Ghana opposition warns EC tampering with biometric voter verification devices
Ghana’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed concerns that the Electoral Commission (EC) is trying to tamper with the biometric…
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Biometric verification expected to quicken voting and results in Ghana elections
The electoral commission (EC) in Ghana is bullish that the quality of the biometric verification machines being used in today’s…
Ghana procures 75k biometric voter verification devices ahead of elections
One of Africa’s most stable democracies, Ghana, has procured nearly 75,000 devices for verification of the biometric identity of citizens…
Biometric passports made an election promise by Ghana’s incumbent party
Ghana could be getting biometric passports soon, as the incumbent New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) 2020 policy platform includes a plan…
Back to the ballots for biometrics in Africa: 1M dead on Ghana electoral roll, Zambia rushes biometric verification
Back to the ballots for biometrics news headlines across Africa this week. In Ghana, parliament has approved a measure that…
Biometric voter list in Ghana draws long lines and criticism, ID4Africa webinar series launch a hit
Innovation from and for the continent is one running theme in this week’s African biometrics news round-up, while issues around…
Biometrics support financial services efficiency in Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana as UNHCR ramps up in Niger
The biometrics business continues as normal in parts of Africa. A new ePassport agency opens in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, despite…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: coronavirus fallout, startup funding, Ghana electoral register
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, some African institutions are reacting by suspending fingerprint-based biometric access and attendance systems in the…
Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: savings and costs in Nigeria, divisions in Tanzania, Ghana
Once again, Nigeria dominates the biometrics news agenda in Africa and this week; even a university has resorted to biometric…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: Ghana demonstrations, Tanzania SIM registration deadline
Biometrics are at the core of an issue leading opposition parties in Ghana to call for demonstrations and mass picketing…
