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Nearly half of African countries lack proper safeguards for biometric data collection

Nov 17, 2022, 1:51 pm EST

New research by ICT think tank CIPESA has exposed how many African governments collect, store and manage biometric data of…

Jun 17, 2022, 2:44 pm EDT

While business during the ID4Africa 2022 Augmented General Meeting was being conducted in plenary halls and workshop rooms, the exhibition…

Mar 10, 2022, 7:22 pm EST

Mobile phones as a tool, a technology and an enabler of services were discussed in the first part of a…

Jun 3, 2021, 12:15 pm EDT

Togo is preparing for the launch of its national biometric ID scheme by planning an awareness-raising campaign. The Ministry of…

Apr 1, 2021, 5:58 pm EDT

Togo’s National Identification Agency (ANID) is holding a webinar on April 2, 2021 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm (UT) to…

Mar 12, 2021, 4:56 pm EST

ID4Africa reconvened for the fourteenth edition of its livecast, this time with a special focus on Gender Matters in Identity…

Sep 23, 2020, 4:34 pm EDT

The use of facial recognition technology from Innovatrics in Guinea’s biometric voter registration program has allowed the system to be reused…

Sep 7, 2020, 12:27 pm EDT

The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…

Aug 3, 2020, 5:57 pm EDT

The breadth of applications of biometrics is evident in this week’s roundup of news in Africa, from counter terrorism activities…

Jul 12, 2020, 12:16 pm EDT

Biometrics solutions for safe work and financial transactions continue to be launched, and increasingly rolled out, as the world plans…