Uganda biometric refugee registration program faces scale and funding hurdles
Uganda’s biometric registration program for refugees in the country has verified the identity of 11,684 out of an estimated 1.4…
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Ipsidy reports earnings, wins contract to provide de-duplication for Zimbabwe voter rolls
Ipsidy has reported earnings of $2.3 million in 2017, a 21 percent increase from $1.9 million in 2016, though its…
Gambia restores Semlex contract for biometric national identity documents
Gambia’s Minister of Justice Ba Tambadou has announced that a contract between the country’s government and Semlex to provide the…
Presentation Cartes Afrique 2018
Cartes Afrique 2018 March 22-23, 2018 Palmeraie Conference Center, Marrakech The 13th edition of Cartes Afrique will take place in…
HID selected by Tanzania to provide technology for electronic passports
The government of Tanzania has selected HID Global as the main supplier for an end-to-end solution for issuing electronic passports….
Tanzania airports deploy Vision-Box technology for border control
The Tanzania Immigration Services Department (TISD) recently began using Vision-Box’s new Facial Matching Systems (FMS) to improve border control procedures…
ID4Africa appoints Ambassadors from 29 countries for 2018
ID4Africa has announced the appointment of Ambassadors from 29 countries for 2018. The 2018 Ambassadors represent an increase of seven…
Namibia makes the switch to biometric passports
In an effort to fulfill International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, Namibia is now only issuing biometric passports, or ePassports,…
GEMADEC and Daon form strategic partnership to offer IdentityX platform in African markets
North African technology integrator GEMADEC and Daon announced that they have formed a strategic partnership for North African and Francophone…
Ghana introduces instant issuance of eIDs
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA) has begun the first nationwide instant issuance of eIDs in West Africa. The new “GhanaCard”…
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