BioEnable powers Niger pilot for MOSIP-based national digital ID
The Republic of Niger has completed a national digital ID trial based on MOSIP, with BioEnable enabling the process through…
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Maldives to expel migrant workers without biometric identification from April
The government of Maldives says migrant workers in the country who have not submitted their biometrics for a mandatory registration…
Indian Post Office portal vulnerabilities expose Aadhaar data details
An Indian cybersecurity expert and ethical hacker, Gokuleswaran B, has raised the alarm on some Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)…
World has first hiccup in Philippines as regulator issues statement on biometric scans
Days after the iris biometrics and proof of personhood (PoP) initiative World announced its launch in the Philippines, the country’s…
Ghana receives 700k blank cards to clear national ID backlog from 2023
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is now ready to clear a massive backlog of national IDs (Ghana Cards)…
Sri Lanka sets budget for 2025 digital transformation strategy
The Sri Lankan government has set aside US$10 million (3 billion Sri Lankan rupees) for digital transformation strategies this year,…
African speakers at ID4Africa double in reflection of digital ID progress
ID4Africa’s annual general meeting has grown every year, in terms of the size of the program and the number of…
Fayda digital ID requirement for banking deferred for Ethiopians abroad
Ethiopian citizens living abroad have been granted a two-year waiver from a decision by the government for everyone to compulsorily…
Sri Lankan government encourages local biometric hardware development
Sri Lanka’s government is to pave the way for local manufacturers to develop biometric hardware in the digitalization of its…
Senegal targets 3M ECOWAS biometric ID holders for voter registration
A biometric voter registration exercise that went underway in Senegal on February 1 is expected to see the enrollment of…
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