Nigeria to combine bank cards with national ID
Banking and identity are converging in Nigeria, where the government has told commercial banks to start issuing debit cards that…
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Financial inclusion still low in Nigeria despite digital ID coverage push
Nigeria’s efforts to expand digital ID issuance may be going steadily forward but the number of citizens still financially excluded…
Nigeria closes in on 100M digital IDs issued as enrollment pace declines
Nigeria is approaching 100 million national biometric digital IDs issues, reaching 98.7 million National Identity Numbers (NINs) by April 28,…
Address and ID verification proposed for World Bank social welfare program in Nigeria
The World Bank has been urged to make the use of a digital addressing and ID verification system a pre-condition…
Next for Nigeria’s NIN: location tracking and smart cities
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has launched a call for proposals from the country’s academics with the aim of developing…
Efforts to increase digital ID issuance across Africa maintain steam
As digital ID adoption continues around the world, a number of countries in Africa including Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, are…
Make digital ID systems flexible with open source and standards: Tony Blair Institute
Governments must be able to upgrade and re-adapt their legacy ID infrastructure to allow them the flexibility to choose the…
Nigeria ID4D head calls for stronger legal framework to support digital ID consistency
The head of Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development initiative is calling on legislators in the country to pass a data…
More World Bank support in view for Nigeria’s digital ID coverage efforts
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has been promised technical support by the World Bank as part of efforts to…
Nigeria age estimation technology for voting under scrutiny, but digital ID applications grow
A former top official of the Nigeria Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oluwole Uzi-Osaze, says the election management body cannot…
