From physical infrastructure to digital rails: India’s blueprint for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is not simply building another identity card. It is creating the foundation for a digital state. The Sri…
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Biometric Update publishes exclusive features and executive interviews along with forward-looking, systematic data about digital identity projects in developing nations.
MOSIP broadens Inji beyond digital ID into open credentialing platform
MOSIP is transforming Inji from a digital identity wallet into an independent, open-source credentialing platform designed to become trust infrastructure…
Syria advances digital public infrastructure with civil service app, biometric IDs
Syria is laying the foundations for digital public infrastructure, rolling out new civil services, preparing biometric identity documents and overhauling…
ASEAN’s DEFA sets stage for regional digital identity interoperability
ASEAN’s landmark Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) is moving toward implementation, setting the stage for interoperable digital identity, digital trade…
Peru gives digital ID equal legal status to physical credential
Peru is moving beyond electronic identity documents toward a true mobile digital identity ecosystem after approving the legal framework for…
When biometrics meet PKI: Nigeria’s next digital identity challenge
Nigeria’s digital identity system is entering a new phase. More than 136 million people are registered for a National Identification…
Caribbean nations are building a cross-border layer of digital public infrastructure
Countries in the Caribbean are implementing national digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects with objectives that increasingly go beyond their territorial…
Birth registration emerges as foundation for digital public infrastructure
Governments and development partners are increasingly pushing to make birth registration and vital statistics (CRVS) a foundational layer of digital…
UN moves to renew Palantir deal despite unresolved privacy, governance risks
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to renew a five-year agreement with Palantir Technologies even though a…
Cameroon: When birth certificates represent children who do not exist
In the world of legal identity, it is said that a child without a birth certificate does not exist, but…
