Cameroon lawmakers criticize cost, complications in new national ID system
Opposition members of Cameroon’s National Assembly have expressed worries that that the new system for the issuance of national ID…
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Iraq sees 80 percent biometric voter registration for upcoming elections
Four in five eligible voters in Iraq have successfully updated their biometric data but the country has seen notable holdouts…
Digital ID apps in South Korea, Thailand promote financial access for people with disabilities
Raonsecure has won the contract for a mobile disability registration card project. Commissioned by the Korea Minting, Security Printing &…
Cyber Threat Observatory workshop advises on protections for national digital ID systems
The Alan Turing Institute launched the Cyber Threat Observatory last year to monitor cyber threats to digital ID systems. The…
Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program
A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most…
New NADRA ID card rules redefine biometrics, mandate birth registration with Union Councils
Several reforms, including a redefinition of biometrics within the context of Pakistan’s national ID card system and compulsory birth registration…
Benin shares its X-Road-inspired DPI interoperability experience in peer learning webinar
A recent peer learning discussion organized by the Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure (CDPI) spotlighted the DPI path walked by…
Sri Lanka to launch govt API policies and guidelines
Sri Lanka’s government, in the wake of its digital economy drive, is gearing up to release application programming interface (API)…
Benin envisages mobile wallet launch in inclusive national digital ID push
Benin has mentioned plans of launching a digital wallet as part of its push to make its national digital ID…
Tonga reveals MOSIP and VS One World foundations of DPI success
Tonga launched its TongaPass digital ID and digital government portal this month. The government is now ramping up registration as…
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