Fingerprint payment cards, biometrics for autos and industry pandemic response top news this week
How a fingerprint biometrics provider will navigate the next phase of its business, new entrants into the market for identifying…
Africa
BIO-key to supply biometrics for ecommerce in $45M partnership with Nigerian government agency
BIO-key has partnered with a Nigerian government agency to build secure infrastructure with its biometric software and hardware to facilitate…
Zwipe to deliver biometric payments solutions to major Middle East and Africa smart card maker
Masria Digital Payments (MDP), one of the largest smart card manufacturers and digital payments providers in the Middle East and…
LumenVox, OneVault introduce advanced voice biometrics to African market
LumenVox has entered a partnership with OneVault to provide the African market with voice biometrics solutions for remote authentication, the…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: SIM cards reactivated, refugee privacy concerns and coronavirus
The spread of the coronavirus on the continent sees more impact on biometric services. This week we have summarized the…
HSB Identification takes over Chad biometric electoral register contract from Idemia ahead of 2020 vote
Chad will hold national elections this year, and the country’s Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) has selected HSB Identification to…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: coronavirus fallout, startup funding, Ghana electoral register
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, some African institutions are reacting by suspending fingerprint-based biometric access and attendance systems in the…
BIO-key to provide biometric authentication platform to Nigerian telecom in $30M deal
BIO-key has announced its first major contract win in Africa since the launch of its new strategy for the continent,…
ID4Africa rescheduled for October 28 to 30 to ensure full inclusive participation
ID4Africa 2020 has been postponed to October 28 to 30, in order to ensure “a healthy, safe, and highly successful…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: increasing CCTV surveillance, new ID document contracts
Madagascar and Zimbabwe seem to be shifting toward far greater government surveillance with public CCTV networks, according to reports this…
