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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.

 

Simprints reports increased efficiency in healthcare delivery with biometrics

Simprints says it noted more efficiency in all its healthcare delivery projects around the world in 2023 thanks to its…

 

ECOWAS pushes regional biometric ID card adoption to bring down travel, business barriers

Members of some women groups in border communities between Senegal and Guinea Bissau (the sene-Gambia zone) have received biometric national…

 

Data protection laws in Southern Africa big win for digital rights: Report

A report on the state of digital rights in Southern Africa has praised efforts by countries in the region to…

 

Indonesia’s Comms ministry highlights role in fostering digital ID use to access services

Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) says it is playing a frontline role in the country’s drive to set…

 

Philippines introduces digital ID for pensioners as eGov user numbers increase

Pensioners and other users of insurance services in Philippines can henceforth access services from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)…

 

ID4Africa EC says Africa’s voice on identity now louder, more coherent

The Executive Chairman of ID4Africa, Dr. Joseph Atick, has lauded the smashing success of this year’s annual general meeting (AGM)…

 

Bhutan’s national digital ID showcased as SSI model for others

In 2023, Bhutan, a Himalayan nation of less than one million citizens, became the first country in the world to…

 

South Africa rejigs its digital payments ecosystem to increase financial inclusion

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published a national digital payments roadmap which proposes several novelties including the adoption…

 

Presight to fast-track The Gambia’s transformation through digital ID, govt initiative

Digital transformation efforts in The Gambia will get an improvement after the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…

 

Kenya says digital ID backlog problem resolved, urges collection of abandoned cards

There are still complaints in Kenya that digital ID cards applied for many months ago are still to be issued…

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