Digitizing Africa: the Transform Africa summit and leading voices
A blueprint for digital economies and MOUs signed with Inmarsat and French consultancy Tactis – some of the outcomes of…
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.
More than a quarter million Rohingya refugees have legal ID after biometric registration
More than 270,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been biometrically registered and received identity cards, the first time many of…
Indian government considers opening Aadhaar biometric KYC authentication to fintechs
Digital financial services companies in India may soon be able to authenticate customers with biometrics using Aadhaar, as The Economic…
Essiell integrates Regula document verification tech into compliance package
Travel money specialists Essiell has formed a strategic partnership with Regula that will see Essiell’s Watchman 1.0 compliance package integrated…
Omidyar Network defines “Good ID” to encourage responsible identity systems
Omidyar Network has updated its conceptualization of what it means by “Good ID” in its advocacy for extending legal identification…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Kenya’s biometric ID scheme, blockchain for refugees, universal health and moonlighting officials
Developments in digital ID across Africa this week include positive steps in Senegal to use digital platforms to rapidly reach…
Myanmar provides ID cards to IDPs and seeks $104 million to implement biometric registration
The government of Myanmar is attempting to implement a scheme to provide national registration cards to residents of internally displaced…
Simprints wins World Bank ID4D Mission Billion Challenge with toolkit for registration consent
Simprints has won the World Bank’s ‘Mission Billion Challenge’ with an open source toolkit for enabling meaningful informed consent with…
Fraud accusations at UN refugee agency highlight importance of biometric systems
UN refugee agency UNHCR has strongly rejected what it characterizes as “widespread allegations made against its workforce” made in an…
IDEMIA ban by Kenyan National Assembly appealed as biometric national ID drive passes 15M
Kenya’s drive to register citizens for its biometric Huduma Namba national ID system will not be affected by the recent…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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