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Potentially big developments in biometrics this week in Nigeria as the agency managing Africa’s largest national identity program is moved…
Fingerprint scans for Aadhaar authentication to access Indian government benefits could soon be replaced by facial recognition and iris biometrics,…
Nigeria’s biometrics-backed ID ambitions have taken another twist as more people try the new government app to manage their identities…
India’s federal government has approved the use of the Aadhaar national biometric system by 24 more insurers to authenticate the…
The CNDP, Morocco’s personal data protection commission, has approved the use of biometric authentication systems, specifically facial recognition technology, by…
Photo by Paz B. “The lack of jobs is a crime” – March 2020 – Mar del Plata, Argentina This…
Biometrics news in Africa was dominated by a pair of stories from West Africa’s largest nations this week. The results…
A pilot project to collect all information other than biometrics needed for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) national ID program…
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire…
A public consultation by Malaysia’s government on its proposed national biometric digital ID system has closed, Enterprise IT News reports, even…
