The 9th Edition Connected Banking Summit – West Africa
The 9th Edition Connected Banking Summit – West Africa Accra, Ghana November 15-16, 2023 Join us for the highly anticipated…
Africa
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Technical report declares Liberia’s biometric voter registration exercise a success
The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC), a civil society organization working for the promotion of electoral integrity in Liberia and good…
Interoperable digital public infrastructure can speed up Africa’s economic integration, prosperity
Intra-African commerce is being held back by a lack of interoperability in digital identity systems and know your customer checks….
13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – West Africa
13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – West Africa Lagos, Nigeria October 10-12, 2023 After the success of 12 successful editions,…
Ethiopian government agencies partner on digital ID for health sector
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and its national identity program have formed a partnership to integrate the Fayda digital ID with…
Biometric ID is a tool for migrant instrumentalization in Nigeria, study argues
An academic study on migrants from five central and west African countries seeking refuge in Nigeria has found that biometric…
Ghana starts follow-up nationwide biometric ID card enrollment drive
The National Identification Authority of Ghana (NIA) has begun a new phase of a registration campaign for the country’s national…
Digital Government Africa Summit 2023
Digital Government Africa Summit 2023 Zambia, Lusaka October 4-6, 2023 Ministers for ICT, Home Affairs, and E-Government Units from across…
Nigeria to strengthen digital ID enrollment operations to ease access to govt services
The acting director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has expressed her determination to improve conditions…
Equatorial Guinea, Ghana want to flush out ‘ghost’ public workers using biometrics
The use of biometrics to identify government workers in African countries has been gaining traction over the years, and Equatorial…
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