PNG, Guyana look to biometrics to address election irregularities
As the use of digital technology in electoral processes keeps expanding around the world, recent developments in Papua New Guinea…
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.
PNG eyes 500k birth registrations a year with UNICEF support
Birth registration in Papua New Guinea (PGN) is set to reach a new feat of at least 500,000 enrollments a…
Prembly integrates IDVerse to ease ID verification in Africa
A partnership has been formed between Prembly Group and IDVerse to deliver the latter’s identity verification and synthetic media fraud…
Former South Africa Home Affairs official jailed for passport fraud
A former South African Home Affairs Department staff who was involved in a racket that illegally issued the country’s biometric…
Malawi insists ID card compulsory for scheduled biometric voter registration
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that biometric voter registration will begin next month as part of preparations for…
Kenya’s national digital ID: Lofty project on a bumpy ride
Since its rollout in 2023 as a replacement for the highly controversial Huduma Namba, the Maisha Namba digital ID project…
Linking CRVS with legal identity systems offers major benefits: UNECA
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged African countries to capitalize on the emphasis this year’s Africa…
World Bank wants to strengthen Cameroon’s digital infrastructure cybersecurity architecture
An Expression of Interest (EOI) announcement has been published by the World Bank seeking a contractor for a project that…
Indonesia govt unveils integrated channels for digital ID issuance, authentication
Digital identity issuance and authentication can be done in Indonesia using two channels with the view to streamlining how citizens…
Hungary announces digital ID app rollout from September
The Secretary of State in the Office of Hungary’s Prime Minister and National Assembly member, Csaba Dömötör, has disclosed that…
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