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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. Listen to our ID16.9 podcast.

 

Biometric payment card system pushing financial inclusion in Botswana

More than 75,000 food voucher beneficiaries in Botswana are said to have seamlessly completed digital purchases at local stores thanks…

 

PSA urges NGOs to integrate with National ID for social support delivery

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is engaging NGOs to integrate with the National ID system. The PSA says this will…

 

Pakistan strengthens digital governance with nationwide biometric integration

Last month, the Punjab government made biometric photos compulsory for filing petitions in its courts, part of a broader push…

 

Togo seeks consultant to update its digital transformation strategy

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation of Togo is looking for a consulting firm that will propose an…

 

Bebê ID project records infant biometrics with Infant.ID tech

Biometric technology from Brazil’s Infant.ID is powering the newly announced Bebê ID project in Paraná state, where the government will…

 

EU, LAC nations agree to foster digital govt, interoperable DPI for shared growth

The European Union (EU) and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), under the umbrella of the EU-LAC Digital…

 

Malawi nears full scale digital ID rollout to streamline access to services

A new public and private sector services delivery experience awaits Namibian citizens from next year when the country rolls out…

 

The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel

Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing country but it is experiencing…

 

Ghana prints 31k new chip-embedded biometric passports in one month

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has commended the passport production team for printing 31,935 new chip-embedded passports…

 

Kenya to harmonize education sector data through Maisha Namba ID integration

Kenya will begin a pilot in July for a new system that will streamline education sector data management by integrating…

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