ID4Africa’s Joseph Atick on why Africa is setting the pace for digital identity
At the ID4Africa 2026 AGM in Abidjan, digital identity leaders focused on a common theme: building sustainable digital identity ecosystems…
Features and Interviews
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Indicio, Idemia PS see opening for reusable digital identity after Treasury endorsement
Indicio and Idemia Public Security strategically partnered to bring globally interoperable biometric identity verification software to markets around the world….
Liberia restructures national ID deal with OSD, plans issuance restart
Liberia has agreed on a concession arrangement with Austrian identity company OSD International, paving the way for the resumption of…
There’s no digital ID without data protection: Mauritius privacy chief
Drudeisha Madhub, the Data Protection Commissioner of Mauritius, has emphasized that technologies like digital identity systems cannot operate in a…
Trust inevitable in building human rights-sensitive digital ID systems
Some digital rights advocates who spoke at the recent ID4Africa 2026 AGM in Abidjan emphasized that for African governments to…
Biometric Update Podcast: Claire Ma explores the next phase of government digital identity
Governments around the world are moving toward digital identity systems, but not all are taking the same path. On the…
Direction for open source DPI sustainability, local ownership established
Governments and development organizations reached a convergence on how to achieve sustainability and local ownership of open source identity systems…
Africa’s altered market may mean new leading tech providers, ID4Africa EC says
For Africa to benefit from the promise of identity, adopting strong governance frameworks and business models to graduate to sustainable…
ID4Africa speakers urge legal identity inclusion for refugees, stateless persons
African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at…
Biometrics lawyer Dan Saeedi talks BIPA on Biometric Update Podcast
Dan Saeedi is a BIPA buster. The renowned Chicago attorney, CIPP/US,a partner and team co-lead of the biometric privacy team…
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