India’s Gujarat State to assign family digital ID numbers for social service access
Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat are working on a plan to issue digital ID cards with unique numbers…
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Nigeria to strengthen digital ID enrollment operations to ease access to govt services
The acting director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has expressed her determination to improve conditions…
ASEAN launches talks on regionwide digital public infrastructure development agreement
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has begun negotiations on a Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) that will define…
OneID secures $1.3M in fresh funding to expand bank-verified digital ID services
UK-based digital ID verification firm OneID has obtained £1 million (US$1.3M) in new funding from ACF Investors, a venture capital…
Next Biometrics gets new $1.6M order from XM Holder
Chinese company XM Holder, which is specialized in electronic components distribution, has placed an order worth 18 million Norwegian Kroner…
Equatorial Guinea, Ghana want to flush out ‘ghost’ public workers using biometrics
The use of biometrics to identify government workers in African countries has been gaining traction over the years, and Equatorial…
Group urges Nigeria to deploy biometrics in upcoming census
Afenifere, a socio-political organization working on behalf of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, believes using biometrics during Nigeria’s planned population…
Cameroon biometric visa portal down, Burkina Faso launches own platform
Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations announced recently that the country’s digital visa portal has been inaccessible in some countries, frustrating…
India in talks to share UPI digital payment experience with three more African nations
India is reported to be in negotiations with Kenya, Mozambique and Namibia to help the African nations develop digital payment…
Over 1M in Kuwait register fingerprints as biometric database project progresses
Kuwaiti authorities say more than one million persons have now submitted their fingerprint biometrics as the project to set up…
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