Laos readies national digital ID card rollout
Laos is ready to take its nationwide digital ID card system to the next stage. The Southeast Asian country’s Department…
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Sri Lanka to roll out e-NIC project by next month
The Department of Registration of Persons is awaiting a shipment of 300,000 additional polycarbonate cards from Thales to implement the…
Somalia unveils DPI tools for biometric verification, ID issuance and service access
Three foundational digital public infrastructure systems have been introduced by Somalia’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) and federal government…
Uganda targets 33M citizens for mass ID registration, renewal from May 27
A mass national ID registration and renewal exercise which the Ugandan government announced three years ago is now set to…
Brazil is a leader in digital signatures with 166M gov.br users
In Brazil, 166 million people can use digital signatures with the country’s third-most popular app. The widely available capability represents…
Pakistan updates digital ID system under new biometric policy framework
Pakistan is updating its national identity and biometric registration ecosystem through gradually implementing the National Registration and Biometric Policy (NR&BP)…
India helps Angola with DPI, digital ID as part of $200M credit line
Angola is getting $200 million in credit from India as the African country looks to implement digital public infrastructure. The…
Nigeria unveils platform to streamline national ID authentication, verification
A new secure platform for the verification and authentication of Nigeria’s National Identification Number (NIN) has been unveiled. In a…
Ethiopia digital transformation efforts progress as country readies for ID4Africa 2025
Ethiopia’s digital ID and broader digital transformation efforts are on a good footing thanks in part to the establishment of…
Bermuda holds consultations on new regime for digital ID service providers
Work is underway in Bermuda for the introduction of a new regulatory framework for all entities providing digital identity services…
