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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 wants €50M to expand facial recognition surveillance project

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has asked his Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, to source funding to the tune of…

 

MOSIP signs Peru agreement, commits to inclusive digital ID pursuits in LATAM

The Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) hopes to make stronger headway into Latin America following the signing of a…

 

HID Global recognized for innovative security design in Bahrain biometric passport

Identity security solutions firm HID Global has won more accolades for the high-level security and innovation reflected in the Bahrain…

 

Efforts to provide digital ID for access to govt services advance

As countries work to facilitate the way their citizens, both home and abroad, can access public services or complete online…

 

MOSIP President makes a diagnosis of Connect 2024, outlines future focus

The President of MOSIP, Prof S. Rajagopalan, says the maiden MOSIP Connect conference which took place early this month in…

 

Cameroon mayors commit to free civil registration document issuance

At least 13 of the 34 mayors in the North West Region of Cameroon have issued statements emphasizing their commitment…

 

Ghana’s election agency denies reports of missing biometric verification devices

Claims that seven biometric verification devices of the Ghana Electoral Commission (EC) went missing have been debunked by a top…

 

Margins Group CEO advocates data harmonization for Ghana to curb duplication, ID fraud

The CEO of Margins Group, the company producing Ghana’s national ID card (Ghana Card), Moses Baiden, has emphasized the need…

 

Nigeria inaugurates committee to spearhead inclusive digital ID drive

A steering committee to man efforts within the framework of Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development (Nigeria ID4D) project has been…

 

Famoco and Newlogic integrate with MOSIP for biometric social welfare delivery

Enterprise mobility management provider Famoco has announced a new collaboration which includes a full integration of its end-to-end software with…

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