Indian PM warned of rising Aadhaar payment fraud
Financial fraud related to the country’s unique biometric identifier Aadhaar is rising rapidly in India with, Indian Parliament member John…
ID for All
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Togo brings in Atos and Idemia to build national digital ID program
The government of Togo has hired Atos and Idemia to create a MOSIP-based national digital ID program for its citizens….
Maldives launches eFaas digital ID app for public preview
Authorities in the Republic of Maldives have unveiled a mobile application for the country’s national digital ID (eFaas) system. The…
South Africans get their chance to comment on national ID bill
The Republic of South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is inviting public comments on its draft National Identification and Registration…
Digital ID key in Kenya’s digital transformation agenda: Eliud Owalo
(Dr. Joseph Atick, Eliud Owalo, and Julius Bitok on stage at ID4Africa 2023) In Kenya, the idea of a national identity…
Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as…
Data clean-up underway after biometric voter registration exercise in Liberia
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) says it is working to clean up data it collected during the recently concluded biometric…
Namibia no longer requires biometrics as part of SIM card registration
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) mandated registration of SIM cards on January 1st, 2023. They recently removed the…
Nigeria reaches 100M digital IDs issuance milestone, eyes World Bank target
Nigeria’s Digital Economy Minister Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami is being praised for spearheading efforts which led Nigeria to issuing 61…
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system ‘by 2025’
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system by 2025 according to statements from two of…
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