Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: BIO-key, Yoti, Simprints, iiDENTIFii and Innovatrics
The coronavirus pandemic is also an opportunity for digital technology, according to the CEO of social enterprise Simprints. Elsewhere, the…
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Guinea updates voter roll with Innovatrics biometrics in just six months
A biometric electoral register has been deployed for upcoming Guinea parliamentary elections with Innovatrics technology and support applied to meet…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: politics, ecommerce, Covid-19 biometric capture bans
Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…
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…
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…
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