Results of a study carried out between February 2022 and June 2023 have highlighted that the use of biometrics in…
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Co-Develop invests in OpenCRVS for DPI development
DPI development investor Co-Develop announced an investment in OpenCRVS, a standards-based open source software that gives governments the power to…
Worldcoin registers 200,000 Chileans in LATAM market push
Worldcoin’s pitch for a global currency and digital identity system has arrived in Chile, after facing roadblocks and government censure…
Court challenge frees up NADRA to restart ID card issuance to trans people
Pakistan’s national database and registry, NADRA, is resuming issuing ID cards to transgender people using an X to designate a…
Zimbabwe upgrades to enable online application for biometric passports, ID cards
The Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ministry of Zimbabwe has announced that a process is underway to upgrade its national…
Leaders in Philippines weigh ePhilIDs vs physical IDs amid problems meeting production
As of September 8th, 2023, roughly 81 million Filipinos have registered for national IDs in the past three years, but…
Ghana’s identity authority claims $80M debt from government over ID card production
The Executive Secretary of Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has insisted that the government owes the…
Indian govt fires back at Moody’s ‘sweeping assertions’ about Aadhaar biometrics
Moody’s has faced a strong retort from the Indian government after the American credit ratings, research and data organization sharply…
IOM using biometrics to facilitate aid for displaced persons in South Sudan
Authorities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) say the use of biometrics has proved to be a reliable way…
ECOWAS drums importance of regional biometric ID card for The Gambia in integration push
The Economic and Monetary Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently undertook a sensitization tour to The Gambia to reiterate…
