Kenyan court blocks govt move to hike ID card, passport fees
A move by Kenya to increase fees for obtaining some personal identification documents has been momentarily blocked by a High…
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A move by Kenya to increase fees for obtaining some personal identification documents has been momentarily blocked by a High…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) platform that is expected…
Kenyans will soon have to cough out more money than before to obtain some important identity credentials such the new…
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told delegates of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the country’s upper…
A digital cash flow lending tool meant to facilitate access to loans for rural women in Nigeria is said to…
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) of South Africa has increased the number of working hours during two November weekends…
Civil society groups in Kenya have, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), partnered with the government to set the template…
Crispin Kaheru, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, has praised the increasing role technologies such as biometrics play…
Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire recently shared updates on the work that is done by the government…
The outgoing director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, says there is need for…