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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.

 

Cameroon eyes national interoperability infrastructure to drive digital govt

Stakeholders in Cameroon have emphasized the urgent need for the establishment of a national interoperability infrastructure to effectively drive the…

 

Tanzania pushes CRVS-ID integration as birth registration becomes a DPI layer

Tanzania is stepping up efforts to link its civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system with the national identity database,…

 

Sudan integrates SudaPass digital ID with banking sector for eKYC

Sudan has announced that it is integrating its SudaPass national digital ID with the banking sector for digital Know Your…

 

Armenia sets fees, rollout for new biometric ID under PPP model

Armenia has released the pricing for its new biometric national ID and passport documents as the country prepares to roll…

 

Liberia advances PPP-backed digital ID rollout with OSD

Liberia is moving ahead with the public-private partnership outlined by National Identification Registry (NIR) Executive Director Andrew Peters in an…

 

Nigeria extends national digital ID into cooperative sector with Seamfix

Nigeria is extending its national digital identity ecosystem into the country’s cooperative sector with a new biometric registry that will…

 

Pakistan’s NADRA rolls out homegrown QR-based ID cards

Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is transforming itself into a digital trust guarantor through homegrown innovation as it…

 

India expands digital government through UMANG and DigiLocker access layers

India is extending its digital public infrastructure by building common access layers that let citizens use thousands of government services…

 

South Africa advances broader digital identity and public services ecosystem

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has launched a new portal that seeks to further ease access to Smart ID…

 

Caribbean nations are building a cross-border layer of digital public infrastructure

Countries in the Caribbean are implementing national digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects with objectives that increasingly go beyond their territorial…

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