Nigeria contracts Pakistan’s digital ID agency to upgrade NIN middleware
The digital identity authorities of Pakistan and Nigeria have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand their collaboration. Pakistan’s National…
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Uganda rumored to consider merging ID agencies as biometric kit price grows
Officials with Uganda’s Internal Affairs Ministry have requested a merger between government bodies responsible for issuing IDs and civil registration,…
South Africa conducts biometric voter registration for prison inmates
Inmates being held at correctional facilities across South Africa will from today undergo biometric voter registration ahead of the country’s…
Govt source says Kenya’s biometric national ID card chip expiry protects security
Kenyans, a local news portal has cited a government official as confirming that new national ID cards to be issued…
The quest for legal ID by inhabitants of disputed Cameroonian territory Bakassi
Along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Cameroon lies an oil-rich peninsular called Bakassi, a territory full of…
Biometrics to be collected from 1M poor Indians for Dharavi slum redevelopment scheme
Poor Indians living in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai for the past 24 years will next month be biometrically registered…
Bhutan boosts digital ID sign-ups, Philippines and Barbados face struggles
Bhutan is steadily boosting the number of its digital ID users while the Philippines struggles with delays and Barbados with…
Biometrics needed to protect Africa’s digital economy ambitions from growing fraud
The spiralling trend of identity-related fraud in Africa, perpetrated mostly through national ID documents, portends great dangers for Africa’s lofty…
Nepal wants single biometric database for ID cards, CRVS, passports
Nepalese government officials have announced that biometrics will not be collected anew from passport applicants whose personal data is already…
Digital ID enrollment app rolls out soon for Nigerians abroad
A self-service app meant to enable Nigerians living abroad to easily register for the National Identification Number (NIN) is set…
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