Uneven, surprising changes in using digital ID to vote around the world.
The role of biometric identification in voting around the world is ever-evolving, sometimes controversial and sometimes just confusing. Here’s a…
ID for All
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.
Liberia biometric voter card contract saga continues as Ekemp’s second selection rejected
There is a new development to the string of events surrounding the choice of contractor to produce biometric voter cards…
Nigerian army arrests fake NIMC staff registering people in Niger for national ID
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has clarified that two national ID fraudsters recently arrested by members of the country’s…
Ecobank Fintech Challenge shortlists Paycode among six digital payment startups
The fifth annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge has shortlisted six digital payment startups from across Africa, including Paycode, the South African…
Biometric technologies ditching bias, expensive scanners and centralization
Advances in biometrics are holding out promises of greater privacy protection, higher accuracy and lower costs, the audience of the…
Unregistered SIM blocking: Kenyans get another 60 days, Ghanaians have till end of October
Two countries enforcing SIM blocks for those not yet registered for digital identity have extended their deadlines, and both deny…
Liberia electoral commission re-selects Ekemp biometrics despite ‘dismal performance’: media
FrontPageAfrica understands that Liberia’s National Elections Commission has re-selected Ekemp International as the supplier of biometric voter ID cards and…
India renews push for national civil registry, Aadhaar enrollment for kids soon nationwide
The federal government of India has re-launched the process to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act which will…
Chile accepting ‘X’ as sex for national IDs
Shane Cienfuegos became the first person in Chile to receive a non-binary national identity document last week after nine years…
IMF execs pile praise on India’s digitization, economic growth fuelled by Aadhaar
Keen to usher in an era of government-controlled digital currencies backed by digital ID schemes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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