VerifyMe Nigeria begins international expansion, rolls out digital ID orchestration platform
Lagos-based digital ID verification company VerifyMe Nigeria has developed an API infrastructure and data services platform dubbed QoreID for businesses…
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Nigeria, Togo pushing for personal data protection regulations
Stakeholders in Nigeria are rallying their efforts to ensure that the draft data protection regulation in the country, still pending…
Experts say better understanding of regulatory environment vital for KYC compliance
Four fintech experts drawn from Nigeria and Ghana are unanimous that meeting know your customer (KYC) compliance exigencies requires a…
Liberia plans biometric voter registry with enrollment beginning in December
The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced its preliminary plans for 2023, which include transitioning from optical mark recognition…
Nigeria’s INEC sued to allow biometric authentication of voters without voter cards
Nigerian businessman Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh is asking a federal high court in Abuja to declare that the Independent National…
Uganda launches probe after suspected stolen ID documents uncovered in swamp
Ugandan authorities have begun an investigation into how bundles of valid national ID cards, passports, car number plates and other…
ID16.9 podcast examines role of private sector in meeting UN’s 2030 legal identity goal
The latest episode of the ID16.9 Podcast produced by Biometric Update focusses on how involved private sector companies and other…
Integrated Biometrics sees financial inclusion gains from Nigeria’s digital ID
A new case study from Integrated Biometrics (IB) explains the company’s engagement with the Nigerian government, including how its Kojak…
Kenyan election’s poll-day success belies suspicion of Smartmatic biometric voter kits
Ahead of a court challenge of the results of Kenya’s recent election, African publication The Elephant examined the role of…
Zimbabwe’s leader a controversial proponent of biometric IDs
It likely is not the endorsement that backers of digital national IDs would seek, but the controversial President of Zimbabwe…
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