South Sudan plans interoperable birth registration, digital ID systems
South Sudan authorities say they are working out plans to digitize the country’s civil registration and national ID systems and…
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Malawi reaches 13.5M digital IDs as universal coverage comes into view
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has hailed Malawi’s legal identity drive, with its continued support, which has seen more…
UNICEF seeks partner to expand birth registration, legal identity in Tanzania
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched an expression of interest call to select a national non-governmental organization (NGO)…
Digital ID sustainability, power to improve lives depends on healthy ecosystems
Resilience and realism were central to the discussions among digital identity and DPI experts from around the world at ID4Africa…
Digital reforms, incentives drive birth registration gains in Tajikistan, Philippines and Uganda
There is progress in global efforts to reduce the phenomenon of invisibility as countries march towards the target of SDG…
Governments grappling with biometrics to ease airport, public service access
Many of the biometrics providers convening in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for ID4Africa’s 2026 AGM got a first-hand look at how…
Direction for open source DPI sustainability, local ownership established
Governments and development organizations reached a convergence on how to achieve sustainability and local ownership of open source identity systems…
ID4Africa speakers urge legal identity inclusion for refugees, stateless persons
African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at…
Digital health systems keep failing. The fix isn’t more tech, it’s designing with and for people
By Lara Tabac and Carlie Congdon of Vital Strategies Governments around the world are pouring resources into digital health and…
VerXid deploys Barnksforte biometrics for Nigeria airport ID rollout
Nigeria will soon set up a face biometrics technology system dubbed VPass across its airports to facilitate identity verification for…
