South Africa’s plans for integrated digital ID advance as cabinet approves dedicated bill
The National Identification and Registration Bill 2022, a piece of draft legislation which seeks to introduce a single and integrated…
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UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa
Civil registration and vital statistics systems are being gradually digitalized in African nations, and the pictures both of how they…
India gets help from UNDP to convince nations about digital public infrastructure
India holds the presidency of the G20 this year, and officials say they will use the time to push a…
Biometric verification deployed for overseas Pakistanis
The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) in Pakistan has launched online ID verification that enables a consular officer to…
MOSIP prepares to launch Inji digital wallet for all, identity verification tool
“I can design my own systems, I don’t need IIIT-Bangalore. That would be the success of this project,” says Prof…
Zimbabweans urged to go for ID cards as catch-up registration drive imminent
Dates for a catch-up national mobile registration exercise for the obtention of ID documents (birth certificates and ID cards) in…
India plans expansion of DigiLocker to organizations for digital document, ID management
India is working to expand the DigiLocker application to businesses and other organizations to allow them to manage digital documents…
Amid criticism, Namibian official explains why biometrics is required for SIM registration
Namibia’s biggest telecommunications service provider MTC has faced criticism lately for asking citizens to provide their face and fingerprints biometrics…
France probes Thales subsidiary over past ID deals in Africa
A subsidiary of Thales – Thales Digital Identity and Security (Thales DIS) — known as Gemalto before the acquisition in…
Pakistan ID boss to head UNDP digital transformation committee as World Bank mulls funding
Muhammad Tariq Malik, chairman of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), has been appointed the chairman of the Technical…
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