G20 members urged to strengthen collaboration to develop scalable digital public goods
A policy brief which examines how digital public goods (DPGs) can be leveraged for economic development has made recommendations on…
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.
UNICEF to support birth registration for 1M Nigerian children in 2023
The Nigeria office of the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) says it is working with local authorities in Bauchi State…
Cameroon biometric visa system now functional
Hundreds of biometric visas have already been issued by different diplomatic services of Cameroon since the online application system went…
Financial inclusion still low in Nigeria despite digital ID coverage push
Nigeria’s efforts to expand digital ID issuance may be going steadily forward but the number of citizens still financially excluded…
Visa, Mastercard roll out secure, seamless payment system for South Africa
Hassles involved in online merchant payments in South Africa, usually from step-up challenge, will soon be reduced as two payment…
India okays 22 financial entities to perform Aadhaar biometric authentication
Twenty-two financial institutions have been granted the right to perform authentication using the Aadhaar biometric ID, in line with stipulations…
Papua New Guinea rolls out platform for seamless management of digital IDs
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) says it is expanding its digital infrastructure with a new…
Critics pan planned police use of facial recognition during King Charles’ coronation
An announcement by the UK Metropolitan Police Service (Met) that live (or ‘real-time’) facial recognition technology will be deployed in…
Togo preparing census to issues biometric ID cards for social protection
A third population census is coming to Togo and the exercise will be dedicated to issuing biometric cards to citizens…
Face biometrics deployed by Emirates, three airports but Italy lawsuit shows resistance
Digital innovations and partnerships in the aviation industry continue to roll out as an airline and airports on three continents…
