Cameroon to set up over 500 new ID card enrollment centers in push to cut issuance delays
Overwhelmed with complaints of national ID card issuance delays in Cameroon, the government is multiplying measures to reduce the swelling…
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PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
Delegations form six West African countries participating in a regional identification project dubbed WURI recently had a working session with…
Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
The race to pick a contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID project is said to be hotting up with the…
Calls for stronger data protection as breach incidents rock Bangladesh, Indonesia
Calls have intensified in the last couple of days on the need to put in place a body that will…
National ID cards launched in DRC, remain uncollected in Ghana
The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its new national ID card, in an official ceremony where current president Félix…
South Africa to add biometrics to new driving license cards, maintains plan for mDLs
The government of South Africa is planning the launch of new driver’s license cards that will have enhanced security features…
New page opens for birth registration in Ghana as instruction manual validated
A guiding document which outlines a number of novelties in Ghana’s birth and death registration system was recently validated by…
Philippines connects homeless to government services with biometrics, ID cards
The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Oplan Pag-Abot Project is intended to establish a central database of…
Report finds data protection loopholes in Tanzania’s biometric SIM registration drive
Tanzania’s efforts in crime prevention, social protection and financial inclusion through digital identity are commendable but the government has to…
Cameroon PM announces major reforms to national ID system as issuance backlog swells
Cameroon’s Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute told lawmakers on Friday June 30 that a new national digital ID card…
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