Nigeria government, telecom bodies collaborate on rapid digital ID issuance to unblock SIMs
Nigeria’s National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) will work with the country’s telecom authority and main industry body to unblock SIMs…
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.
Sri Lanka ready to launch biometrics registration for digital identity scheme
The capture of biometrics for the issuance of digital ID cards in Sri Lanka is likely to begin soon, according…
France announces user-controlled mobile digital identity app for use with national ID
France announces a new system for proving digital identity via a smartphone, while formally discontinuing the ill-fated Alicem app of 2019….
Ex-bureaucrat says fraud can be cut and fed’s broken digital ID management fixed
A former U.S. government official writing about meaningfully minimizing fraud perpetrated at the federal and state levels has accomplished something…
Canadians weigh in on national digital ID with urgency, trust, fear
Opinion writers and industry figures in Canada offered a range of thoughts on the country’s inclusion of a national digital…
Researchers working on blockchain-based digital ID system to improve India’s financial landscape
Considered as Aadhaar 2.0 in some way, 14 Indian researchers are developing a new blockchain and machine learning-based digital ID…
Ethiopia issues second tender for biometric registration hardware for digital ID enrollment
Ethiopia is accepting bids to supply and install biometric registration kits for use in the establishment of the country’s national…
Trek to widespread digital IDs continues but Women in Identity warns it might be long
It is always best, when speaking to comrades in arms, to play up the achievability of a daunting task, but…
Passport demand outpacing issuance, Portugal opens biometric gates to UK travelers
As passports become increasingly sophisticated incorporating biometrics on chips with NFC, some good, old-fashioned delays are also developing in the…
Group challenges order blocking 72M SIMs unlinked to biometrics in Nigeria
The decision by Nigeria’s federal government to order the blocking of more than 72 million SIM cards not linked to…
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