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Biometrics companies and financial services continue contactless courtship

Jul 11, 2020, 4:58 pm EDT

Biometrics and digital ID solutions for safe work and financial transactions continue to be launched, and increasingly rolled out, as…

Jul 5, 2020, 6:06 pm EDT

Biometric voting, and the registration required, are once again proving problematic in several African countries. Somalia will miss its target…

Jun 28, 2020, 2:03 pm EDT

There is a sense of reflection in Nigeria over the country’s ambitions to provide ID to all, with multiple reports…

Apr 20, 2020, 5:16 pm EDT

Kenya’s biometric past and present are covered this week from multiple angles. Its electoral commission will continue to use the…

Mar 29, 2020, 2:28 pm EDT

Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…

Mar 22, 2020, 7:30 pm EDT

The spread of the coronavirus on the continent sees more impact on biometric services. This week we have summarized the…

Jan 6, 2020, 3:27 pm EST

The use of biometrics by electoral commissions is once again at the fore in digital ID news in Africa. The…

Dec 23, 2019, 4:44 pm EST

While Europe and the U.S. have seen steady progress with incremental improvements and plenty of new regulation alongside the growing…

Nov 10, 2019, 6:07 pm EST

Kenya dominated digital ID developments this week. What could have been its biggest story – downgrading the new role of…

Oct 10, 2019, 4:15 pm EDT

This has been West Africa’s week in digital ID news. Liberia may be adding a few more people to its…