Nigerians urged to avoid last-minute rush for biometric voter registration
The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has implored Nigerians who are yet…
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Indian state court to consider unblocking biometrics to allow Aadhaar registration
The High Court of Assam, India in Gauhati will consider whether the biometrics of a father-son pair who petitioned the…
NIPOST plans biometrics, agency banking system to push Nigeria financial inclusion
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is making contributions to the country’s financial inclusion efforts in the form a biometric registration…
MOSIP, OpenG2P partner on digital ID solution for smooth service delivery
Open-source digital ID provider MOSIP and digital public goods organization OpenG2P say they are bringing together their solutions in the…
Academic researchers pitch benefits of community-created digital IDs
Three academics from Portugal think they have found a way to create interoperable, national digital ID systems that do not…
Vietnam, Kenya, Philippines expanding digital ID uses in different sectors
The government of Vietnam has highlighted the importance of its population data resource as a tool for creating a digital…
BIO-key to supply tens of thousands of mobile biometric scanners for NIN enrollment through bank
As financial institutions in Nigeria step up their efforts to enroll citizens in the country’s digital identity system, BIO-key has been…
Nigeria on pace for universal digital ID enrollment by 2026, female registrants 44 percent
The number of Nigerians who have enrolled their biometrics for the national identification number (NIN) has reached 75.36 million, as…
MOSIP partnership with Ethiopia on foundational digital ID expands, along with ecosystem
The partnership between Ethiopia’s National ID Program (NIDP) and MOSIP has been extended with a memorandum of understanding to enable extensive…
Difficulties in registration for Ghana’s digital ID worries lawmakers
The challenges faced by Ghanaians as they struggle to apply for the biometric national digital ID card dubbed the Ghana…
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