Africa’s digital ID push runs into mobile internet usage gap
Africa’s expanding digital identity and public service infrastructure faces a problem that network deployment alone cannot solve: hundreds of millions…
ID for All
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all by 2030. Read Biometric Update news and in-depth features about digital identity projects in developing countries. Read our exclusive ID4Africa coverage.
ID4Africa 2027 AGM theme highlights digital ID systems connections, utility
The thousands of delegates attending next year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pan-African identity movement ID4Africa will take a deep…
Gaza’s digital transformation part of $2.45B recovery plan
The Board of Peace charged with overseeing recovery efforts in Gaza has unveiled a mega recovery agenda estimated at $2.45…
UNCTAD project boosts digital identity capacity in small island states
An independent evaluation has found that digital identity played a central role in a three-year development project. The UN Development…
Safaricom, Ethiopia discuss deeper role for telecoms in DPI expansion
Telecommunications firm Safaricom has stated its renewed commitment to expand collaboration with Ethiopia as the country looks to strengthen its…
Bangladesh plans single digital ID as gateway to public services
Bangladesh is working towards developing a single digital identity that will serve as a gateway to public services amid the…
Open-source-based Bharat ABIS shows potential for national-scale deduplication
A team of researchers mostly affiliated with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has custom-built a multimodal biometric search…
Aadhaar biometrics rule for subsidies effectively makes India’s digital ID mandatory
India’s Aadhaar became the world’s largest digital ID system without being made official mandatory. But is possessing the national ID…
Benin issues free birth certificates to U-14s in new digital ID inclusion drive
The National Agency for Identification of Persons (ANIP) in Benin has launched a nationwide campaign to issue free birth certificates…
Malawi advances data harmonization, interoperability agenda
Public sector entities in Malawi have been reminded to accelerate the harmonization of their digital systems in a push towards…
