Nigeria privacy concerns mount over digital ID-SIM link as deadline approaches
Concerns over privacy and the handling of personal data is putting off Nigerians from registering in the biometric ID system…
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VerifyMe Nigeria brings efficiencies to KYC, biometric liveness checking, creates address marketplace
Nigerian startup VerifyMe is adding to its range of identity verification tools for KYC with biometric liveness detection, a banking number…
850 Kenyan hospitals sue national insurance fund over biometric patient registration
850 hospitals are suing Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) in a dispute over the requirement to install equipment to…
Tanzania urged to regulate digital ID privacy, Zimbabwe to tackle exclusion
The government of Tanzania has been advised to put in place the necessary data protection and oversight regulation in order…
Liberia’s electoral commission seeks biometric voter registration help from Nigeria
Liberia’s government is asking Nigeria for assistance as it stands up biometric voter registration, Nigerian outlet Punch writes, with National Electoral…
ECOWAS, Nigeria look to ease travel with biometric card, faster passport issuance
The Federal Government of Nigeria is to launch a new passport application process that will dramatically speed up the procedure…
Nigerian States begin biometric registration for voters, stalemate persists in Liberia
Nigeria’s Lagos and Osun States have begun biometric data collection within the framework of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise…
Nigeria biometric enrollment for digital ID nears 60M on telco boost
Nigeria’s federal government says well over 59 million people have now been biometrically enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN)…
UN-supported digital ID, KYC project to boost financial inclusion in Malawi
A project to help the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) put in place a unified database of digital ID and…
Global biometric surveillance developments draw regional concerns
Biometric surveillance is facing resistance globally. It is doubtless less successful than opponents would like but the resistance cannot be…
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