Expert body set up to drive Nigeria’s financial inclusion amid digital trade gains
Nigeria is banking on financial inclusion as one of the avenues to usher in a stronger digital economy for the…
Africa
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ID4Africa 2025 Annual General Meeting
ID4Africa 2025 Annual General Meeting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 20-23, 2025 Be part of the world’s premier ID4D digital identity…
Ghana receives 700k blank cards to clear national ID backlog from 2023
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is now ready to clear a massive backlog of national IDs (Ghana Cards)…
African speakers at ID4Africa double in reflection of digital ID progress
ID4Africa’s annual general meeting has grown every year, in terms of the size of the program and the number of…
Senegal targets 3M ECOWAS biometric ID holders for voter registration
A biometric voter registration exercise that went underway in Senegal on February 1 is expected to see the enrollment of…
Africa Border Security Week
Africa Border Security Week Cape Town, South Africa May 6-7, 2025 Africa Border Security Week is a regional event dedicated…
Burundi sorts out collaboration terms with IFC for digital transformation project
Burundi expects the implementation of its digital transformation agenda to get a boost as avenues for collaboration are being discussed…
Ethiopia streamlines Fayda national ID services with mobile app launch
The National ID Program of Ethiopia (NIDP) has launched the Fayda ID app with the aim of streamlining national ID…
DR Congo approaches national ID rollout with Trident implementation agreement
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Singaporean firm Trident have announced the signing of an implementation…
Digital ID necessity increases in Nigeria despite lingering challenges
Access to all social services in Nigeria will henceforth be mandatorily tied to the National Identification Number (NIN). This follows…
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