ID4Africa speakers urge legal identity inclusion for refugees, stateless persons
African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at…
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Turks and Caicos national digital ID to be ready in 2027: Govt
The Turks and Caicos Islands have announced new investments in its long-awaited digital ID program, along with details of the…
St Vincent advances digital ID, civil registry overhaul
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has begun a seven‑day series of working sessions aimed at overhauling its civil registration and…
Trinidad and Tobago launches digital credentials platform in DPI push
Trinidad and Tobago has launched VerifyTT, a digital credentials platform under its digital public infrastructure (DPI) push, enabling institutions to…
Digital health systems keep failing. The fix isn’t more tech, it’s designing with and for people
By Lara Tabac and Carlie Congdon of Vital Strategies Governments around the world are pouring resources into digital health and…
MOSIP, OpenCRVS develop age verification PoC to help prevent child marriage
A combination of open-source technologies from non-profits has been developed to help governments and communities around the world tackle child…
Zambia looking for MOSIP system integrator to support digital ID project
The Zambian government, through the Smart Zambia Institute (SZI) is in search of an international technology partner that will support…
Sierra Leone’s ‘brokers of citizenship’ recognized in digital identification project
The promise of national digital identity systems is the tantalizing dream of direct connection between people, official identities and public…
Chad uses national biometric registry to boost govt systems interoperability
Chad’s Ministry of Finance, Budget, Economy, Planning and International Cooperation recently concluded a deal with the National Agency for Secure…
Turks and Caicos President unveils major digital transformation agenda
Prime Minister Charles Washington Misick of Turks and Caicos Islands says the government is undertaking a major digital transformation project…
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