Smart Engines OCR praised by Russian Hajj tour operator for speeding up applications
Smart Engines technology for ID scanning and reading has been integrated by Russia’s official booking system for Hajj pilgrimages, making…
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.
We will never know exactly how effective digital health passes were: Ada Lovelace report
Measures like contact tracing apps and digital vaccine certificates were rolled out without a clear idea of what would constitute…
Zimbabwe claims passport backlog is eliminated with 600K issued since January 2022
Zimbabwe has issued more than 600,000 passports holding the bearer’s biometrics on an electronic chip, Bulawyo24 reports, clearing a backlog…
Cameroon partners with French Devt Agency to ramp up birth registration
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, on Friday June 9, signed a partnership agreement…
Nigeria popularizes tokenization for ID verification, assures of data protection
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has been explaining the ease with which Nigerians with a National Identification…
Nubian Rights Forum urges equitable rollout to Kenya’s UPI system
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) led by the Nubian Rights Forum are urging the government to listen to public concerns and…
OECD adopts recommendations on digital identity governance
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Council has adopted a new set of recommendations on how digital identity should…
Governments embrace digital identity register, foreigner ID cards and bank partnerships
From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but…
Rumored breach of India’s vaccination data portal threatens to undermine DPI influence
Reports are swirling that India’s public vaccination portal, CoWIN, has suffered a breach of huge volumes of personal information, including…
Bhutan lawmakers examine final draft of digital ID legislation
This week, discussions are due to continue in Bhutan’s National Assembly on the final draft of a Digital Identity Bill…
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