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.
Data control, integrity and availability are mandatory now that technology is deployed for humanitarian efforts, Balthasar Staehelin, ICRC (International Committee…
Innovation from and for the continent is one running theme in this week’s African biometrics news round-up, while issues around…
The Supreme Court of India will consider requests for a review of its previous decision that the country’s biometric national…
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted biometrics-backed identity programs and exacerbated difficulties felt by Africa’s most vulnerable populations, but government identity…
The principles of Privacy by Design were outlined by Anne Cavoukian in 2011, but the way they are implemented in…
COVID-19 may be slowing down registrations for ID numbers in Nigeria, but Ghana is determined to keep on with biometric…
“How would you prove who you are to me?” asked Savita Bailur, Research Director at Caribou Digital, in a webinar…
Pakistan’s biometric COVID-19 benefits scheme, Ehsaas Emergency Cash, has disbursed 112 billion Pakistani Rupees (roughly US$695 million), The International News reports,…
Sri Lanka is planning to launch a biometrics-backed Digital Identity Card to support digital access to a range of government…
Reporting by Reuters reveals how not only is the DRC not renewing its biometric passport contract with Semlex in June,…
