Experts suggest biometrics to beef up security, facility checks in Nigerian airports
There are concerns from aviation experts over the state of security and difficulties in undergoing checks in some of Nigeria’s…
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NanoB&K, LoginID partner for FIDO biometrics in Africa financial inclusion program
Subsidiary entities of NanoB&K have integrated LoginID’s FIDO-certified passwordless identity authentication platform with the goal of slashing costs for the…
Nigeria continues push to introduce digital tokens, digital ID verification temporarily halted
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is going ahead with its plan of introducing tokens for the national identification number…
Kenyan telco requires face biometrics for SIM card re-registration
Safaricom, one of the leading mobile telephone network providers in Kenya, is reportedly asking users to visit the nearest Safaricom…
ID4D report: 2022 to see significant progress towards ‘paradigm shift’ in digital ID
The World Bank Group’s ID4D (Identity for Development) division continued to work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic on projects and research across…
Zimbabwe begins biometric voter drive to determine constituency sizes for 2023 polls
A biometric voter registration process to guide the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on a planned delimitation exercise in September ahead…
Uganda’s digital ID achievements, challenges and prospects
The Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA), Rosemary Kisembo, says although there is still…
ID4Africa digital identity Ambassadors group diversifies and grows for 2022
Women are better-represented in the 2022 ID4Africa Ambassador Class than ever before, with females making up 33 percent of the…
Biometric banking requirement coming in Ghana, unmet by half of Nigerian accounts
From July 1, all banking and financial transactions in Ghana will be completed only upon presentation of the biometric ID…
BioRugged applies biometrics and data to streamline healthcare in rural Mozambique
BioRugged is supporting the transition from paper-based systems to a biometric-based electronic patient registration and verification system for a Portuguese non-profit…
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