Kenya factors in biometrics in three-year digital government plan
The government of Kenya has launched a ‘Huduma Kenya Digitalization Plan’ which aligns with the country’s digitization agenda to deepen…
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IN Groupe backs blockchain ID project Archipels to fuel expansion
Archipels, a French digital identity consortium and project based on blockchain technology, has raised an unknown amount of capital from…
Zimbabweans verify entries on voter’s roll after criticized biometric registration
Zimbabwean citizens who have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections had until May 31 to crosscheck the information…
Togo brings in Atos and Idemia to build national digital ID program
The government of Togo has hired Atos and Idemia to create a MOSIP-based national digital ID program for its citizens….
Angola seals financing agreement for $139M biometric passport contract
The green light has now been given for the supply of a new generation biometric passport for Angola after a…
South Africans get their chance to comment on national ID bill
The Republic of South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is inviting public comments on its draft National Identification and Registration…
Digital ID key in Kenya’s digital transformation agenda: Eliud Owalo
(Dr. Joseph Atick, Eliud Owalo, and Julius Bitok on stage at ID4Africa 2023) In Kenya, the idea of a national identity…
Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as…
Data clean-up underway after biometric voter registration exercise in Liberia
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) says it is working to clean up data it collected during the recently concluded biometric…
Namibia no longer requires biometrics as part of SIM card registration
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) mandated registration of SIM cards on January 1st, 2023. They recently removed the…
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