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Ethiopia biometric ID card contract won by Madras Security Printers

Madras Security Printers Private Limited has been chosen by Ethiopia’s government to produce one million cards for the country’s digital…

 

Dominican bill would modernize national ID, aid electoral reform

A proposal for national ID cards to be used during elections in the Commonwealth of Dominica has been included in…

 

National ID cards launched in DRC, remain uncollected in Ghana

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its new national ID card, in an official ceremony where current president Félix…

 

Cameroon PM announces major reforms to national ID system as issuance backlog swells

Cameroon’s Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute told lawmakers on Friday June 30 that a new national digital ID card…

 

EU countries have right to record biometrics on ID cards, says top court adviser

The European Union’s top court is soon set to decide on whether including fingerprint data on identity cards is against…

 

Over 70 million PhilIDs issued as PSA, Philippines Post re-commit to delivery

It has been an eventful month for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which announced a new milestone in implementing 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…

 

Home Affairs Dept to become national ID-issuing authority in Bangladesh

National ID cards in Bangladesh (NIDs) will henceforth be issued by the country’s Department of Home Affairs and no longer…

 

Governments embrace digital identity register, foreigner ID cards and bank partnerships

From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but…

 

Nigeria to combine bank cards with national ID

Banking and identity are converging in Nigeria, where the government has told commercial banks to start issuing debit cards that…

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