Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children
The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have…
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.
Nigerians urge new NIMC boss to expand digital ID coverage, streamline enrollment
The new director general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Bisoye Coker-Odusote, has been called upon to expand digital…
Data privacy concerns as Sri Lanka digital ID project awarded to Indian company
Authorities in Sri Lanka are trying to convince citizens that awarding the national digital ID contract to an Indian company…
Jordan’s drive for digital govt services reaches 40% completion
Jordan’s digital transformation efforts are said to have reached the 40 percent mark, with more than 500,000 citizens now using…
Philippines wants to issue more digital IDs than cards as President takes active interest
The Philippines government says it will henceforth focus more on issuing the digital version of the PhilID, while physical cards…
Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing agency gets leadership change
Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission – Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing body – has…
ROC.ai hires senior researcher to meet growing biometrics demand
Rank One Computing (ROC.ai) has announced the addition of senior scientist Garrick Brazil to its Research and Development (R&D) team…
Nigeria’s Borno State to capture biometrics of nearly 7k ex-Boko Haram fighters
The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security in Nigeria’s North Eastern state of Borno, Usman A. Tar, said over the…
Nortal, Modi partner on face biometrics passenger checks for maritime ports
A cooperation agreement has been entered into between Estonian IT services company Nortal and German biometric hardware firm Modi to…
Ghana, Zambia plan biometric voter registration drives for September
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a three-week nationwide biometric voter registration activity beginning next month in preparation for District…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection