Kenya digitizes 5k government services, to issue digital IDs ‘in next 90 days’
Up to 5,000 government services in Kenya can now be accessed through digital means after President William Ruto launched a…
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Nigeria issues 5M more digital IDs in six months, plans special cards for the elderly
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that it enrolled 5,935,362 people for the National Identification Number (NIN) from…
Pakistan ID agency head resigns, citing ‘polarized political environment’
The chairman of Pakistan’s digital ID agency NADRA, Tariq Malik, has resigned from his position in the wake of a…
Can biometrics put a dent in humanitarian aid theft? Nothing else has
A pattern for international food aid has been set. Biometric checks that to date have been marketed as a nice-to-have…
Over 70 million PhilIDs issued as PSA, Philippines Post re-commit to delivery
It has been an eventful month for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which announced a new milestone in implementing the…
Deadline looms to link India’s digital identity and tax accounts
Just days ahead of the June 30th deadline for individuals and businesses to link their PAN with Aadhaar digital identities,…
Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania
Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have…
IrisGuard biometrics to support Ethiopia’s G2C payments, financial inclusion
IrisGuard is extending its EyePay Network platform to Ethiopia to enable millions of people easily access government-to-citizen (G2C) payments in…
Jamaica invests in biometrics to fight election fraud
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has upgraded its biometric identification system. The new automated biometric identification system (ABIS) will…
Early and proactive public engagement needed for DPI projects: panel
Digital Public Infrastructure has become a hot topic in the development and identity communities, but as with any technology, will…
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