FacePhi face biometrics secure onboarding to Nigerian military pension system
FacePhi has partnered with Afrilight Technologies to introduce its face biometric authentication in Nigeria, under a program to facilitate pensions collection…
ID for All
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Liberia’s move to introduce biometrics for 2023 polls receives acclaim
The African Youth Peer Review Committee (AYPRC), a pan-African youth organization, has hailed the decision by Liberia to introduce biometrics…
Trulioo expands Africa presence with Kenya biometric ID verification market entry
Kenya has become the latest country in Africa where Trulioo’s GlobalGateway biometric identity verification service has been extended to. An…
Tech5 integrates biometric software with MOSIP platform for Guinea’s national ID system
Tech5 has supplied its T5-ABIS to provide automated biometric identification with face, fingerprint and iris biometric modalities as part of the…
MoU expands biometric capture venues for PhilSys program
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has concluded a deal with SM Prime Holdings Inc. to open up biometric capture sites…
Philippines launches app to fast-track biometric voter registration
The Commission on Elections (Comelec), the body managing elections in the Philippines, has unveiled an application intended to speed up…
Local digital ID ecosystems begin developing around OSIA open standards
OSIA, the modular digital ID system with interchangeable components, is now operational in multiple countries, allowing governments to save money…
Simprints adds facial recognition to Mozambique land ownership records
Simprints is supplying a biometric identification layer to land tenure records as part of a project to create land ownership…
UNHCR shared Rohingya biometric data ‘without consent’
The UNHCR improperly gathered personal information and biometrics from ethnic Rohingya refugees and shared it with Bangladesh, which subsequently shared…
Biometric registration drive in Kenya for health insurance scheme
A mass biometric registration drive in Kenya to enroll citizens for a health insurance scheme in the Nyeri County recently…
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