Ethiopia biometric ID card contract won by Madras Security Printers
Madras Security Printers Private Limited has been chosen by Ethiopia’s government to produce one million cards for the country’s digital…
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Cameroon biometric visa portal down, Burkina Faso launches own platform
Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations announced recently that the country’s digital visa portal has been inaccessible in some countries, frustrating…
UNDP and India team up for digital public infrastructure guidance to spur SDG catch-up
The Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations remain a long way from being realized, more than half-way to…
India in talks to share UPI digital payment experience with three more African nations
India is reported to be in negotiations with Kenya, Mozambique and Namibia to help the African nations develop digital payment…
Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children
The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have…
Nigerians urge new NIMC boss to expand digital ID coverage, streamline enrollment
The new director general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Bisoye Coker-Odusote, has been called upon to expand digital…
Data privacy concerns as Sri Lanka digital ID project awarded to Indian company
Authorities in Sri Lanka are trying to convince citizens that awarding the national digital ID contract to an Indian company…
Philippines wants to issue more digital IDs than cards as President takes active interest
The Philippines government says it will henceforth focus more on issuing the digital version of the PhilID, while physical cards…
Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing agency gets leadership change
Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission – Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing body – has…
MOSIP implementation pilot with BioEnable biometrics nears successful completion
A pilot implementation of the MOSIP digital identity platform is nearing completion in Burkina Faso using biometric devices and software…
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