Liberia needs more funding to widen national ID coverage
The Executive Director of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR), Andrew Peters, says one of the biggest challenges they face in…
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São Tomé and Principe pilots MOSIP-based national digital ID system
São Tomé and Principe, Africa’s second smallest country by area and population, with just around a thousand square kilometres and…
Ethiopia’s digital ID chief lays out roadmap for reaching 90M enrollments by 2027
“Digital ID is not optional; it is a necessity.” It is on this conviction that Ethiopia is riding to make…
Chad, Mali, Senegal pursue birth registration reforms to close gaps
Efforts deployed by the Republics of Chad, Mali and Senegal to reform and digitize their respective birth registration systems are…
Somalia walking a thorny road to an inclusive national digital ID system
Flashback about 30 years ago, Somalia had no functional national ID system. Legal identity in this Horn of Africa nation…
Pakistan to harmonize govt databases for easier biometric verification, data security
Pakistan will implement a nationwide facial recognition system and also ensure the harmonization of all government databases to make sure…
Pakistan strengthens digital governance with nationwide biometric integration
Last month, the Punjab government made biometric photos compulsory for filing petitions in its courts, part of a broader push…
The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel
Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing country but it is experiencing…
Biometrics experience, policy and tools must converge to transform lives
Biometrics and technologies for issuing, sharing and delivering services with identity credentials shared the stage with practical, real-world experiences and…
Inclusive digital ID poised for leap forward with QR codes, similar credentials
QR codes have been around for decades, but they and other similar technologies have only recently emerged as digital identity…
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