Ghana procures 75k biometric voter verification devices ahead of elections
One of Africa’s most stable democracies, Ghana, has procured nearly 75,000 devices for verification of the biometric identity of citizens…
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Biometric voter registration advances in Albania and Brazil, Aadhaar-based online voting coming to India
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Albania has approved the purchase of hardware to set up a biometric voter registration…
Biometric voter verification fails to ensure trusted election results in Tanzania
The shockwaves are still being felt after Tanzania’s elections on October 28, with opposition candidates arrested a week after polling…
Nigeria prospecting for electronic voting technology provider
Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, says it is in search of a voting technology supplier in order to take a step…
Papua New Guinea mobile biometric voter enrollment trial with Credence ID successful
Papua New Guinea is set to employ an upgraded biometric voter registration system as the country looks forward to its…
Government investments in digital identity and biometrics programs progress around the world
Progress and plans for national digital identity systems and biometric e-government solutions have been announced around the world, including a…
Innovatrics biometrics remove 200,000 ineligible voters from electoral rolls in Guinea
The use of facial recognition technology from Innovatrics in Guinea’s biometric voter registration program has allowed the system to be reused…
CISA recommends FIDO authentication in email security advisory to political campaigns
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory on Thursday recommending multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a cyber-attack…
E-voting: Tricky tech and trickier politics
Those who say digital IDs and biometrics can restore Americans’ faith in voting increasingly sound like kids trying to convince…
Nigeria’s national biometric ID proposed to go digital, add DNA
Biometrics news in Africa was dominated by a pair of stories from West Africa’s largest nations this week. The results…
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