Togo to reveal biometric civil ID project tender details
Togo’s National Identification Agency (ANID) is holding a webinar on April 2, 2021 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm (UT) to…
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Digital ID registration – an influential opportunity for mobile network operators
African governments may want to exploit the business assets of mobile network operators and knowhow in registering users and handling…
GenKey delivers national biometric ID to Ivory Coast
GenKey has announced the roll-out of biometric national ID cards to aid Ivory Coast in its ongoing digital identity efforts….
Could Nigeria’s biometrics-backed BVN show other countries the way for business loans?
Biometrically-secured finance could offer more financing options to help small businesses grow. Nigeria’s biometric Banking Verification Number (BVN) system provides…
Innovatrics biometrics remove 200,000 ineligible voters from electoral rolls in Guinea
The use of facial recognition technology from Innovatrics in Guinea’s biometric voter registration program has allowed the system to be reused…
Biometric passports made an election promise by Ghana’s incumbent party
Ghana could be getting biometric passports soon, as the incumbent New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) 2020 policy platform includes a plan…
Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?
A Nigerian identity verification company is building a way to confirm details of an increasing number of Nigerians’ lives, way…
Bitventure, VerifyMe, CompuLynx offer new digital ID and biometrics solutions to African market
Reporting by Reuters reveals how not only is the DRC not renewing its biometric passport contract with Semlex in June,…
Biometrics for charity in Nigeria, electoral audit demand in Malawi, WURI funding for West Africa
While in recent weeks the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to the disabling of biometric systems based on fears of spreading…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: increasing CCTV surveillance, new ID document contracts
Madagascar and Zimbabwe seem to be shifting toward far greater government surveillance with public CCTV networks, according to reports this…
