The Gambia picks Margins ID Group for national ID infrastructure upgrade
Margins ID Systems Applications Ltd (MIDSA), a subsidiary of Ghanaian identity firm Margins ID Group, has won a contract on…
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Burkina Faso aims for digital sovereignty with infrastructure supervision center
Burkina Faso has started work on a facility meant to supervise the country’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). This move advances…
Africa’s DPI push to focus on healthcare, education, climate in next four years
The momentum that currently characterizes Africa’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) efforts is increasingly palpable, but a lot more of the…
Cote d’Ivoire digitizes postal services with mobile app launch
Cote d’Ivoire has reached a new milestone in its public sector digitization push with the launch of a mobile application…
UNHCR lauds role of Fayda digital ID in facilitating life for Ethiopia refugees
Thanks to the Fayda digital ID, access to services for refugees hosted by Ethiopia has become much easier, a development…
Biometric equipment failure, internet shutdown mars Uganda election
Biometric equipment failures and an internet shutdown have rocked Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday. Reports emerged early in…
Kenya announces more national ID reforms to facilitate service access
The Cabinet Secretary for Interior of Kenya, Kipchumba Murkomen, has disclosed that more reforms are on the way in the…
ID4Africa reveals biggest ever Ambassadors Class Amid growing DPI momentum
Identity movement ID4Africa has published its largest ever Ambassadors Class made up of 130 senior officials working to expand the…
Cameroon councils begin issuance of digital birth certificates
Some local councils in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have issued first copies of digital birth…
Somalia requires $125M to fully implement national digital ID system
Somalia is in the process of implementing a national digital ID system, and the country needs an estimated $125 million…
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