Digital ID key in Kenya’s digital transformation agenda: Eliud Owalo
(Dr. Joseph Atick, Eliud Owalo, and Julius Bitok on stage at ID4Africa 2023) In Kenya, the idea of a national identity…
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Kenya unveils details on new digital ID rollout, India potential partner
Kenyan officials have given insights on the work being done by the government to introduce a new secure digital ID…
Activists urge Kenya not to repeat mistakes of Huduma Namba in new digital ID plan
Nine human and digital rights groups including Access Now and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have called on the government…
Kenya seeks NADRA collaboration, expertise on digital ID project
Kenya is looking forward to making changes to its digital ID system and the government is banking on the expertise…
Kenya aims for ID issuance within three weeks, same-day birth registration
Kenya is moving to accelerate the issuance of national identity cards, particularly in border counties like Mandera in the country’s…
Digital identity schemes touted as drivers of economic growth in Ethiopia, Ghana
A policy advisor at Ethiopia’s MOSIP-based digital ID scheme, Gabriella Abraham, has described the project as a lever for the…
Kenya’s EU ambassador says biometric technology can help troubled Kenya Airways
Kenya’s ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, Bitange Ndemo, says that technologies such as artificial intelligence, including facial recognition…
Digital ID process questioned in Nepal, Kenya; Philippines issuance hits 60M
Dozens of Nepalese citizens have questioned the usefulness of the national digital ID card launched by the government in 2018….
Kenya partners with Japan to implement biometric patient records system
Japan is working to help Kenya implement a biometric system for holding and managing patients’ medical records, and scale up…
Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins
The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…
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