For about two decades, Congolese leaders have been promising and failing to develop a national ID card program. An investigation suggests that some of the money was leveraged to benefit the country’s elite. trib.al/7p0NrBn

Depuis des décennies, les congolais de #RDC sont dépourvus de cartes d'identité Pendant un an, Lighthouse Reports et Bloomberg ont enquêté pour savoir pourquoi. Au programme ? Contrats fantômes, sociétés écran et même… un centre commercial. Un fil🧵 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

How did a plan to provide all Congolese with a biometric ID end up in the construction of a glitzy shopping mall and no IDs? Must read thread from our series with Bloomberg on the False Promise of Biometrics

What was behind the push for biometric tech in Africa? Watch Tomas Statius on Bloomberg TV telling a story about the collision of techno-solutionism, corruption and profiteering bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

#RDC : Idemia / Afritech, le scandale de la carte d’identité, une enquête Lighthouse Reports Bloomberg ACTUALITE.CD actualite.cd/2024/08/09/rdc…

For about 2 decades, Congolese leaders have been promising & failing to develop a national ID card program. An investigation w/ Lighthouse Reports suggests that some of the money was leveraged to benefit the country’s elite. Tomas Statius bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Millions intended for Congo's national ID system were funneled to elites via shell companies, benefiting a few instead of the public. A Lighthouse Reports & Bloomberg investigation, including a #CongoHoldUp investigation by PPLAAF & The Sentry.

For the full (French) version of our investigation into DRC and its biometric blackhole, see this from our Congolese partners ACTUALITE.CD

#RDC: Pourquoi les Congolais n’ont pas de cartes d’identité… Après le 1er volet de l’enquête Lighthouse Reports Bloomberg ACTUALITE.CD sur Idemia / Afritech sous Tshisekedi, 2e volet : Hypnose ou l’échec du programme de cartes d’identité dans les années Kabila actualite.cd/2024/08/10/rdc…

Lighthouse Reports ACTUALITE.CD Comment de l’argent, prévu initialement pour financer la carte d’identité dont les congolais manquent, a été utilisé pour construire le centre commercial #Hypnose de #Lubumbashi. Suite de nos révélations sur ACTUALITE.CD, notre partenaire en #RDC actualite.cd/2024/08/10/rdc…

Impact! Congo cancels $1.2bn biometric ID contract three days after an investigation by @LHReports & @Business revealed a string of failed mega-deals that benefited DRC elites & left ordinary people with no proof of ID 1/3 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Impact from investigative journalism comes fast and slow. This time it came quickly. Great work from Tomas Statius and the team Lighthouse Reports

How to fund your investigation. In this episode of the Lighthouse Reports Backlight podcast, IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media's Timothy Large shares tips on how to nail a pitch application, & freelance journalist Andrei Popoviciu discusses the challenges of freelance funding. buff.ly/3SukKky