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ID4Africa

ID4Africa is a Pan-African Movement motivated by the need to promote legal identity for all in Africa. It is a tripartite with representation from African governments, development agencies and industry. Biometric Update has provided full coverage of the meetings and livecasts since 2016.

 

Need for speed in removing barriers to birth registration, ID integration in Africa

Speakers on two panels dedicated to birth registration early on Day 3 of the ongoing ID4Africa 2025 AGM in Addis…

 

‘Digital identity is critical national infrastructure’: ID4Africa 2025

World Bank and European Commission Technical Consultant Adam Cooper examined the global landscape of digital identity adoption, noting that he…

 

Record ID4Africa exhibitors show growth in continent’s digital identity market

Among the new all-time highs in scale set at ID4Africa’s 2025 AGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the number of…

 

Strategies to get the most out of digital identity in focus at ID4Africa 2025

Making digital identity useful is one of the key themes of ID4Africa’s 2025 AGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and a…

 

Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya reveal revenue generation models from national ID programs

At ID4Africa 2025, a panel of representatives from five African countries deemed advanced in identity spoke on ‘Reimagining Identity Authorities…

 

ID4Africa 2026 AGM will take place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, Abidjan, will be the venue of the 2026 edition of ID4Africa’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). The…

 

Leveraging digital ID in the financial sector: ID4Africa panel

Financial inclusion was highlighted as the mother of all digital ID use cases during an early panel discussion on the…

 

African nations making digital ID gains in the face of common challenges

Several countries in Africa are on the right track with their national digital ID projects, but this is not coming…

 

Ethiopia reveals strategy behind digital ID progress as ID4Africa 2025 opens

Ethiopia’s Fayda digital ID program successes were in the spotlight on the first day of ID4Africa 2025 in the country’s…

 

ID4Africa 2025 begins with record numbers, urgency and Ethiopian PM’s address

ID4Africa’s 2025 AGM kicked off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, attended by Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali and several…

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