One tech company is trying to change how birth certificates are documented. An African tech startup has taken it upon themselves the task of registering all newborn babies digitally.iCivil Africa is a company founded by Adama Sawadogo and Francis Bourrieres in Burkino Faso who have decided to help people living in remote and rural places.During the first trial of the app, 1500 newborns were registered using the system at 10 different health centers in Burkina Faso’s capital city of Ouagadougou between August 2015 and July 2016.This is a huge step in the right direction as all over Africa a large percentage of newborns do not have their births documented due to many constraints like distance and financial challenges.It is based on a mobile Application on Android which is used to fill in the details of the newborn after the QR code on the bracelet on the newborn is scanned and then printed to await the signing of necessary of officials.
