Lesotho, Namibia join trend of SIM card registration with biometrics
The southern African nations of Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns for citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their…
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Biometric SIM registration slows Kenyan mobile subscriptions, Namibia seeks a different path
After a chaotic period where of Kenya’s mobile phone users had to be biometrically enrolled, a report says the pace…
Biometric verification required for Namibian pension fund recipients
Namibia’s Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) now requires that recipients receiving a monthly pension benefit from GIPF register their biometrics…
Namibia makes the switch to biometric passports
In an effort to fulfill International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, Namibia is now only issuing biometric passports, or ePassports,…
ID4Africa to hold document and credential symposium at Namibia event
ID4Africa has announced that its annual event will feature a special document and credential security symposium. The symposium, entitled “DocSec”…
Namibian Biometric Research Lab publishes list of biometric e-voting criteria ahead of presidential election
The Biometric Research Laboratory has published a list of electronic voting selection criteria, ahead of Namibia’s upcoming biometric election. According…
Namibia unveils biometric machine for voter registration
Namibia is planning to use a biometric voter registration system for its upcoming election and the country’s electoral commission has…
26M SIMs still unidentified in Ghana as biometric registration deadline extended again
Ghanaians have been given up to September 30, 2022, to re-register their SIM cards with biometrics or have them indefinitely…
Biometrics providers face up to misconceptions, reputational harms and transparency barriers
Biometrics’ growth and maturation comes with reassessments and growing pains, as seen in the top headlines of the week on…
Civil registries are important – but how do you persuade the people?
How do civil registries enroll more people? Should they twist people’s arms by making birth certificates compulsory? These were among…
