Ghana EC finally aborts plan to require national ID for upcoming voter registration
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) will not go ahead with its plan to make the Ghana Card the only…
ID for All
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World Bank to consider impact of lacking ID on digital financial inclusion for women
A blog post by the World Bank shares that an upcoming World Bank paper will recommend ways to close the…
Digital ID for inclusive service delivery
Officials from two humanitarian organizations, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Capital Fund (UNDCF), shared…
MOSIP technology providers show off biometrics solutions at ecosystem event
The over 400 delegates who attended MOSIP Connect 2024 were not only treated to interesting presentations and panel discussions, but…
Biometric ID security insights in the wake of deepfakes: MOSIP Connect Day 2
Industry experts from iProov, Simprints and BixeLab have emphasized the importance of clean data collection during biometric enrollment and the…
1 step forward, 3 steps back for West Africa’s regional digital ID projects
It may become more difficult for people living in several Western African countries to cross international borders, with their exit…
Ethiopia, Morocco, Philippines explain MOSIP journeys as platform registers 110M digital IDs
There’s been a lot going on already at the MOSIP Connect 2024 event in Addis Ababa. Some of the standout…
Strong stakeholder collaboration celebrated as MOSIP Connect gets underway
The President of the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP), Prof Santhanagopalan Rajagopalan, says robust stakeholder collaboration from partner countries…
OpenCRVS launches new version, resources and partner program to boost ecosystem
OpenCRVS has released a new version of its digital civil registration platform and launched a pair of initiatives to build…
Everyone wants DPI, but the gap between frameworks and practice looms large
Digital public infrastructure has become one of the hottest topics not just in digital identity, but in public policy in…
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