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Nigeria to set up digital CRVS system with $11M private sector funding

Nigeria’s federal government recently approved plans to digitize birth and death registrations and the sum of 5.3 billion Naira (US$11.5…

 

Kenya aims for ID issuance within three weeks, same-day birth registration

Kenya is moving to accelerate the issuance of national identity cards, particularly in border counties like Mandera in the country’s…

 

UNICEF to support birth registration for 1M Nigerian children in 2023

The Nigeria office of the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) says it is working with local authorities in Bauchi State…

 

Rwanda initiates legislative digital ID amendment to include stateless persons, children

Stateless persons as well as newborns in Rwanda will be among those able to have a digital identity card if…

 

Community identity, digital public infrastructure pitched to catch up on SGDs

Businesses, governments, and non-government organizations are mooting different approaches to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including the provision…

 

Open-source, homegrown tech and systems reform can put birth registration on track

Cornelius Williams joined the ID16.9 podcast just as he retires from his role as global director for child protection at…

 

South Africa’s birth registration system challenged over ‘unconstitutional’ requirements

South African human rights organization the Legal Resources Center (LRC) has initiated a legal challenge against the country’s Department of…

 

Zimbabwe organizes ID card campaign to enroll more voters

The department of civil registration of Zimbabwe is running a special campaign aimed at issuing birth certificates and national ID…

 

Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins

The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…

 

UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa

Civil registration and vital statistics systems are being gradually digitalized in African nations, and the pictures both of how they…

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