West Africa unifying legal framework for financial inclusion, digital economy
West Africa is at the precipice of a digital economy shift, with efforts spearheaded by governments and organizations across the…
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Huge numbers of national ID cards uncollected in Kenya, Sierra Leone
Identity authorities in Kenya and Siera Leone recently signaled that huge numbers of national ID cards remain uncollected by applicants….
Digital rights advocates say Nigeria’s NIMC has work to do on data mishandling
In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of personal data by some websites…
WURI digital ID project improving access to public services in Benin
Many citizens in Benin now have easy access to public and private sector services thanks to a foundational identity (fID)…
Advancing interoperability in Africa: Overcoming challenges for digital integration
In a session about interoperability of identity data and systems at this year’s ID4Africa conference, Dr. Victor Amadi, a research…
Presight to fast-track The Gambia’s transformation through digital ID, govt initiative
Digital transformation efforts in The Gambia will get an improvement after the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
NITDA, NIMC collaboration on PKI, DPI development hailed as timely
A recently announced collaboration between two government agencies in Nigeria to develop and integrate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Digital…
Burkina Faso’s digital transformation gets $150M World Bank support
Efforts by the government of Burkina Faso to speed up the country’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) pursuits will receive financial…
Digital transformation unlocks biometrics market opportunities
The next stage of digital transformation and the place of biometrics in it was a common theme in the headlines…
1 step forward, 3 steps back for West Africa’s regional digital ID projects
It may become more difficult for people living in several Western African countries to cross international borders, with their exit…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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