Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: politics, ecommerce, Covid-19 biometric capture bans
Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…
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BIO-key to supply biometrics for ecommerce in $45M partnership with Nigerian government agency
BIO-key has partnered with a Nigerian government agency to build secure infrastructure with its biometric software and hardware to facilitate…
ForgeRock announces new executive appointments to extend identity management adoption
ForgeRock has appointed Renee Beckloff as VP of Cloud Success and Sudhakar Peddibhotla as VP of Engineering for Autonomous Identity…
LumenVox, OneVault introduce advanced voice biometrics to African market
LumenVox has entered a partnership with OneVault to provide the African market with voice biometrics solutions for remote authentication, the…
ForgeRock releases IAM toolkit for migration from legacy systems to its identity platform
ForgeRock has introduced a simplified migration toolkit to move identity and access management (IAM) capabilities from legacy vendors, such as…
BIO-key to provide biometric authentication platform to Nigerian telecom in $30M deal
BIO-key has announced its first major contract win in Africa since the launch of its new strategy for the continent,…
Identity Automation acquires Enboard to bolster education IAM market position
Identity Automation has acquired Enboard, a company specializing in automated account management, single sign-on (SSO), smart account provisioning, rostering, and…
Verizon Business adds biometrics to cybersecurity solution portfolio
Verizon Business is launching biometrics-backed Verizon Identity among three new security solutions added to its product portfolio to help companies…
ICAO publishes Master List of digital certificates for biometric passport authentication
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has issued an online “Master List” of biometric passport authentication certificates to strengthen border…
GET Group NA upgrades biometric identity management platform for end-to-end credentials
GET Group North America has released an upgraded version of its CoreID Identity Management System (IDMS) for biometric identity authentication…
