The ‘Frontline’ of digital identity innovation spans the Global South
The ID4Africa community focussed on Frontline developments in digital identity from around the world Day 2 of the 2026 AGM…
Features and Interviews
Biometric Update offers exclusive features and executive interviews along with forward-looking, systematic data about the global biometrics market. Interviews provide perspectives from companies in the industry, their partners, analysts and other stakeholders in the ecosystem, individually or as part of in-depth features. Read our exclusive ID4Africa coverage.
Tech vendors urge PPP, decentralized digital ID models at ID4Africa
Ideas continued to flow in the main hall of the Parc des Expositions in Abidjan on May 13 as the…
Africa PKI Consortium builds the continent’s trust layer
“If the continent is to achieve its sovereignty it needs to have control over every ingredient that is used,” said…
Age assurance industry juggles global headlines, major disruptions at 2026 GAASS
The 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit marked both the arrival of age assurance onto the global main stage, and…
ID4Africa 2026 shifts focus to digital identity ecosystems and sustainability
ID4Africa’s 2026 AGM opened in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire with the arrival of over a thousand delegates and participants at the…
Building digital ID systems that last: African countries share experiences as ID4Africa 2026 opens
It is no longer enough to just build national digital ID systems. It is critical to ensure that the systems…
Biometric Update Podcast explores identification at scale using browser fingerprinting
“Browser fingerprinting is this idea that modern browsers are so complex.” So says Valentin Vasilyev, Chief Technology Officer of Fingerprint,…
UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition
The UK’s two Biometrics Commissioners shared cautionary observations about the use of facial recognition in law enforcement over the weekend…
Biometric Update Podcast: Teresa Wu on SIA’s Corporate Credential Design Guide
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has published its Corporate Credential Design Guide, and Idema Public Security’s Teresa Wu, who has…
ADVP and NO2ID back DVS framework from opposing perspectives
The UK’s Digital Verification Service (DVS) trust framework is drawing support from both industry and long-time critics of centralized identity…
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