G20 members urged to strengthen collaboration to develop scalable digital public goods
A policy brief which examines how digital public goods (DPGs) can be leveraged for economic development has made recommendations on…
ID for All
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all by 2030. Read Biometric Update news and in-depth features about digital identity projects in developing countries. Listen to our ID16.9 podcast.
UNICEF to support birth registration for 1M Nigerian children in 2023
The Nigeria office of the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) says it is working with local authorities in Bauchi State…
Cameroon biometric visa system now functional
Hundreds of biometric visas have already been issued by different diplomatic services of Cameroon since the online application system went…
Financial inclusion still low in Nigeria despite digital ID coverage push
Nigeria’s efforts to expand digital ID issuance may be going steadily forward but the number of citizens still financially excluded…
India okays 22 financial entities to perform Aadhaar biometric authentication
Twenty-two financial institutions have been granted the right to perform authentication using the Aadhaar biometric ID, in line with stipulations…
Papua New Guinea rolls out platform for seamless management of digital IDs
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) says it is expanding its digital infrastructure with a new…
Colombia encourages national digital ID signups with bank pilot, celebrity endorsement
Colombia’s digital identity system is advancing with the National Registry Office carrying out pilots of facial authentication with several banks,…
Togo preparing census to issues biometric ID cards for social protection
A third population census is coming to Togo and the exercise will be dedicated to issuing biometric cards to citizens…
Nigeria closes in on 100M digital IDs issued as enrollment pace declines
Nigeria is approaching 100 million national biometric digital IDs issues, reaching 98.7 million National Identity Numbers (NINs) by April 28,…
Nepalese prime minister stirs controversy after ID verification assigned to his company
Nepal’s national identity card project is in the midst of a controversy after a contract to verify data from biometric…
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