Cameroon to set up over 500 new ID card enrollment centers in push to cut issuance delays
Overwhelmed with complaints of national ID card issuance delays in Cameroon, the government is multiplying measures to reduce the swelling…
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Spain adopts Worldcoin’s ID protocol as the company boasts ambitious plans
Spain is now the largest and fastest-growing market in Europe for Worldcoin’s World ID proof-of-personhood protocol, according to the company….
Idemia supplies 2.8M more biometric passports for Nepal at reduced price
The government of Nepal has reached a deal with Idemia to supply 2.8 million biometric passports, which the country’s foreign…
Bhutan adopts National Identity Bill
Bhutan has adopted the National Digital Identity Bill 2023, setting up a framework for its national digital ID system that…
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…
€4.8M fund for workable digital credential interoperability
Equity-free funding is being offered for ideas that improve digital credential interoperability between the European Union, Canada and the United…
Biometric passports could be a year away for Dominican Republic
Officials of the Dominican Republic have begun what they say will be a yearlong process to introduce electronic passports. The…
Dutch govt kicks off rolling deployment of digital ID law
The Netherlands has enacted its Digital Government Act, which defines how Dutch government agencies and semi-government organizations create secure digital…
Jordan reaches half a million activated digital identities
Half a million individuals in Jordan have successfully activated their digital identities in the country’s official digital ID verification application,…
South Africa to add biometrics to new driving license cards, maintains plan for mDLs
The government of South Africa is planning the launch of new driver’s license cards that will have enhanced security features…
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