Contractor distances self from biometric device failures in South Africa elections
A Johannesburg-based company, Ren-Form, which supplied biometric hardware to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is not…
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.
Kenya austerity measures affect biometric voter management system budget
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has cried out that supplementary budget cuts instructed by the President…
Coppernic biometric tablets selected for Guinea scholarship program modernization
Coppernic has announced its involvement in the modernization of a foreign studies scholarship program for the west African nation of…
Knowledge-sharing crucial as the world looks to the future of DPI
As the global conversation about why DPI is important advances, so is that about how to implement them. A panel…
Nigerian fintech launches biometrics platform for merchant payments
Nigerian digital payment services provider Accelerex has rolled out a system to facilitate merchant payments across the country using fingerprint…
Issuance of 2.5M smart IDs part of South Africa’s 2025 budget plan
South Africa’s Home Affairs Department says it plans to issue at least 2.5 million smart ID cards with funds from…
Cameroon gets $4.8M South Korea grant to advance civil registration modernization project
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, recently signed an agreement with the government of…
India G20 Task Force report defines course of global DPI development
A report that is expected to influence the trajectory of digital public infrastructure (DPI) development around the world and strengthen…
World Bank identifies priority actions for DPI in Equatorial Guinea
A World Bank team has identified immediate actions which the government of Equatorial Guinea should undertake in ramping up its…
Digital rights advocates say Nigeria’s NIMC has work to do on data mishandling
In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of personal data by some websites…
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