Digital IDs and the global fight for identity
By Vyacheslav Zholudev, CTO and co-founder of Sumsub Despite recent analyst research predicting that the global number of users of…
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Italy advances, budgets for integration of digital IDs
The Italian government has allocated €40 million (US$43.38 million) in the hopes of resolving a dispute involving the nation’s two…
Kenya seeks NADRA collaboration, expertise on digital ID project
Kenya is looking forward to making changes to its digital ID system and the government is banking on the expertise…
Nigeria wants to begin producing biometric passport booklets at home
The Director General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Idris Jere has hinted that the federal government has given directives…
OpenID recommends steps for governments to protect the privacy of digital IDs
Technology is giving governments tools to protect the privacy of people using the digital credentials they issue, but a series…
Worldcoin nears $100M funding round amid security concerns
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency and digital ID project utilizing biometrics, is reportedly nearing a $100 million funding round. The project was…
India launches Aadhaar operator training campaign to reduce errors
Indian authorities are conducting a nationwide campaign to increase the efficiency of the country’s biometric identity scheme Aadhaar after miscommunications…
ECOWAS Commission urges remaining 9 member states to issue biometric regional ID card
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Omar Touray, has revealed that just 6 out…
Tech5 provides contactless biometrics, issuance platform for student digital IDs in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -based IT integrator Sycamore and Tech5 have partnered to deliver digital IDs backed by biometrics…
Kenya aims for ID issuance within three weeks, same-day birth registration
Kenya is moving to accelerate the issuance of national identity cards, particularly in border counties like Mandera in the country’s…
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