Africa digital ID update: biometrics for voter ID in Niger, SIM registration in Liberia and pot farm security in Lesotho
This week sets a good example of the broadening impact of biometrics and digital ID across Africa. Beyond deals for…
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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ID progress in Liberia, Idemia deal in Guinea
This has been West Africa’s week in digital ID news. Liberia may be adding a few more people to its…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba to become virtually compulsory, Ghana gets PKI, Liberia runs out of biometric passports
It’s been two steps forward, one step back for biometrics in Africa this week. Liberia has issued a cancellation notice…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba lineups, Liberia verification roll out, biometric voting in SA
Governments press ahead across Africa to increase the uptake of digital ID and biometrics. Kenyans lined up ahead of the…
Liberian government begins issuance process of national biometric ID card
Liberia has begun the issuance process of its national biometric identification card, which citizens and foreign residents will use to…
Biometric exercise wraps up first phase toward passport issuance for Liberians in Ghana
A biometric data collection exercise has completed its first phase exercise towards the issuance of a Liberian National Passport to…
New Biometric Passport for Liberians to Prevent Forgery
The Liberia ECOWAS Biometric Passport has been officially launched in the United States capital of Washington D.C. The launch was…
Comparitech report shows 17 countries collecting biometric data for SIM card registration
With more than 5.1 billion global mobile phone users accounting for some 70 percent of the world’s population, a number…
2019: a critical year for biometrics and digital ID in the Global South
While Europe and the U.S. have seen steady progress with incremental improvements and plenty of new regulation alongside the growing…
The week in Africa biometrics and digital ID: SDG progress, returning ghost workers and a pensioner deadline
A theme emerging this week is a pan-African perspective for digital ID schemes across the continent. Progress is being made…
