Fingerprints effective for identification from six-months of age
Fingerprints can be used to effectively verify the identity of children enrolled as young as six months of age, according…
ID4Africa - biometrics topics
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 been the official journalist of the annual meeting since 2016.
Nigeria announced as host country for ID4Africa 2018
Abuja, Nigeria will be host to ID4Africa 2018, organization Executive Chairman Dr. Joseph Atick announced during the final day of…
Deep stakeholder engagement marks day 2 of ID4Africa 2017
Day two of ID4Africa 2017 wrapped up with hundreds of delegates from dozens of African nations remaining deep in discussion…
Identity companies at ID4Africa expo hall embrace Africa’s challenges and opportunity
With approximately 45 percent of the world’s 1.1 billion people without legal identity living in Africa, according to new World…
Integrated Biometrics releases FBI-certified optical 10-print fingerprint scanner
Integrated Biometrics announced the FIVE-0 compact scanner, which the company claims is the first FBI-certified, AFIS compatible 10-finger scanner. According…
ID4Africa 2017 launches with survey of stakeholder perspectives and impassioned dialogue
ID4Africa 2017 kicked off in Windhoek, Namibia on Wednesday with the opening of the conference’s exhibit hall and a series…
ID4Africa movement grows 68 percent from 2016 to 2017
The number of attendees at ID4Africa’s annual forum has grown by 68 percent CAGR from 2016 to 2017, with growth…
ID4Africa 2017 set to continue pan-continental momentum toward universal digital identity
Preparations for the ID4Africa Forum 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia have been successfully completed, with the arrival and registration Tuesday of…
Aware releases cloud-based biometric identification solution
Aware has released Indigo|Onboard, the first in the company’s new Indigo line of cloud-based solutions that provide biometric search functionality…
BioRugged to showcase new low-cost mobile biometric devices at ID4Africa
BioRugged will showcase several new devices at its exhibit booth at the upcoming ID4Africa conference, in a major expansion of…
