Five ECOWAS member states select SPS for biometric national ID cards
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been carrying out a document standardization project to enable interoperability between…
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ID4Africa appoints Ambassadors from 29 countries for 2018
ID4Africa has announced the appointment of Ambassadors from 29 countries for 2018. The 2018 Ambassadors represent an increase of seven…
iCivil promises much needed birth registration in Africa
Despite continued efforts by governments and international organizations, approximately 230 million children under five have not had their births registered…
Impact Palmarès revises digital visa deal with Cameroon, gets secure document printing contract
The contractual agreement that links the government of Cameroon and Impact Palmarès, the Cote d’Ivoire-based IT firm implementing a consular…
Samoa obtains $21M World Bank funding for digital ID, financial inclusion project
The island nation of Samoa in the central South Pacific Ocean is receiving a $21 million grant from the World…
Togo trains personnel for WURI digital ID project enrollment, supervision
A training program for supervisory personnel as well as those who’ll be deployed to the field for a mass biometric…
Nigeria’s President talks tax reform, digital ID and MOSIP with Bill Gates
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates discussed the use of digital identity as a tool for improving tax collection…
Cameroon building Digital Transformation Center to manage digital consular services
As part of a process launched last year by the government of Cameroon to modernize its consular services including the…
India plans to boost Family ID adoption, upgrade Aadhaar to streamline service delivery
The government of Uttar Pradesh in India says it is building on the Family ID novelty it launched early this…
MOSIP stakeholders convene to share open-source ID insights, plan further forums
Content supporting foundational ID system MOSIP should be translated into multiple languages, and promoted with webinars and a new web…
