Events in dozens of countries to mark 2023 ID Day
Experts and major actors in the identity space have been reiterating the importance of legal and digital identity in the…
ID4Africa
ID4Africa is an ID-4-All movement motivated by the need to promote legal identity for all in Africa. It is a tripartite with representation from African governments, development agencies and industry. Biometric Update has provided full coverage of the meetings and livecasts since 2016.
Early and proactive public engagement needed for DPI projects: panel
Digital Public Infrastructure has become a hot topic in the development and identity communities, but as with any technology, will…
The case for an integrated digital CRVS system for African countries
Speakers during the ID4Africa Livecast on June 21, which was dedicated to summarising key points from some workshops during the…
Africa’s data protection action pushing digital ID forward
Major gains in digital identity policy and the related regulation of data privacy in many African countries provide practical lessons…
Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as…
EU, US might not be best digital ID models, but they can help African leaders
Members of the digital ID communities in the United States and European Union talked up the federated approach to digital…
ID4Africa 2023 kicks off tomorrow in Nairobi with a focus on digital public infrastructure
The ID4Africa annual conference and expo is set to kick off in Nairobi on Tuesday, May 23, with more than…
ID4Africa 2023 Augmented General Meeting
ID4Africa 2023 Augmented General Meeting Nairobi, Kenya May 23-25, 2023 The AGM will be structured as a physical meeting held…
Exploring how lives are saved through humanitarian stack, decentralized ID
The second and third segments of the latest ID4Africa Livecast delved into how non-governmental organizations, governments and other international outfits…
How Sierra Leone joined forces for national digital ID – ID4Africa livecast
The latest ID4Africa livecast examined the issues around social protection and how Sierra Leone planned and rolled out its digital…
