India plans to boost Family ID adoption, upgrade Aadhaar to streamline service delivery
The government of Uttar Pradesh in India says it is building on the Family ID novelty it launched early this…
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Zimbabwe ends biometric voter registration drive with over 450K new registrants
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is set to begin expunging duplicated entries from its voter database after it completed a…
Jamaica prepares for digital ID awareness campaign, biometric passport rollout
The government of Jamaica says a sensitization campaign on the implementation of the National Identification System (NIDS) will soon begin…
NADRA upgrades Pak-ID biometric app with document recognition and digital signatures
The beta release of the Pak-ID mobile app adds a real-time document identification module to go with contactless biometrics capabilities,…
Exploring how lives are saved through humanitarian stack, decentralized ID
The second and third segments of the latest ID4Africa Livecast delved into how non-governmental organizations, governments and other international outfits…
Digital ID process questioned in Nepal, Kenya; Philippines issuance hits 60M
Dozens of Nepalese citizens have questioned the usefulness of the national digital ID card launched by the government in 2018….
MOSIP stakeholders convene to share open-source ID insights, plan further forums
Content supporting foundational ID system MOSIP should be translated into multiple languages, and promoted with webinars and a new web…
How Sierra Leone joined forces for national digital ID – ID4Africa livecast
The latest ID4Africa livecast examined the issues around social protection and how Sierra Leone planned and rolled out its digital…
Open-source, homegrown tech and systems reform can put birth registration on track
Cornelius Williams joined the ID16.9 podcast just as he retires from his role as global director for child protection at…
OECD seeks comment on its recommendation for digital ID governance
The OECD’s Public Governance Committee and its Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials have developed a series of recommendations…
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