After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
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.
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…
Biometric projects to fight fraud and corruption in Africa need to avoid the same traps
Allegations against Semlex in Africa continue to mount as a new exposé of the Belgian firm’s dealings comes to light, this…
Biometrics to help reduce fraud and inefficiency in African public sector budgets, back digital ID in Togo
Southern African neighbors Zimbabwe and Zambia are considering ways to use biometrics to protect government budgets. The former is reducing…
Idemia biometrics secures Africa’s largest welfare transfer system as Nigeria unites identity-handling agencies
Potentially big developments in biometrics this week in Nigeria as the agency managing Africa’s largest national identity program is moved…
Mühlbauer biometric tax ID cards for Congo, beta app problems for Africa’s largest digital ID system
Nigeria’s biometrics-backed ID ambitions have taken another twist as more people try the new government app to manage their identities…
Nigeria’s national biometric ID proposed to go digital, add DNA
Biometrics news in Africa was dominated by a pair of stories from West Africa’s largest nations this week. The results…
More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire…
Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?
A Nigerian identity verification company is building a way to confirm details of an increasing number of Nigerians’ lives, way…
Biometrics deployed by Interpol to fight terrorism in Africa’s Sahel region
The breadth of applications of biometrics is evident in this week’s roundup of news in Africa, from counter terrorism activities…
