Opposition MPs push for parliamentary debate on Cameroon’s ID card problems
A member of the opposition in Cameroon’s lower house of Parliament, Youmo Koupit Adamou, says he and his peers plan…
Africa - biometrics topics
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Zimbabwe endures exercises, campaigns and processes for biometric voter registration
Officials of Zimbabwe are in their final days of preparation for the nation’s first mobile biometric voter registration drive. Beginning…
Côte d’Ivoire runs seven-day campaign to distribute over 50k biometric ID cards
The ID card issuing authority in Côte d’Ivoire – the National Civil Status Registration and Identification Office (ONECI) – has…
Biometrics reduced fraud in 2023 Nigerian elections, analyst argues
Amid a barrage of criticism over vote credibility, political scientist Abiodun Fatai posits that the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS),…
All-out mobilization in Liberia ahead of pioneer biometric voter registration exercise
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) is currently engaged in a number of activities as part of its preparations for the…
Seamfix extends MTN’s biometric SIM registration to 5 more African nations
Telecom provider MTN Group is expanding its biometric SIM registration program into five new countries in Africa through its partnership…
Use of Ghana Card as travel ID gaining traction, Namibia, Botswana follow suit
More than 1,000 Ghanaians travelled into the country from different destinations around the world using their national biometric ID credential…
Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins
The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…
Zimbabwe govt faces criticism over biometric surveillance project for new smart city
Zimbabwe is building New Harare, a smart city on the outskirts of Harare that will be the new seat of…
Social protection lessons: Indian interoperability, opportunities for private sector
India sees an interoperable future for its economy and African countries could benefit from separating population registers and social protection…
