Major financial inclusion progress made since 2011, World Bank says
Great progress has been made in financial inclusion since 2011, when only half of adults worldwide had a bank or…
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Mastercard joins OpenWallet Foundation, Paycode partners up to scale digital transactions
A new foundation membership and a technology partnership announced by digital wallet and payment providers are aimed at making digital…
DRC cuts biometric passport price, adds online enrollment with new supplier Dermalog
Citizens of Congo-Kinshasa will be able to apply for the country’s new biometric passport by the end of this week…
Need for speed in removing barriers to birth registration, ID integration in Africa
Speakers on two panels dedicated to birth registration early on Day 3 of the ongoing ID4Africa 2025 AGM in Addis…
Calls for Africa to secure its tech sovereignty amid digital transformation push
As the digital transformation debate in Africa shapes up, technology or digital sovereignty is increasingly being mentioned as a policy…
Tech5 patents complete decentralized biometric digital ID system
Tech5 has been granted patent protection for its decentralized system for digital identity issuance, storage and real-time verification. The U.S….
MOSIP seeks closer engagement with 16 African countries
Southern African countries could be getting a boost to their national identity systems. India’s Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) is…
Contract tendered for biometric registration kits, back-end hardware in DRC
Biometrics providers are invited to bid on a contract for biometric registration and identification hardware and software for use by…
Central Africa needs traction on financial inclusion to advance economic growth
Financial inclusion is increasingly being considered one of the major drivers of digital transformation in Africa and other parts of…
Global payment networks are reading palms as the future in retail
Palm biometrics scans are joining taps with smartphones and smartwatches and pay-by-face systems as an increasingly popular option for making…
