Gemalto biometric passports are being used in over 30 different countries
Gemalto announced that its biometric ePassport technologies are currently being used in over 30 different countries, including Algeria, Denmark, Finland,…
ID for All
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Biometrics in the developing world
With just over 12 years to go to meet UN Sustainable Development goal 16.9 of providing universal legal identity by…
BioRugged partners with Axon for major KYC projects in Africa
BioRugged recently outfitted West Africa’s telecommunications company MTN with more than 9,000 client enrollment and verification devices for know your…
Laxton Group to supply biometric voter registration kits for Zimbabwe elections
Laxton Group has been awarded a US$3.9 million contract from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to supply Biometric Voter Registration…
Advances in biometric technology could expand healthcare coverage in Africa
Advances in biometric technology are on the horizon which could be critical to the delivery of health services to many…
Improving African biometrics market boosts Nigerian identity plan
Nigeria’s relationship with biometrics and other vendors working on its National Identity Number (NIN) program has significantly improved, along with…
African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage
The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently introduced its new fingerprint-embedded Laissez-Passer document at ID4Africa 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. The travel…
Evolving partnerships drive South Africa’s digital identity program
South Africa took a major step toward the use of digital identity to secure the delivery of a variety of…
ID4Africa 2017 wraps up with renewed commitment to digital identity for all Africans
ID4Africa 2017 came to a successful conclusion in Windhoek, Namibia, on Friday with a series of announcements and plenary sessions….
Fingerprints effective for identification from six-months of age
Fingerprints can be used to effectively verify the identity of children enrolled as young as six months of age, according…
