South Africa Home Affairs requests $618M budget to advance digital transformation
South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has tabled a budget request of 11 billion rand (about US$618 million)…
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Advent reportedly prepping Idemia Public Security sale for up to €3 billion
Hollywood summer blockbusters are increasingly sequels, so perhaps it should be little surprise that the next biggest investment in U.S….
Madagascar codifies civil registry reform, readies biometric ID card tender
A bill on the identification of natural persons in Madagascar has received the greenlight of the senate in a major…
Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance
Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management…
IN Groupe completes acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity
The deal is done: French document printing institution IN Groupe has completed its acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity, the biometrics…
Nepal’s biometric passport contract awarded to Veridos, Mühlbauer
Nepal’s biometric passport system has a new primary supplier. German firms Mühlbauer and Veridos have successfully outbid incumbent identity provider…
Phygital IDs and PPPs: IN Groupe CEO Agnès Diallo on realizing identity’s promise
IN Groupe is one of the oldest companies in the identity space, but promoted Agnès Diallo to the CEO role…
Record ID4Africa exhibitors show growth in continent’s digital identity market
Among the new all-time highs in scale set at ID4Africa’s 2025 AGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the number of…
South African agencies sign multiparty digital ID deal to drive govt efficiency
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has entered into a multiparty collaboration agreement with three government agencies seeking to leverage…
Belgians can apply for digital national ID cards in 2026
Belgian citizens will be able to apply for a digital version of the national identity card from November 2026. The…
