Cameroon building Digital Transformation Center to manage digital consular services
As part of a process launched last year by the government of Cameroon to modernize its consular services including the…
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Cameroon bishops urge massive participation in ongoing biometric voter registration
Catholic bishops under the banner of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) have launched a fervent appeal to all…
Nigerians decry duplicative biometric capture for SIM registration, ID cards, SIM-NIN linkage…
The distress of Nigerians over repeated episodes of biometric capture for different identification purposes has been highlighted by local outlet…
African digital CRVS Shared Asset initiative advances as collaborative framework is born
Efforts aimed at putting in place an integrated and harmonized digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (e-CRVS) system that will…
Concerns over national ID card requirements for upcoming polls in Malawi, South Sudan
Malawi and South Sudan are set to hold general elections soon and national ID cards could prove to be a…
Nigeria’s NIMC introducing one multi-purpose digital ID card, not three
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has clarified that only one new digital ID card with multiple functions…
Kenya raises issuance targets for digital IDs and passports
Everything being equal, Kenya plans to issue at least three million digital national IDs and one million biometric passports before…
Kenya’s ICT Minister outlines new digital ID, AI regulation plans
Eliud Owalo, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information and Communication Technology, says his ministry is fronting efforts for a legislation to…
Cameroon telcos get ultimatum to ID all SIM holders in regions plagued by security crisis
Mobile telecommunication operators in Cameroon have been given 60 days to thoroughly identify the holders of all SIM cards currently…
Idemia upgrading Nigeria’s national biometric system to handle 250M IDs
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is upgrading the country’s biometric identification system to handle the records of up to…
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