Huduma Namba digital ID cards to go into production as 2022 election issues raised
After a mass registration exercise to capture the nation’s biometrics for the ambitious Huduma Namba unique identifier number, the program…
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Biometrics developments and digital ID across Africa this week: Huduma Namba halted, Tanzania SIM shutdown and a sea of opinions
Africa’s most emblematic biometric ID scheme has been halted by the High Court. Kenya’s Huduma Namba must wait until adequate…
‘Prone to hacking’: expert witness in Kenya’s Huduma Namba hearings first round
“[The National Integrated Identity Management System] thus is an archaic design compared to modern-day systems architecture and can be rightly…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba to become virtually compulsory, Ghana gets PKI, Liberia runs out of biometric passports
It’s been two steps forward, one step back for biometrics in Africa this week. Liberia has issued a cancellation notice…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba lineups, Liberia verification roll out, biometric voting in SA
Governments press ahead across Africa to increase the uptake of digital ID and biometrics. Kenyans lined up ahead of the…
Advocates pick privacy, inclusion holds in Kenya’s Maisha Namba digital ID system
Fresh concerns have been raised about issues of data privacy, security and exclusion in relation to Kenya’s Maisha Namba digital…
Kenya records major gains in Maisha Namba ID backlog clearance
Kenya’s State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services says that its efforts to advance the Maisha digital ID project led…
History repeats with Kenyan High Court blocking Maisha Namba for lack of DPIA
The lack of a data protection impact assessment has scuttled Kenya’s government’s rollout of the Maisha Namba national digital ID…
Kenya approves Maisha Namba, plans launch this month with $6.8M budget
Lawmakers on Kenya’s Technical Committee of Principle Secretaries have approved four pieces of the country’s digital identity plan, and the…
Kenya signs digital ID support deal with UNDP, introduces a new Namba
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Kenya and the United Nation’s Development Programme to support the country’s digital…
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