Niger is accelerating the digital transformation of its public administration, with more than 16,500 civil servant records now digitised and 23,000 personnel files updated through its Integrated Human Resources Management System of the State and Payroll (SIGRHEP).
The progress was disclosed by Aissatou Abdoulaye Tondi, Niger’s Minister of Public Service, Labour and Employment, during the first ordinary session of the 2026 Consultative Council of the Refoundation, held on July 27.
At the centre of the reform is SIGRHEP, an integrated digital platform designed to modernise the management of human resources and payroll across the public sector. The system is expected to connect HR and payroll processes while supporting uninterrupted services for approximately 200,000 public-sector employees and at least 150 HR and payroll managers nationwide.
According to the minister, the digitalisation programme has already delivered significant progress, including the digitisation of more than 16,500 personnel records, updates to 23,000 employee files, and the development of professional applications to strengthen public-sector administration.
The government’s broader reform agenda also includes updated legislation governing the public service, individual performance evaluation tools, a strategy for redeploying state employees in post-crisis situations, and reforms to recruitment and career management.
The initiative highlights Niger’s growing focus on using digital infrastructure to improve public-sector efficiency, streamline administrative processes and modernise how government manages its workforce.
As governments across Africa increasingly turn to digital systems to reform public administration, Niger’s experience underscores the potential of integrated HR technology to improve record management, payroll administration and public-sector service delivery.
