Georgia rolls out facial recognition to upgrade border control
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the deployment of a biometric border control system that will use facial recognition…
Articles By Ayang Macdonald
Ayang Macdonald is a freelance journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He boasts 10 years of professional experience in journalism in which he has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Buea in South western Cameroon. He is a versatile reporter with interest in ICTs, innovation, digital entrepreneurship, defense and military, politics, economy, health and environment, humanitarian issues and sports.
Nigeria reaches 57% in special birth registration drive targeting 12M children
The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) says its teams have attained 57 percent coverage of a digital birth registration…
Nigeria clears 200k passport backlog, cuts issuance time to two weeks
Nigeria’s beleaguered passport issuance system is witnessing a revolution lately with a huge backlog of 204,332 passports cleared in three…
India pushes liveness detection to biometric devices to cut payments fraud
The growing wave of fraud perpetrated against the Aadhaar-enabled Payments System (AePS), the widely-used last mile payments platform in India,…
ECOWAS talks travel, trade benefits of regional biometric ID card in Cote d’Ivoire
Cote d’Ivoire is the latest member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to host a workshop meant…
Cameroon’s new biometric ID system to issue cards within 48 hours with increased fee
In the next few months, a new generation ID card production facility, which will be as expedient as the country’s…
Digital signature platforms add selfie biometrics and liveness from Svort, FaceTec
A biometric signing system developed with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan will make…
UAE makes national digital ID mandatory for access to industrial sector services
It is now compulsory for businesses in the industrial sector to use the United Arab Emirates digital national ID, the…
Kenya delays new digital ID launch due to ‘unfavorable circumstances’
Kenyan authorities say a new date will be announced for the launch of the country’s new digital ID system after…
Philippines adds digital ID to govt super app as World Bank okays $600M support
Philippines’ digital ID, the digital version of the physical ID card dubbed PhilID, is the latest feature to be added…
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