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Digital identity in developing nations

With UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries with daily coverage of biometrics-based national digital identity projects.

By Chris Burt

Biometrics and technologies for issuing, sharing and delivering services with identity credentials shared the stage with practical, real-world experiences and…

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By Chris Burt

QR codes have been around for decades, but they and other similar technologies have only recently emerged as digital identity…

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By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera

With help from the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), along with the UN Sri Lanka…

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By Chris Burt

IN Groupe is one of the oldest companies in the identity space, but promoted Agnès Diallo to the CEO role…

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By Ayang Macdonald

Representatives of government and the private sector from the eight member states of the East African Community (EAC), as well…

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By Ayang Macdonald

“Digital ID is not optional; it is a necessity.” It is on this conviction that Ethiopia is riding to make…

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By Ayang Macdonald

São Tomé and Principe, Africa’s second smallest country by area and population, with just around a thousand square kilometres and…

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By Ayang Macdonald

Cameroonian civil society organizations are asking the government to make some legislative changes that could also change the perception citizens…

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By Ayang Macdonald

Flashback about 30 years ago, Somalia had no functional national ID system. Legal identity in this Horn of Africa nation…

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By Ayang Macdonald

Efforts deployed by the Republics of Chad, Mali and Senegal to reform and digitize their respective birth registration systems are…

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By Ayang Macdonald

A data center operator, Wingu Africa, has announced the obtention of $60 million to accelerate the rollout of critical digital…

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By Ayang Macdonald

Pakistan will implement a nationwide facial recognition system and also ensure the harmonization of all government databases to make sure…

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ID4Africa news, conference coverage

ID4Africa is a Pan-African Movement motivated by the need to promote legal identity for all in Africa. It is a tripartite with representation from African governments, development agencies and industry. Biometric Update has provided full coverage of the meetings and livecasts since 2016. ID4Africa 2025 was held in Ethiopia.

By Ayang Macdonald

Zambia is currently at a point of transition where it is moving from extremely limited birth registration to universal registration…

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Interoperability Initiatives

Multiple major initiatives have been launched by ID stakeholders to promote and support open-source technologies or those based on open standards, in order to prevent vendor lock-in and give governments and other customers the flexibility of tools that are interoperable with each other. Among governments in countries with developing economies, a lack of interoperability has been seen as a major barrier to the long-term success and sustainability of ID systems.

By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera

The Government of India can release a request for proposals, by the Inter-Government Memorandum of Understanding for the Sri Lanka…

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International Identity Day

The campaign calls to recognize September 16 as International Identity Day in tribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 which calls for legal identity for all by 2030. The purpose is to raise awareness about the role identity plays in empowering individuals to exercise their rights and responsibilities fairly and equitably in a modern society. Biometric Update is proud to be a coalition partner.

By Ayang Macdonald

The National Civil Status Registration Office of Cameroon (BUNEC) used the International Identity Day observed recently to highlight how vital…

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