EU financial associations want traditional payments excluded from eIDAS regulation
Financial institutions and digital commerce entities in Europe are calling for clarification on some wordings used in the EU’s Digital…
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.
Australia’s new digital ID strategy calls for more biometrics, stronger data protection
Australia’s federal government has released what it calls a National Strategy for Identity Resilience, which outlines how state and territory…
BixeLab NIST certification for biometric testing extended
BixeLab has announced that its accreditation for biometric testing by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) has been extended…
Digital ID enrollment efforts scale up in Kuwait, Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Authority (NIMC) says it is intensifying efforts to get many more citizens and legal residents in…
The case for an integrated digital CRVS system for African countries
Speakers during the ID4Africa Livecast on June 21, which was dedicated to summarising key points from some workshops during the…
Cameroon launches video surveillance with live facial recognition in largest city
An Annex facility of the National Command and Control Centre for Video Surveillance has gone operational in Douala in a…
Bhutan’s digital ID bill scales through National Assembly amid accountability concerns
Members of the National Assembly of Bhutan on Monday June 19 overwhelmingly voted in favour the National Identity Bill which…
Philippines wants to add iris biometrics to tackle double voter registration
As part of efforts to reduce the rate of double registrations during voter enrollment, the Commission on Elections of the…
India expands partnership on digital public infrastructure experience-sharing at G20
India recently concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four countries to share its digital stack experience with them. The…
Namibian lawmakers examine bill to streamline civil registration, lower age for ID cards
A draft piece of legislation seeking to make changes to Namibia’s civil status registration and identification system is currently in…
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