Tanzania wants to accelerate digital govt plan with single service window, database links
The Tanzanian government says it is working to incorporate AI into its digital government plans in order to make access…
Africa
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Nigerian state governorship aspirant calls for biometric capture in national census
There is a new call for Nigeria to collect biometric information from citizens during a delayed national population census expected…
Liberia’s President directs NIR to expand biometric database, renew more IDs
Officials of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR) say they are dispatching teams to the field to make sure that employees…
Policy experts call for AU-EU cooperation in building Africa’s digital economy
African countries participating in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are preparing to adopt the Digital Trade Protocol in…
Nigerian States receive biometric devices to step up digital ID enrollment
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says it has boosted the digital ID enrollment capacity of all states…
Nigeria, Togo to require biometric digital ID for loan programs
West African nations Nigeria and Togo want to use their biometric digital ID systems for managing government loan schemes. In…
Kenyans suffer huge ID card backlog as court verdict on Maisha Namba rollout awaited
There is said to be a national ID card issuance crisis in Kenya since the close of last year when…
Tunisia’s biometric ID project back on the table but advocates want data protection guarantees
After failed attempts in 2015 and 2020, the Tunisian government has resumed the idea of introducing biometrics-based identification documents such…
Nigeria contracts Pakistan’s digital ID agency to upgrade NIN middleware
The digital identity authorities of Pakistan and Nigeria have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand their collaboration. Pakistan’s National…
Uganda rumored to consider merging ID agencies as biometric kit price grows
Officials with Uganda’s Internal Affairs Ministry have requested a merger between government bodies responsible for issuing IDs and civil registration,…
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