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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.

 

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…

 

Govt insists BVAS a game changer in Nigeria polls, civil society calls for NIN addition

The reactions trailing the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is Nigeria’s general elections of 25 February and…

 

Biometrics for travel at different levels in three Southern African countries

The Southern African nations of Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are taking different measures to facilitate travel across their borders using…

 

Telecoms tycoon says Africa can emulate India to build its digital infrastructure

The success, so far, of India’s digital transformation and innovation prowess can be a big inspiration for African countries in…

 

Thailand’s blockchain digital ID infrastructure – an ecosystem in an ID ecosystem

Thailand is progressing rapidly with enrollment into its blockchain-based biometric digital identity infrastructure operated by the National Digital ID Company Limited (NDID),…

 

Kenya partners with Japan to implement biometric patient records system

Japan is working to help Kenya implement a biometric system for holding and managing patients’ medical records, and scale up…

 

South Africa’s birth registration system challenged over ‘unconstitutional’ requirements

South African human rights organization the Legal Resources Center (LRC) has initiated a legal challenge against the country’s Department of…

 

Worldcoin says SDK lets you prove you’re a human online. Coins not included

Worldcoin’s dream of providing biometrically unique “proof of personhood” for the entire globe takes a step forward with the release…

 

Mexican lawmakers grant Interior Ministry control over biometric data, spark controversy

The Chamber of Deputies approved the General Law for the Operation of Civil Registries, granting the Ministry of the Interior…

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