NADRA cracks down on suspect IDs, collects biometrics from relatives
The National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan has canceled 181 national digital ID cards that were issued to non-nationals…
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Philippines distributes 16M biometric ID cards, downloadable version coming soon
Officials of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) say 16.7 million biometric national digital ID cards dubbed PhilID have already been…
Ekemp sues Liberian commission over biometric voter registration procurement
China-based Ekemp and its partners have filed a Writ of Prohibition with the Supreme Court of Liberia on the entire…
Cameroon election agency wants huge ID card backlog cleared ahead of polls
The chairman of Cameroon’s election management body (ELECAM), Abrams Enow Egbe, recently held talks with the delegate general for national…
Nigeria’s Delta State to capture biometrics of 98K pupils as school meal program resumes
After a three-year hiatus, Nigeria’s National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is resuming in Delta State, with the capture of…
World Bank execs see digital public infrastructure as catalyst for financial inclusion
Three top executives of the World Bank have argued that efforts made to facilitate digital payments during the peak of…
Biometric passport adoption trend grows amid data privacy, cost, issuance concerns
Multiple developments have emerged from different countries in recent days concerning biometric passports, from Pakistan announcing it has issued first…
Millions of SIM cards in Kenya yet to be registered as deadline nears
There is said to be unease among mobile telephone users in Kenya as almost 14 million active SIM cards across…
Ekemp fails demonstration of its biometric election technology, claims unfair treatment
It appears concerns raised by Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) about the firm selected to provide biometric materials…
Back to civil registry for societal gain: World Economic Forum
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS), a state’s record keeping for life events such as births, marriages, adoptions and deaths…
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