Court orders changes to Tanzania’s data protection law
The High Court of Tanzania has ruled that some provisions of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2022 be…
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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.
Pakistan’s NFIS initiative leverages digital identity for financial inclusion
Significant headway has been made in making digital financial services available to Pakistanis, with 60 percent of adults now benefiting…
Governance framework key to trust that enables data-driven policymaking
The UNDP publication Development Advocate has published a new article by Tariq Malik, former chairman of Pakistan’s National Database and…
Smart Bangladesh 2041: Balancing ambition with reality
Bangladesh aims to be a “Smart” nation by 2041 as the country goes through a drastic transformation founded on digital identity…
Sierra Leone putting digital ID at the center of its digital transformation agenda
The West African nation of Sierra Leone is at full throttle with its digital transformation efforts, and its MOSIP-based foundational…
The rise of digital public infrastructure boosts India towards an $8T GDP by 2030
India’s advances in digital modernization have taken an enormous rise with the advent of digital public infrastructure (DPI), known as…
Simprints plans to make its biometric ID open source for greater social impact
The CEO of Simprints Toby Norman says the company plans to release a full open source stack for its fingerprints…
AI for secure digital identity revolutionizing banking in Pakistan
Artificial Intelligence (AI), is revolutionizing the banking sector and presents unprecedented options for proficiency and innovation. The adoption of AI…
MOSIP President makes a diagnosis of Connect 2024, outlines future focus
The President of MOSIP, Prof S. Rajagopalan, says the maiden MOSIP Connect conference which took place early this month in…
CSIS encourages private sector DPI investment as UN pushes for safeguards
An advocacy paper published by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a public policy non-profit, has explored how…
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