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…
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Idemia biometrics secures Africa’s largest welfare transfer system as Nigeria unites identity-handling agencies
Potentially big developments in biometrics this week in Nigeria as the agency managing Africa’s largest national identity program is moved…
Guinea updates voter roll with Innovatrics biometrics in just six months
A biometric electoral register has been deployed for upcoming Guinea parliamentary elections with Innovatrics technology and support applied to meet…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ID progress in Liberia, Idemia deal in Guinea
This has been West Africa’s week in digital ID news. Liberia may be adding a few more people to its…
Digital ID in Africa this week: local mobile banking and biometric verification technology soar ahead
The trend for this week is mobile – mobile banking, payments, SIM registration and even a mobile app to check…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometrics for housing, anti-terrorism
It has been two steps forward and possibly two steps back again for digital ID in Africa this week. While…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric bank cards, birth registrations up, ePassport problems
The importance of biometric legal identity from birth is something of a theme this week as UNICEF pushes the concept…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Biometric ID for Guinea, continued ID controversy for Côte d’Ivoire
West Africa comes to the foreground this week in African digital ID news as Guinea announces plans for a comprehensive…
Gemalto modernizes Guinea’s voter register with biometric technology
Gemalto announced it managed the upgrading process of Guinea’s biometrics-enabled voter register system on behalf of CENI, the National Independent…
