Bickering follows Nigeria biometric passport issuance halt in UK, process ordered to resume
The decision by Nigeria’s High Commission in London to suspend biometric capture appointments for the issuance of enhanced biometric passports…
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Biometric passport issuance underway in Zimbabwe, digital IDs from April
The issuance of new generation biometric passports has started in some provinces of Zimbabwe and there are plans to extend…
Another nation considers requiring biometrics for SIM cards
Another nation is considering adding biometrics to phone SIM card registrations, hoping to stem fraud. South Africa’s telecom regulator is…
Identity in reverse – mobile phones as leverage to enroll for digital ID, plus SIM overlays
As the deadline for linking SIM cards and digital ID numbers looms (again) in Nigeria, representatives from its mobile network…
Interswitch introducing biometrics to ATMs to tackle banking fraud in Nigeria
Digital payments solution provider Interswitch is in the process of rolling out a new solution designed with advanced biometric features…
EU-AU partnership to foster development of digital ID ecosystems in Africa
An Africa-Europe Digital for Development (D4D) Hub Multi-Stakeholder Forum, which took place recently, has underlined the need for partnerships that…
Digital ID system design challenges remain for effective service delivery in Africa, report argues
A report published as part of a blog series on African Arguments sustains that digital ID systems such as those…
Web of connected players could complicate Cameroon’s biometric ID card tender: report
Augentic seems like a natural contender for the biometric ID card tender launched by Cameroon’s government last year, given its…
Security agencies granted access to Nigeria’s biometric database; Buhari faces lawsuit
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari…
Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway
Zambia’s parliament has been told that work to put in place a new biometric ID system dubbed the Integrated National…
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