South Africa Home Affairs seeks $828M budget for digital ID, biometric visa projects
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has tabled a budget of 13.8 billion Rand (about US$828 million) in parliament for…
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.
Africa’s altered market may mean new leading tech providers, ID4Africa EC says
For Africa to benefit from the promise of identity, adopting strong governance frameworks and business models to graduate to sustainable…
Cabo Verde’s CRVS-ID reforms drive near-universal birth registration
Cabo Verde has increased birth registration to 99 percent within five years after linking its civil registration and national identity…
Cambodia launches digital driver’s licences, national ID services expand
Cambodia is expanding its digital government drive with the launch of digital driver’s licences, while also stepping up national ID…
Thailand’s NDID wins APAC digital identity award
Thailand’s National Digital ID Company (NDID) has been recognized in the Asia-Pacific region as ASEAN digital identity security is put…
ID4Africa speakers urge legal identity inclusion for refugees, stateless persons
African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at…
World Bank, African DPAs outline formula for trusted digital identity, DPI
Trust has moved steadily to the center of the conversation around digital public infrastructure and identity at ID4Africa, and the…
Vietnam targets 2035 for fully digital citizen–government interactions
Vietnam is going full tilt with digital transformation as the government approves a plan to make all transactions between citizens…
CARICOM states push ahead with digital ID amid privacy, trust debates
Governments and financial institutions across the Caribbean are accelerating digital identity initiatives, as countries in the CARICOM bloc push toward…
St. Kitts and Nevis launches passport modernization program
St. Kitts and Nevis has officially kicked off its passport modernization program, which aims to introduce chip-enabled biometric passports that…
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