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Cote d’Ivoire unveils biometric verification terminal from Semlex

Cote d’Ivoire has unveiled a biometric ID verification terminal for verifying the identity and authenticating the national ID of citizens…

 

South Africa still waiting for biometric system upgrade after spending whole budgeted amount

South Africa paid out more than 280 million South African rand (approximately US$16.7 million) to EOH Holdings half a decade…

 

NIN numbers, corruption, forex, lack of booklets: Nigeria’s passport woes to be investigated

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate why there is a shortage of booklets…

 

Zimbabwean start-up lands €250K award with biometric verification solution

VaxiGlobal, a biometrics-based vaccine verification solution developed in 2019 by a trio of health workers in Zimbabwe, has won the…

 

Nigeria issues 700K biometric bank verification numbers between April and July

Figures attributed to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicate that a total…

 

Researcher cautions African govts against biometric surveillance without proper legislation

African governments must press on with efforts to put in place robust data protection regulations if they continue to deploy…

 

Nigeria’s electoral commission pushes biometric voter registration deadline to 31 July

The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has set 31 July, 2022, as the deadline for the continuous biometric…

 

Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?

It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s…

 

Biometric vaccination cards now available for Cameroonian travellers

The head of the Yaounde international vaccination centre, a structure under the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon, Dr. Ntsobe…

 

Lesotho, Namibia join trend of SIM card registration with biometrics

The southern African nations of Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns for citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their…

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