Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warns
An ongoing project in Kenya to issue a biometrics-backed digital ID known as the Huduma Namba to citizens continues to…
An ongoing project in Kenya to issue a biometrics-backed digital ID known as the Huduma Namba to citizens continues to…
Citizens of East Africa’s biggest economy, Kenya, will soon be issued biometric identification cards which will enable them have access…
After a mass registration exercise to capture the nation’s biometrics for the ambitious Huduma Namba unique identifier number, the program…
Biometric voting, and the registration required, are once again proving problematic in several African countries. Somalia will miss its target…
Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…
While Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Chad either launched or announced mass enrollments for biometric civil registrations, the system in…
The result of Malawi’s first biometric election, held in May 2019, has finally been nullified by a panel of judges,…
Africa’s most emblematic biometric ID scheme has been halted by the High Court. Kenya’s Huduma Namba must wait until adequate…
The issue of removing ghost workers from public sector payrolls comes to the fore this week. In Nigeria university staff…
This has been West Africa’s week in digital ID news. Liberia may be adding a few more people to its…