Digital ID: Haiti’s Commerce Ministry modernizes professional card

Haiti’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) officially launched the digital professional identity card (CIPD) on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a major step in modernizing Haiti’s public administration. The new card is part of a broad digitalization program aimed at simplifying administrative procedures, increasing transparency and securing the identification of professionals.

Designed to be modern and inclusive, the CIPD includes raised elements for people with visual impairments and a visible electronic seal containing certified data. It provides unique, secure digital identification for professionals legally working in the country.

Minister James Monazart presented the initiative as a pillar of the MCI’s digital one-stop-shop strategy, stressing its importance in reforming public governance. Frantz Aubry Hilarion outlined the card’s three-step issuance process: business verification, tax verification and identity verification, with biometric data stored on a highly secure chip linked to the ONI database.

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who attended the event, hailed the initiative as a strong signal of the government’s determination to make digital technology a lever for transforming the state.

With the CIPD, Haiti is taking a significant step toward digital governance, putting technological innovation at the service of transparency, efficiency and inclusion.