African leader’s efforts to eradicate statelessness wins plaudits from UNHCR
The recent adoption by African leaders of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights Relating to…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
Australia: ‘Clear concern’ over high-risk AI, ministers continue work on digital ID regulation
Australia’s approach to regulating AI will not be “hands-off” while the misuse of citizens’ biometric data remains one of the…
Jamaican PM’s office says national digital ID coming in Q1 of this year
The Jamaican government has announced its intention to complete phase one of the National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment and ID-card…
Nigeria expects to miss digital ID registration goal set by World Bank
Nigeria does not expect to meet the goal for digital ID issuance set by the World Bank for this year….
DPI will contribute up to 4% to India’s GDP by 2030, report says
India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) contributed a whopping $31.8 billion to the country’s economy in 2022 and there are projections…
Switzerland issues tender for digital ID with $200M budget
Switzerland is forging ahead with its plans to establish a national digital identity with a new tender for an online…
Maisha Namba issuance to resume as Kenyan High Court lifts injunction
Kenya will resume printing national ID cards, the government announced after the country’s high court lifted an injunction against the…
New York lawmaker pitches multiple mDL vendors despite $1.7M contract with Idemia I&S
A New York State legislator is exploring an alternative path forward for mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) from the one the…
Passport and digital ID card scandal unravels in Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has conducted a secret operation that involved giving Afghan individuals fake passports from Pakistan, in…
Palm biometrics-based ‘Humanity Protocol’ debuts for Web3
An alternative to iris scans for proof of personhood in Web3 has been proposed by three organizations together focused on…
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