Ghana’s identity authority claims $80M debt from government over ID card production
The Executive Secretary of Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has insisted that the government owes the…
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Ghana starts follow-up nationwide biometric ID card enrollment drive
The National Identification Authority of Ghana (NIA) has begun a new phase of a registration campaign for the country’s national…
Equatorial Guinea, Ghana want to flush out ‘ghost’ public workers using biometrics
The use of biometrics to identify government workers in African countries has been gaining traction over the years, and Equatorial…
Ghana, Zambia plan biometric voter registration drives for September
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a three-week nationwide biometric voter registration activity beginning next month in preparation for District…
Ghana to begin issuing digital IDs to newborns from August
The issuance of digital ID numbers, known as Ghana Card numbers, to newborns in Ghana is set to begin next…
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…
New page opens for birth registration in Ghana as instruction manual validated
A guiding document which outlines a number of novelties in Ghana’s birth and death registration system was recently validated by…
Report finds data protection loopholes in Tanzania’s biometric SIM registration drive
Tanzania’s efforts in crime prevention, social protection and financial inclusion through digital identity are commendable but the government has to…
Ghana plans mass block of SIM cards not registered with biometrics
Slightly over 11 million SIM cards not biometrically registered in Ghana will be blocked by the end of this month…
EC presses on with plan to make Ghana Card lone ID for voter registration
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is hoping to be second time lucky in convincing parliament to approve its plan of making…
