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Nigeria to set up digital CRVS system with $11M private sector funding

Nigeria’s federal government recently approved plans to digitize birth and death registrations and the sum of 5.3 billion Naira (US$11.5…

 

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…

 

UNICEF to support birth registration for 1M Nigerian children in 2023

The Nigeria office of the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) says it is working with local authorities in Bauchi State…

 

ECOWAS to fast-track regional ID card project to boost financial inclusion, integration

The World Bank-supported West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) programme is set to enjoy new impetus…

 

Community identity, digital public infrastructure pitched to catch up on SGDs

Businesses, governments, and non-government organizations are mooting different approaches to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including the provision…

 

Open-source, homegrown tech and systems reform can put birth registration on track

Cornelius Williams joined the ID16.9 podcast just as he retires from his role as global director for child protection at…

 

South Africa’s birth registration system challenged over ‘unconstitutional’ requirements

South African human rights organization the Legal Resources Center (LRC) has initiated a legal challenge against the country’s Department of…

 

Biometric hardware, ID documents and processes to ease travel advance

Biometrics for travel, by air land or sea, are a theme among several of the most-read stories on Biometric Update…

 

Digital identity interest group forms with initial meeting at the LSE

Experts on digital identity and intersecting disciplines gathered at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) this week,…

 

UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa

Civil registration and vital statistics systems are being gradually digitalized in African nations, and the pictures both of how they…

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