NEC and Nagasaki University partner for global health and biometric authentication program
NEC Corporation has partnered with Nagasaki University to establish a program on global health and biometric authentication for Nagasaki University’s…
Kenya
Kenya national biometric enrollment project reaches 8 million people
A nationwide mass biometric registration push by Kenya’s Interior Ministry for the country’s National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) has…
Kenya completes biometric data collection of police as public registration exercise set to begin
The roll out of Kenya’s new National Police Service Information Management System is now complete showing that the service has…
Kenya MPs push back on plan to drop use of biometric system in national census
Some members of the Parliament of Kenya have spoken out about the government’s decision to not involve the use of…
IDEMIA defends value of biometric voter kits to Kenyan committee
IDEMIA executives defended the performance of its biometric voting technology in an appearance before the National Assembly of Kenya’s Public…
Testing of biometric registration plan in Kenya begins
A pilot project to test the US$60M biometric registration plan to enroll more than 50 million Kenyans in a digital…
Biometric ID cards being issued for civilian gun owners in Kenya
This week Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i announced that all licensed civilian gun holders have until March 18 to…
Kenyan police launch facial recognition on urban CCTV network
Kenya’s National Police Service (NPS) has launched a facial recognition system for CCTV cameras installed along major roads and highways…
Safaricom considers fingerprint biometrics for SIM registration
Safaricom, a leading mobile network operator in Kenya, is considering using biometrics to reduce SIM fraud. Chief executive Bob Collymore…
Kenya set to launch national biometric registration to improve government services and security
Kenya’s Federal Government will begin a national biometric registration program this year, at an estimated cost of Sh3 billion (US$30…
