As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, some African institutions are reacting by suspending fingerprint-based biometric access and attendance systems in the…
The discovery of a major biometric data security vulnerability at a Brazilian biometrics company and a handful of multi million-dollar…
Madagascar and Zimbabwe seem to be shifting toward far greater government surveillance with public CCTV networks, according to reports this…
Once again, Nigeria dominates the biometrics news agenda in Africa and this week; even a university has resorted to biometric…
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to…
Borders and data protection are prominent themes among the most widely-read news items of the week on Biometric Update. Progress…
The priorities agreed to at the first meeting of the SIA-launched OSIA Advisory Committee have been announced by the organization,…
Facial recognition and controversy around the technology were the theme common to most of the past week’s top stories on…
With more than 5.1 billion global mobile phone users accounting for some 70 percent of the world’s population, a number…
BIO-key Africa is planning a country by country strategy, and anticipates adding two dedicated business development resources to cover its…
