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…
Identification for Development (ID4D)
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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…
Namibian govt aims for strong public awareness on digital ID as rollout nears
Namibia’s Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has called for a clear timeline for the imminent…
Robust connectivity needed to drive digital economy: GITEX Africa 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is progressively maturing and one of the ways of giving this journey a massive boost is by…
MOSIP Connect 2025: creating a winning ID system, inclusivity insights
On MOSIP Connect 2025 day one on Tuesday, various panels discussed topics relevant to the digital identity and digital infrastructure…
Nigeria stakeholders propose strategies to accelerate inclusive digital ID issuance
Stakeholders in Nigeria have called on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to refresh the engagement with its partners and…
African speakers at ID4Africa double in reflection of digital ID progress
ID4Africa’s annual general meeting has grown every year, in terms of the size of the program and the number of…
NIMC’s new Nigeria ID4D project partner to increase financial inclusion
FIC Professionals Network Plc, an organization working to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria, says it has received the greenlight from…
ID4Africa announces 2025 Ambassadors Class that reflects growing legal ID impact
A total of 126 diligently chosen personalities from Africa’s identity ecosystem make up the 2025 batch of Ambassadors and deputies…
Identification for development: A Who’s Who
Identification for development, sometimes styled as “ID4D,” is a global initiative that seeks to provide legal identity for the 850…
