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Articles By Frank Hersey
Frank Hersey is a tech reporter for Biometric Update covering Africa-related biometrics and digital identity news. He is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Before arriving in West Africa last year, Frank was based in Beijing and worked primarily for TechNode, the China partner for TechCrunch.
How Special Olympics Nigeria will bring digital identity to the people
“Whenever we’re organizing an international competition, we find ourselves having to start from the very beginning, to get them their…
South Africa & DRC: Government biometrics contracts raise mismanagement concerns
Changes to government contracts with private contractors and their partners have come under scrutiny in two countries this week. In…
Biometric voter verification fails to ensure trusted election results in Tanzania
The shockwaves are still being felt after Tanzania’s elections on October 28, with opposition candidates arrested a week after polling…
Investigations identify the extent – and limitations – of Semlex’s political networks in Africa
The new offices for Semlex Côte d’Ivoire in the Cocody district of the commercial capital Abidjan Scrutiny of biometric credentials…
Could Nigeria’s biometrics-backed BVN show other countries the way for business loans?
Biometrically-secured finance could offer more financing options to help small businesses grow. Nigeria’s biometric Banking Verification Number (BVN) system provides…
How Malawi established a biometric national ID system at breakneck speed
Just three years ago, Malawi was without a national registry or ID system and had little in the way of…
Huduma Namba digital ID cards to go into production as 2022 election issues raised
After a mass registration exercise to capture the nation’s biometrics for the ambitious Huduma Namba unique identifier number, the program…
Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid
After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
Nigeria sets 5-year biometric enrollment target for whole population to national ID system
Ahead of ID4Africa’s online country profile event on Wednesday September 23, we have dedicated this edition of our overview of…
