Ghana to add 16k digital govt services as part of $200M World Bank project
The drive to expand digital government services in Ghana is continuing with the government aiming to add about 16,000 new…
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Estonia adds identity verification to new digital government app
Estonia has launched an identity verification feature for the country’s digital government app to make it easier to access services….
South Africa Home Affairs requests $618M budget to advance digital transformation
South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has tabled a budget request of 11 billion rand (about US$618 million)…
Cameroon unveils plan to modernize local digital govt services
The government of Cameroon has disclosed that it is working to update a Digital Master Plan for decentralized entities in…
Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance
Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management…
Digital government app in Eswatini sparks public criticism over data privacy
A digital government application, which was launched in May in Eswatini, is facing public scrutiny over concerns about data privacy…
Uzbekistan leans into digitalization
Digital versions of ID-related documents are now valid nationwide in Uzbekistan – but there is a notable caveat for one…
Vietnam kicks off e-ID registration campaign for foreign nationals
Vietnam has kicked off a 50-day campaign to register foreign nationals for the new Level-2 electronic identification system. Running through…
Middle East digital transformation prompts digital ID adoption and partnership
The Middle East is seeing particularly strong growth in digital identity, cybersecurity, biometrics and other key aspects of the digital…
Greater urgency for digital overhaul of public services: UN Public Service Forum
Governments must ramp up the urgency of digital transformation to deliver inclusive, transparent and effective public services. That was the…
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