Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Zambia advance with digital credentials projects
As the digital transformation wind keeps blowing around the world, many counties are fully engaged in the implementation of different…
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UIDAI urges use of biometrics exception to enroll disabled people in Aadhaar
There are guidelines in force which allow people with disabilities to be enrolled for the Aadhaar biometric program without an…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines looks to MOSIP for national ID pilot
The southern Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is planning to pilot its national digital identity system…
Malaysian digital ID available to public from July 2024
Malaysia’s digital identity – known as MyDigital ID – will be available to the general public by July next year,…
Laxton, Neurotechnology collaboration powered Liberia’s biometric voter registration for Oct. polls
This year, Liberia deployed a Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system for the first time in its electoral history, and the…
Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG attainment
An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more countries of the Global South…
Bhutan stands up self-sovereign identity with a small team and smaller budget
Bhutan is amongst the poorest and least-developed countries in the world, ranked 134th out of 203 by the United Nations…
Nigerian banks, Agric program to require digital ID from customers, beneficiaries
Nigeria’s digital ID, the National Identification Number (NIN), is increasingly getting solicited for different authentication use cases. Recently, the Central…
History repeats with Kenyan High Court blocking Maisha Namba for lack of DPIA
The lack of a data protection impact assessment has scuttled Kenya’s government’s rollout of the Maisha Namba national digital ID…
Duplicative biometric databases in Nigeria, India face criticism
A database dubbed the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) put in place to manage a student loans scheme in…
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