentlemen, the RDC Pass is now in your hands. Together, let us accompany this first step towards a DRC Digital Nation 2030. Long live the Democratic Republic of Congo and its sovereign digital technology. Long live the RDC Pass. Thank you.

Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, allow me to seize this moment, and it is with great emotion that I realize that even on your birthday, the day of your birth, you always put the Republic before yourself. And that is why I ask you to accept that for one minute we may wish you a happy birthday. Happy birthday, Mr. President.

Please sit down. Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, I now invite you to follow the projection of the video on the demonstration of the process for obtaining the RDC Pass.

Unique, reliable, secure, and free, giving you access to various private and public digital services of the State. How to get your RDC Pass? It's simple. Go to an accredited agent with a valid ID: a legible and current voter card, a valid passport, a driver's license, or other administrative documents. With the help of an accredited agent, validate and confirm the sovereign pact of the RDC Pass. Confirm with the agent to scan your ID. Enter your mobile phone number. Choose the verification method: SMS, WhatsApp, email, or voice call. Enter the verification code received, then validate. For your security, choose your security mode: either by fingerprint or facial recognition, then proceed according to your choice. Then the system does the final checks and will give you the credibility rate of your process. With the help of the accredited agent, validate the final instructions and get your RDC Pass, your unique digital identifier. All this in less than 5 minutes.

Now we have the distinct honor of very respectfully inviting His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State, to deliver his speech.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in accordance with the established program, the experimentation of the RDC Pass will be carried out exclusively by His Excellency the President of the Republic during the visit to the stands. We have now come to the end of today's ceremony. We ask you to rise for the playing of the national anthem. One Congolese, one identifier, that is the goal.

The RDC Pass was launched by the President of the Republic, who gave all the indications, the specificities, but above all the requirements of the government of the Republic, the injunctions given to the government of course to facilitate the popularization but also the simplification of this RDC Pass, which will allow every citizen, wherever they are, to have access to information about the government. The Minister of Digital Economy, who manages the sector, recalled that all members of the government, his colleagues of course, and all public services have been mobilized to make all this information available, and that we have the possibility, once we have our identifier, which will certainly be obtained from designated agents. I think that in the hours or days to come, we will know exactly where these points are where Congolese people can obtain their identifiers. This will make it easy to get information about the services that are available. We will gradually increase the number of these services on the digital networks set up. This great portal is therefore the possibility for every citizen. It was said that even those who live in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are not Congolese have the possibility of having this identifier and getting the information as they see fit, provided that this information is useful to them. The Minister of Digital Economy gave a small example, recalling that if you have a passport that expires in 6 months, and to get it as quickly as possible and you yourself forget the expiry date of your passport, a message will be sent to you to remind you that your passport is about to expire. And there, the President of the Republic, who was in one of the stands set up certainly to give useful information on this process, the President is the only one who, as part of this exercise, will obtain his identifier. Others can get it later, and he will go through the stands that we saw earlier. One of these stands was seen on the air earlier. Certainly, René Ngangu will allow us to have these images if ever our camera managed to infiltrate this room where the stands are set up to give more information on this new process. This identifier allows the dematerialization of the administration, but above all it allows saving time, moving from one service to another without exhausting one's time and so on. Indeed, the camera of the national Congolese radio and television is on site, and information is being gathered by the President of the Republic on what is happening, how this process will continue across the entire national territory, but also how long it will take to set up these services, to make available these different services that will allow everyone to go and get their identifier, how it will happen. All this information is certainly being given to the President of the Republic in the different stands he will visit shortly. We will have the chance to see him, of course, and in the hall, they are preparing to empty it. I think that Astrid au Congo, we will wait for the President to finish these exchanges with those in the different stands so that we can part ways with our viewers. Otherwise, the speakers of the local language need to know in the least detail what is happening, how we can access this identifier, and who will actually grant this identifier.

This new modern service that allows Congolese people to identify themselves is now available. No matter where you are in the country, you can identify yourself from that place. This modern service, you just say 'RDC Pass' and write your name, you can be fully identified. It means that if you have your passport and it is about to expire, they should send you a message or an alert that your passport has a certain number of days or months left before it expires. That is a very good thing. Every Congolese person can identify themselves no matter where they are; they will know if their passport is about to expire and how to renew it. And the President says that the RDC Pass is not an ID card, a passport, or some other document. No. It is a service that will allow Congolese people to be recognized even outside the country. If they say you are Congolese, they can just type your name into the RDC Pass system and they will know that you are Congolese, you live in Kinshasa, it gives your full address and they recognize you as Congolese. Even if you have your card and you say you don't want to lose your card, you can scan your card. If it gets lost, you just enter the RDC Pass and you can get your card back. It means that we can also protect other things, various documents, through the RDC Pass. It is a very good thing. It is a service that will help the citizens of Congo, it will help the government of Congo as well. It is important that all of us Congolese can fully identify ourselves through this system. The RDC Pass is very useful for the citizens of Congo. Instead of standing in line and waiting, you can do it yourself even on a computer or on your phone.

So we are broadcasting live from the cultural center this official launch because the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, is himself in the process of obtaining his identifier. He is asking questions to the person who must give it to him, and this will be the same for every citizen. These services will be deployed across the entire country, I imagine, and the information is that you should bring your identity document to obtain this identifier. Once you have it, with a password and your phone, it is easier from the moment you have this identifier to access the various services of the State. It will save time, it will be easier, and many jobs will certainly be created. By 2030, every citizen should be able to have this identifier. And now, the President is following the process in detail, and the technician who is helping him see his identifier is giving him all the details. All the other personalities behind the President are certainly informing themselves, and each of them will also get their identifier and go through the same process. Now, the prayer is that these services spread as quickly as possible across the entire national territory. It is done easily with a tablet. I believe these tablets will be made available to each technician assigned to this task. And as the President is informing himself, he must have all the details, all the information on how it works, the few problems that may be observed in one way or another. He asks questions so that solutions are quickly found. Thus, the Congolese who will meet the technicians responsible for providing this identifier will not have many difficulties because these will have been resolved upstream based on the questions the President of the Republic asks. He, according to the information provided earlier by the Minister of Digital Economy, who is just behind the President, is the first to have this identifier. The company that worked on this has informed and reassured that all security measures have been taken. This identifier is secure. So there is no need to fear anything. All security measures have been taken so that this identifier is the only one for a single Congolese. And now, the President of the Republic, turning around, has just obtained his RDC Pass identifier. So he has one, and many other citizens will go through this process. Thus, the entire Republic will be connected through this identifier to the digital portal of the Democratic Republic. In summary, you have seen that the live broadcast of this stage...