Nigeria steps up national ID enrolment efforts
Nigeria has a new target to issue at least 180 million digital IDs by December 31, 2026, following the World…
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Nigeria has a new target to issue at least 180 million digital IDs by December 31, 2026, following the World…
A nationwide exercise to biometrically register Gabonese for a presidential election in the country this year is well underway. The…
Somalia is certainly on the right path in the pursuit of its digital transformation ambitions, thanks in large part to…
20th Edition Connected Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 – East Africa Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2025 The 20th…
Smile ID has introduced upgraded liveness detection technology which has already passed an independent assessment by Fime for compliance with…
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where the biggest improvements must be made to meet the UN’s birth registration goals, but…
Southern African countries could be getting a boost to their national identity systems. India’s Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) is…
Kenya’s State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services says that its efforts to advance the Maisha digital ID project led…
The recently inaugurated Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex (BATTIC) in Nigeria which comprises a facility for the production for…
Biometrics providers are invited to bid on a contract for biometric registration and identification hardware and software for use by…