Free-to-use civil registration system OpenCRVS adds features, configuration
The open-source, free-to-use civil registration and vital statistics platform OpenCRVS has introduced substantial developments in its latest version, 1.2. New…
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Tech5 and uqudo develop biometric remote voter verification system for Oman election
The partnership of Tech5 and uqudo has led to the deployment of their technologies for remote biometric voter identity verification…
Sierra Leone launches biometric ID card to upgrade CRVS, Kenya’s UPI goes birth-to-death
The details of Kenya’s plans for its Unique Personal Identifier continue to emerge, with the government planning to begin issuing…
Philippines urges voters to complete biometric registration by deadline
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson, George Garcia, has called on people eligible to vote in the October 2023…
Nigeria’s INEC cedes ground, extends voter ID collection deadline to 5 February
Nigerians who have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections now have until 5 February to collect their Permanent…
African demand for digital ID infrastructure growing, as is fraud: Smile Identity report
Digital ID verification company Smile Identity has highlighted increasing interest among African countries in developing critical digital identity infrastructure. This…
Colombian civil registry adopting face biometric authentication for remote processes
The National Registry of Civil Status and the Collegiate Union of the Colombian Notary have agreed to allow civil registration…
Liberia, Nigeria test biometric election equipment ahead of full deployment
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) has begun a trial voter registration exercise to test the functionality of biometric voter registration…
World Bank is helping the displaced in Mozambique get IDs, birth certificates
There has been respite for thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mozambique as a civil registration and ID card…
Expanding digital ID, credit system positions Mastercard as commodity broker to the poor
Mastercard is expanding its Community Pass scheme to India where it plans to enroll agricultural workers with digital ID via…
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