While Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Chad either launched or announced mass enrollments for biometric civil registrations, the system in…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments. Examples of this could be for the purposes of document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
India details plans for biometric authentication with different modalities for remote voters
In an effort to improve the remote voting process and conclusively identify migrant voters, the Election Commission (EC) of India…
Metro Manila leverages Dermalog tech for digital governance solution
Dermalog has partnered with the Philippine Land Transportation Office (LTO) to roll out a biometric pilot for a new digital…
Banks at risk of losing digital ID window of opportunity to tech giants, Mobey Forum warns
A comparative overview of digital ID schemes from Europe and North America warns that banks might soon fall behind large…
India Election Commission working on remote voting with Aadhaar biometrics
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is building an electronic remote voting system based on Aadhaar biometrics for the Election…
Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: registration for Nigeria SIMs, Zimbabwe public sector
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to…
Guyana to launch biometric national ID card, Portugal and Jamaica digital ID plans advance
Guyana’s government is planning to include biometrics among the security features of a new national ID card for use with…
OSIA Advisory Committee sets priorities for open standard biometric systems development
The priorities agreed to at the first meeting of the SIA-launched OSIA Advisory Committee have been announced by the organization,…
Malaysia to add biometric data to all identity documents
Malaysia’s National Registration Department (JPN) will add biometric information to identity documents including birth, marriage, adoption and citizenship certificates to…
Developments in biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: Malawi election nullified, lack of funds in Uganda
The result of Malawi’s first biometric election, held in May 2019, has finally been nullified by a panel of judges,…
