Morocco extends facial recognition moratorium to year-end, proposes biometric authentication service
Morocco’s moratorium on the use of biometric facial recognition has been extended until the end of 2020, with a decision…
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Idemia to supply biometric ID cards to Morocco for online services and transactions
The new biometric national ID smartcard for Morocco will be supplied by Idemia, which announced the deal to supply the…
Morocco places moratorium on facial recognition, California limits police use
Morocco has placed the regulation of biometric facial recognition in the country in the hands of the National Commission for…
Morocco to host ID4Africa 2020
ID4Africa 2020 will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco, under the theme of “Identity 360.” Executive Director Dr. Joseph Atick announced…
Morocco selects biometric border control solution by Veridos
The General Directorate for National Security (DGSN) for the Kingdom of Morocco has selected Veridos to design and implement a…
ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning
Should national identity schemes, biometrics-backed or otherwise, use a single unique digital ID number to identify people for different services,…
Biometric registration programs announced, commenced, disrupted and debated across Africa
Nationwide biometric voter registration is underway in Ghana where the head of the electoral commission shares the rate of voters…
Biometrics at the network edge grow in prominence for smart city and healthcare applications
Biometrics at the network edge accounted for two of our top stories this week on Biometric Update, with Nvidia launching a…
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…
