Ethiopia gets accolades for leading digital transformation in Horn of Africa
At a recent meeting of Horn of Africa Finance Ministers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Ethiopia’s digital transformation progress got thumps…
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.
Laos begins integrating digital ID cards into public agencies
Government agencies in Laos have received the order to begin integrating the country’s chip-enabled identity cards and citizen databases. Ministries,…
Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat
Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with the enhancements aimed at strengthening…
5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
New document reader from Regula reads cards on both sides simultaneously
Regula has released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E. A release says the device, based on the desktop…
Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools
The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the latest in a series of…
Login.gov to accept passports soon, mDLs by next March
The U.S. federal government plans to accept mobile driver’s licenses for online access to government services by March of 2026,…
Zimbabwe looks forward to digital ID rollout after population registry reform
A plan to issue national digital IDs in Zimbabwe is said to be imminent after the government concluded a comprehensive…
Brunei looks to ASEAN and its own roadmap to become Smart Nation
The implementation of digital transformation for every country is idiosyncratic. Each state goes about it differently, adapting each to their…
Impersonation scams surge as AI fuels identity theft
Impersonation scams and AI-driven fraud are redefining the threat landscape of identity theft in the United States, according to the…
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