Nigeria launches digital CRVS platform built by private partner
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) platform that is expected…
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OpenCRVS
OpenCRVS is an open-source civil registration system that can be configured for a country in a week.
Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children
The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have…
UNICEF praises easier birth registration for Nigerians through digitization
There are more parents in Nigeria now taking their children for birth registration as the country trials a digital birth…
Rwanda seeks contractor to digitize civil registration archiving system
Rwanda has launched a call to tender for the digitization of the country’s civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) archiving…
UNECA targets digital ID interoperability in Africa to accelerate socio-economic progress
Representatives of governments, policymakers, experts, and stakeholders from Africa have made a plethora of suggestions on how digital ID interoperability…
PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
Delegations form six West African countries participating in a regional identification project dubbed WURI recently had a working session with…
Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania
Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have…
The case for an integrated digital CRVS system for African countries
Speakers during the ID4Africa Livecast on June 21, which was dedicated to summarising key points from some workshops during the…
Namibian lawmakers examine bill to streamline civil registration, lower age for ID cards
A draft piece of legislation seeking to make changes to Namibia’s civil status registration and identification system is currently in…
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