UNHCR update shows progress toward biometric refugee registration commitment
The UNHCR has expanded its use of biometrics for food distribution to over 100 sites across eight countries, and registered…
Civil / National ID
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Philippines’ central bank and statistics authority sign deal on biometric ID rollout
The Philippines is moving one step closer to the rollout of its new biometric national ID system, with the Bangko…
Veriff releases NFC identity verification tool for biometric passports
Online identity verification system Veriff has released a near-field communication (NFC) verification tool to validate ePassport-compatible IDs, writes HelpNet Security….
Digital ID in Africa this week: local mobile banking and biometric verification technology soar ahead
The trend for this week is mobile – mobile banking, payments, SIM registration and even a mobile app to check…
Biometric passports in Indonesia now PKD-certified by ICAO
Indonesia is the latest country to obtain the Public Key Directory (PKD) certificate from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)…
Digital ID in Africa this week: mammoth biometric registration plans for Nigeria and Interpol in the Sahel
The sheer scale of the projects underway in Kenya and Nigeria mean that once again the two countries dominate Africa’s…
‘Prone to hacking’: expert witness in Kenya’s Huduma Namba hearings first round
“[The National Integrated Identity Management System] thus is an archaic design compared to modern-day systems architecture and can be rightly…
ICAO denies alleged privacy flaw in biometric passports
A group of researchers from the University of Luxemburg may have detected a critical security flaw in the International Civil…
UNECA head adds economic expertise and diversity to ID4Africa Advisory Board
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Dr. Vera Songwe has joined ID4Africa’s Board of Advisors to add…
CITRIS Policy Lab publishes digital ID and facial recognition reports to support ID2020 and Good ID
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Policy Lab has published a pair of white…
