Biometric Update named “official journalist” for 2017 ID4Africa event
ID4Africa announced today that it has selected BiometricUpdate.com as the “official journalist” for its 2017 annual meeting, to be held…
Africa
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Imprimerie Nationale Group delivers multi-biometric ID documents platform for Republic of Djibouti
In an effort to modernize and harmonize the ID document production and issuance process, the Imprimerie Nationale Group has deployed…
Biometrics data used to eliminate ghost workers from Abia government payroll
In an effort to eliminate ghost workers and centralize the government payroll, Abia, a state in south eastern Nigeria, recently…
Malawi rolling out national ID project, introducing biometric voter registry for 2019 elections
In an effort to conduct trouble-free elections, the Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) revealed that a biometrics-based voter…
ID4Africa 2017
ID4Africa 2017 April 26-28, 2017 Windhoek, Namibia Following two successful events in 2015 and 2016 which collectively brought together over…
Mastercard study reveals African consumers seek more digital services
Mastercard has released the results of its “Impact of Innovation” study, which finds that African consumers use their smartphone more…
2017 World Border Security Congress to be held in North Africa
Global border management experts, policy makers and practitioners will gather in Casablanca, Morocco next March to discuss border security threats,…
Standard Chartered Bank deployment of biometric technology expected to reach 5 million clients
Standard Chartered Bank will be deploying fingerprint and voice biometrics technology across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, according to…
iCivil promises much needed birth registration in Africa
Despite continued efforts by governments and international organizations, approximately 230 million children under five have not had their births registered…
Southern African Development Community countries slowly adopting biometric voting systems
Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are slowly adopting a biometric voting system, as the region increases efforts to promote…
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