New Delhi, April 12 -- Uganda is set to roll out an Aadhaar-like digital identification system based on India-developed open-source technology soon, said a senior government official on Saturday.

The African country is also exploring the adoption of a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to cut down transaction costs across the economy.

In an interview with ANI, Rosemary Kisembo, CEO of Uganda's National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), confirmed that Uganda has fully customized the Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) to align with its domestic laws and will launch five modules--new registration, renewal, correction of errors, replacement of lost ID, and first-time ID issuance--in the coming weeks.

MOSIP is an op...