Governments grapple with biometric voter rolls, Thales reaches 15 deployments
Thales has deployed 15 different systems around the world for voter registration and verification with its ID management and biometric technologies,…
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Neurotechnology reveals ABIS caught 15K duplicate registrations for Ghana 2020 vote
The general elections in Ghana which took place on December 7, 2020, unfolded successfully with fair, transparent and credible results…
Kenya targets 7M new voters as biometric enrollment begins ahead of 2022 polls
Kenya has kicked off its biometric voter registration process as the country aims to enroll more than seven million new…
Developments in Indian digital ID: health accounts launch, resistance to voter link grows
India has launched its national digital health identity scheme which will create a health account for each of its 1.3…
Nigeria’s INEC seeks data sharing to clean biometric voters register
Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is asking for closer collaboration from the National Population Commission (NPC) to help it effectively…
Patients and patience – Identity Week Day 1
The Identity Week 2021 conference in London is bringing together digital identity and biometrics technology vendors and buyers, government officials…
Move by Liberia to introduce biometrics in 2023 elections meets stonewall
In what looks like a denouement to a long-running standoff related to the introduction of biometrics during Liberia’s 2023 presidential…
Liberian Senate seeks consensus on introduction of biometrics for 2023 election
Liberia’s Senate has called on its Joint Committee on Autonomous Agencies and Ways, Means, Finance and Budget to meet with…
Nigeria to require face, fingerprint biometrics for Anambra State election
A system that will combine fingerprint and face biometrics for identity verification will be required to verify voters during Governorship…
Toppan strengthens Africa biometrics market position with Face Technologies acquisition
Global printing company Toppan has announced the acquisition of biometrics and card solutions provider Face Technologies. The move will reportedly…
