Cameroon PM announces major reforms to national ID system as issuance backlog swells
Cameroon’s Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute told lawmakers on Friday June 30 that a new national digital ID card…
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Kenya digitizes 5k government services, to issue digital IDs ‘in next 90 days’
Up to 5,000 government services in Kenya can now be accessed through digital means after President William Ruto launched a…
EU countries have right to record biometrics on ID cards, says top court adviser
The European Union’s top court is soon set to decide on whether including fingerprint data on identity cards is against…
Nigeria issues 5M more digital IDs in six months, plans special cards for the elderly
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that it enrolled 5,935,362 people for the National Identification Number (NIN) from…
Pakistan ID agency head resigns, citing ‘polarized political environment’
The chairman of Pakistan’s digital ID agency NADRA, Tariq Malik, has resigned from his position in the wake of a…
Over 70 million PhilIDs issued as PSA, Philippines Post re-commit to delivery
It has been an eventful month for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which announced a new milestone in implementing the…
Deadline looms to link India’s digital identity and tax accounts
Just days ahead of the June 30th deadline for individuals and businesses to link their PAN with Aadhaar digital identities,…
Japan seeks Singapore’s experience in national digital ID rollout
Japan has expressed its willingness to learn from Singapore’s experience in the rollout of a national digital ID system as…
Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania
Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have…
Tentative political agreement reached on revised EU digital ID framework proposal
Representatives of the Council and Parliament of the European Union have agreed on key elements contained in the proposed legislative…
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