Somaliland election saw Iris ID technology deployed
Somaliland’s presidential election in November was the world’s first national election to use iris recognition to register and identify voters….
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Nigerian government biometrics programs yielding results, biometric ATMs coming
Senior Nigerian government officials praised the efforts of the National Immigration Service (NIS) in implementing the country’s biometric visa at…
Humaniq launches biometrics-powered fintech app in five African countries
Humaniq has announced the launch of its Android App to enable users in Africa to access to next-generation financial services…
Secure Identity Alliance welcomes ID4Africa as advisory observer
ID4Africa has joined the Secure Identity Alliance as an Advisory Observer. ID4Africa will support the Secure Identity Alliance’s work advocating…
Somaliland using iris recognition technology in upcoming election
Somaliland’s upcoming presidential election on November 13 marks the first use of iris-based biometrics technology in an African election, according…
African national biometric programs tackle scale challenges
Several African nations at different stages of their biometric registration processes have recently announced new efforts to improve their identity…
BioRugged partners with Axon for major KYC projects in Africa
BioRugged recently outfitted West Africa’s telecommunications company MTN with more than 9,000 client enrollment and verification devices for know your…
Novateqni completes prototypes of its elections technology
NovaTeqni Corporation recently issued a corporate update in which it reported that over the last year it has completed all…
CSIR working on improving biometric ID techniques for minors
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an African research and development organization, is developing a biometric identification system…
Advances in biometric technology could expand healthcare coverage in Africa
Advances in biometric technology are on the horizon which could be critical to the delivery of health services to many…
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