UNICEF seeks partner to expand birth registration, legal identity in Tanzania
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched an expression of interest call to select a national non-governmental organization (NGO)…
Africa
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Rwanda’s digital ID rollout expands access for refugees
An ongoing biometric national ID registration drive in Rwanda is seen as a major chance for the government to strengthen…
UNDP announces initiative to drive sovereign, open-source DPI efforts in Africa
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) says its Africa Regional Bureau and the Digital, AI and Innovation Hub, will this…
Digital ID sustainability, power to improve lives depends on healthy ecosystems
Resilience and realism were central to the discussions among digital identity and DPI experts from around the world at ID4Africa…
Local developers, mobile credentials and QR Codes take ID4Africa spotlight
The suitcase-sized biometric enrollment kits that dominated the exhibitions at ID4Africa’s early AGMs are gone. Instead, exhibitors at ID4Africa’s 2026…
Africans’ identity security a key driver of economic development, democracy, livelihoods and dignity
By Nat Pisupati, regional sales director MEA at HID FARGO Africa’s development story will increasingly be shaped not only by…
Nigeria links digital identity ambitions to digital sovereignty agenda
Nigeria is increasingly framing digital identity, data infrastructure and online services as matters of digital sovereignty, as the country seeks…
Rwanda accelerates biometric enrollment ahead of digital ID switch
Rwandan authorities say more than 4.4 million people have been biometrically enrolled in the country’s new national digital identity system…
Ghana joins growing list of countries pursuing online age verification
The Ghanaian government is working on a policy that would mandate age verification for access to age-restricted services like online…
Madagascar completes 2.6M digital ID enrollments in two months
Madagascar has enrolled 2.6 million people into its digital identity system in just two months, surpassing the government’s target as…
