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Morphing to Botswana

Morpho provides maintenance and support for the Botswana criminal automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS)

The Botswana Police Service (BPS) has renewed its maintenance agreement with Morpho by signing a 2-year agreement for the maintenance and support of its automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS).

Designed to help solve criminal cases, this system is one of the largest IT systems for the Botswana Police Service and one of the most advanced systems in Africa, managing high-quality 1000-pixels-per-inch (ppi) fingerprints and palm prints, connecting 61 sites across the country. The renewal of the contract highlights the Botswana Police Service’s confidence in Morpho’s technology and its on-hand maintenance.

“Morpho has proven its capacity to provide critical maintenance locally to support AFIS. We have a strong local presence,” says Jean-Paul Deguines, MD for Morpho South Africa. “This important phase strengthens a long-term partnership based on trust with the Botswana government.”

Dr Baboloki Helen Tumediso-Magora, director for forensic science services at the Botswana Police Service stated, “It is part of our long-term strategy to improve the delivery of effective and efficient service to our citizens, the AFIS enables BPS to dramatically reduce the time taken to provide its identification and crime solving service. The maintenance and enhancement of the system provides us with the capacity to deliver this service seamlessly moreover, since the system is operational, we have seen the crime resolution increase significantly.”

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