Steps towards digital ID card issuance taken in Gabon and Tunisia
Gabon kicked off a civil registry issuance campaign in the greater Libreville area ahead of a broader national initiative. Registration…
Cameroon
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Cameroon mayors resolve to make birth registration a top priority
Local and city council mayors in Cameroon have signed a charter which reflects their desire to take birth registration efforts…
Cameroon building Digital Transformation Center to manage digital consular services
As part of a process launched last year by the government of Cameroon to modernize its consular services including the…
Cameroon bishops urge massive participation in ongoing biometric voter registration
Catholic bishops under the banner of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) have launched a fervent appeal to all…
Cameroon telcos get ultimatum to ID all SIM holders in regions plagued by security crisis
Mobile telecommunication operators in Cameroon have been given 60 days to thoroughly identify the holders of all SIM cards currently…
Cameroon launches free birth certificate issuance operation for 80K pupils in exams
About 80,000 primary school children, who do not have birth certificates, but who are preparing to write the First School…
Cameroon wants €50M to expand facial recognition surveillance project
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has asked his Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, to source funding to the tune of…
Cameroon mayors commit to free civil registration document issuance
At least 13 of the 34 mayors in the North West Region of Cameroon have issued statements emphasizing their commitment…
UNICEF pledges Cameroon support to drive up birth certificate issuance
The Cameroon country representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nadine Perault, has held talks with Decentralization and Local…
The quest for legal ID by inhabitants of disputed Cameroonian territory Bakassi
Along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Cameroon lies an oil-rich peninsular called Bakassi, a territory full of…
