Nigeria ID4D to facilitate digital ID issuance for people living with disabilities
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (Nigeria ID4D) project has pledged to create the enabling environment for more people living…
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Nigerian group calls for extension as up to 11M fail to complete biometric voter registration
Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is facing heat from civil society groups to extend once more the deadline for…
Ghana imposes fee for biometric SIM registration with self-service app
The Ghanaian government is introducing a self-service mobile application, with a fee, to fast-track the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise…
If the Kardashians bought biometric systems: South Africans bicker and battle over ABIS contract
The South African government has posted a lengthy tart reply to corruption accusations made by the shadow Home Affairs minister…
Nigeria’s Edo state emulates Lagos on biometric resident ID cards to fight insecurity
The Governor of Edo State in southern Nigeria, Godwin Obaseki, has unveiled plans by his administration to issue biometric identification…
Youverify adds $1M to seed funding round to tackle fraud with biometrics
Lagos and San Francisco–based biometric identity verification firm Youverify has secured a $1 million seed round extension bringing its total…
26M SIMs still unidentified in Ghana as biometric registration deadline extended again
Ghanaians have been given up to September 30, 2022, to re-register their SIM cards with biometrics or have them indefinitely…
NGOs sue Idemia for failing to consider human rights risks in Kenyan digital ID
A group of NGOs led by Data Rights has filed a case before the Paris tribunal accusing Idemia of failing to…
Report proposes digital ID changes for financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons
A report produced by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) on the state of financial inclusion in three African countries…
Stakeholders underscore importance of data protection legislation for Nigeria
Stakeholders who gathered recently in Nigeria’s capital Abuja for a consultative meeting on the country’s data protection draft legislation have…
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