World Bank execs see digital public infrastructure as catalyst for financial inclusion
Three top executives of the World Bank have argued that efforts made to facilitate digital payments during the peak of…
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.
Biometric passport adoption trend grows amid data privacy, cost, issuance concerns
Multiple developments have emerged from different countries in recent days concerning biometric passports, from Pakistan announcing it has issued first…
Millions of SIM cards in Kenya yet to be registered as deadline nears
There is said to be unease among mobile telephone users in Kenya as almost 14 million active SIM cards across…
Privacy protection system for biometrics developed to better ICRC humanitarian aid
The results of six scientific research projects carried out under an initiative dubbed Engineering for Humanitarian Action are expected to…
Biometrics urged for payroll fraud crusade in Africa’s public service systems
The phenomenon of public workers unduly earning salaries or other financial benefits from their national public service systems in some…
Nigerian parliament set to scrutinize new draft data protection law
Any day now, Nigerian lawmakers will receive for deliberation a new draft personal data protection bill, after it was recently…
Next Biometrics delivers fingerprint sensor order to distribution partner in Singapore
Advanced fingerprints sensor technology provider Next Biometrics says it just delivered a stock of its FAP20 fingerprint sensors worth NOK…
Charting cooperation for inclusive, trusted digital public infrastructure at the UN
Digital cooperation and the building of resilience through safe, trusted and inclusive digital public infrastructure anchored one of the forums…
Serbia lobbying Western support to carry on with smart city biometrics project amid criticism
Serbian officials are reportedly negotiating financial and technical support for U.S. and Swedish smart city tech, drawing criticism from citizens…
Innovatrics adds web access to ABIS to enhance video processing speed for criminal probes
Innovatrics face in video search Multimodal biometrics solutions developer Innovatrics has announced that the video processing capabilities of its facial…
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