Next for Nigeria’s NIN: location tracking and smart cities
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has launched a call for proposals from the country’s academics with the aim of developing…
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The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has launched a call for proposals from the country’s academics with the aim of developing…
The details of Kenya’s plans for its Unique Personal Identifier continue to emerge, with the government planning to begin issuing…
Nigerians who have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections now have until 5 February to collect their Permanent…
Digital ID verification company Smile Identity has highlighted increasing interest among African countries in developing critical digital identity infrastructure. This…
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) has begun a trial voter registration exercise to test the functionality of biometric voter registration…
There has been respite for thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mozambique as a civil registration and ID card…
“It is not the work of government to issue IDs; it is the work of government to identify Kenyans,” said…
Civil registration in Africa: Scaling for impact Online February 8, 2023, 12:30 GMT Civil registration continues to be a major…
There are concerns in Namibia that the country’s largest mobile communications company, MTC, has been collecting the fingerprint and face…
South Africa-based biometrics and digital ID verification firm eGator has announced the rollout of a new software for identity verification…