South Africa trials govt data exchange platform modeled after Estonia’s X-Road
South Africa’s National Treasury is leading a year-long pilot for a data exchange platform labelled MzansiXchange within the framework of…
ID for All
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New World Bank data shows 800M people worldwide still lack legal identity
An estimated 800 million people around the world still lack official proof of identity with many of them children whose…
Ghana’s election agency fails in bid to stop biometric procurement case against it
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has tried in vain to stop an investigation into claims that it got involved…
Senegal taps inspiration from Togo’s digital ID experience
The Senegalese government is hoping to tap from Togo’s experience to build its digital ID system. A delegation from Dakar…
Aadhaar Vision 2032 committee launches to ensure digital ID tech-readiness, inclusion
Aadhaar, the world’s largest national digital identity scheme, is undergoing a technological and strategic review under the guidance of a…
Barbados plans new nationwide campaign to build trust in digital ID initiative
In the next few months, Barbados intends to embark on a countrywide campaign to further explain to citizens the importance…
New market entrant delivers 60K biometric voter verification devices to Uganda
Ugandan authorities have received 60,000 biometric voter verification devices to be used for general elections in the country early next…
Ghana urges state entities to harmonize biometric verification databases
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has directed all state institutions to standardize and harmonize their biometric identification and verification…
Iraq updates biometric voter registry, hastens card distribution as election nears
Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is in the final phase of updating the biometric voter register as the parliamentary…
Mali unveils new biometric passport with Emptech as supplier
Chinese biometrics firm Emptech is the supplier of Mali’s new biometric passport which was officially launched a few days ago….
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