Sierra Leone Correctional Service deploys biometric registration system from Fix Solution
Fix Solution (SL) Ltd. and the Sierra Leone Correctional Service (SLCS) collaborated to introduce a biometric registration system for convicted…
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Biometric voter registration kits arrive in Sierra Leone
More than 4,000 biometric voter registration kits valued at over $13 million USD arrived at the Lungi Airport in Sierra…
Sierra Leone to use biometric voter registration
Sierra Leone will be using biometric registration for the first time in its upcoming presidential, parliamentary and local council elections…
Biometric Voter Registration Fraud reported in Sierra Leone
The National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone has announced that 794 people were caught engaging in registration fraud during a…
Protecting digital identity on the agenda, if not in the budget
It is clear to most stakeholders that digital identity is an important tool for addressing society’s current needs, though one…
Yoti, Pass provide biometrics for COVID test result apps as digital health pass issuance ramps up
India is planning to allow other nations to use its CoWIN platform for digital health passes and COVID track-and-trace applications,…
Nigerian digital ID initiative for people with disabilities wins Mission Billion Challenge
Finalists of Mission Billion Challenge 2020, a World Bank-sponsored initiative that seeks to ensure inclusivity of digital identity systems for…
Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid
After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: politics, ecommerce, Covid-19 biometric capture bans
Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: increasing CCTV surveillance, new ID document contracts
Madagascar and Zimbabwe seem to be shifting toward far greater government surveillance with public CCTV networks, according to reports this…
