ID4Africa releases results of its 2017 government ID survey
ID4Africa, the organization that promotes the transparent and responsible adoption of digital ID management in the service of development in…
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.
Aadhaar program wins World Bank praise
Paul Romer, Chief Economist at the World Bank, told Bloomberg that India’s Aadhaar scheme is tremendously effective and should be…
ID4Africa to hold document and credential symposium at Namibia event
ID4Africa has announced that its annual event will feature a special document and credential security symposium. The symposium, entitled “DocSec”…
ID4Africa endorses ID principles for sustainable development
ID4Africa recently announced that it has officially endorsed 10 principles on identification that were developed by a consortium of international…
ID4Africa to provide special symposium on financial sector
This year’s ID4Africa conference will offer a mini-symposium on identification in the financial sector focused on both banking applications and…
Biometric Update named “official journalist” for 2017 ID4Africa event
ID4Africa announced today that it has selected BiometricUpdate.com as the “official journalist” for its 2017 annual meeting, to be held…
Developing countries demonstrate interest in Aadhaar model
According to a recent article published by the Economic Times, the World Bank has approached the Unique Identification Authority of…
ID4Africa 2016 conference coverage
BiometricUpdate.com was the official journalist for the ID4Africa 2016 forum and exposition. Read all our coverage. Rwandan ID agency sites…
ID4Africa reports record-setting attendance
The annual meeting of the ID4Africa Movement, held in May, experienced 93 percent growth in attendance. ID4Africa bills itself as…
Africa benefits from biometrics as an identifier
This is a guest post by David Gerulski, VP at Integrated Biometrics The recent ID4Africa forum in Kigali, Rwanda was…
