CMU, MSC open hackathon series to increase digital ID use cases in Africa
Students from universities across Eastern Africa have been invited to submit ideas in the first of a series of planned…
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Groups reject expiry date for digital ID cards in Kenya as govt defends move
Some civil society organizations in Kenya say they want an explanation from the government with regard to the institution of…
Contractor needed for project to identify civil registration hurdles in Chad
A request for the Expression of Interest (EOI) has been launched for a consultancy firm to identify challenges that stand…
Contractor distances self from biometric device failures in South Africa elections
A Johannesburg-based company, Ren-Form, which supplied biometric hardware to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is not…
Kenya austerity measures affect biometric voter management system budget
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has cried out that supplementary budget cuts instructed by the President…
Coppernic biometric tablets selected for Guinea scholarship program modernization
Coppernic has announced its involvement in the modernization of a foreign studies scholarship program for the west African nation of…
Nigerian fintech launches biometrics platform for merchant payments
Nigerian digital payment services provider Accelerex has rolled out a system to facilitate merchant payments across the country using fingerprint…
Cameroon gets $4.8M South Korea grant to advance civil registration modernization project
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, recently signed an agreement with the government of…
Ethiopia hiring consultant for financial management of its national ID
The Ethiopian government, with the support of the World Bank, is seeking a financial officer to be a consultant for…
Digital rights advocates say Nigeria’s NIMC has work to do on data mishandling
In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of personal data by some websites…
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