ID4Africa unveils restructured 2024 Ambassadors Program to foster collaboration on legal identity agenda
ID4Africa has unveiled its 2024 batch of Ambassadors and deputies, with major changes to how the program will function, going…
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AU releases interoperability framework to spur digital ID adoption, integration
The African Union (AU) has published a blueprint which is expected to ramp up the expansion of legal and digital…
Gabon gets $68.5M World Bank loan to facilitate access to legal ID, digital services
A loan agreement has been concluded between the World Bank and the central African nation of Gabon for the implementation…
The govt body fighting against extortion in Cameroon’s civil registration sector
Adeline N., a mother of four, resident in the town of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon, secured…
Honduras obtains $40M World Bank loan to digitize CRVS, expand ID verification services
Honduras is set to receive funding from the World Bank to the tune of $40 million to implement a project…
South Africa records 1M live birth registrations in 2022 with high rates in populated provinces
South Africa’s national statistics agency (Statistics South Africa, or Stats SA) has indicated that the rate of live birth registration…
MOSIP-based legal, digital ID enrollments hit 100M milestone
The Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) has achieved a new landmark in its efforts to support non-proprietary digital ID ecosystem…
Crackdown on illegal birth certificates in China after hospital revelations
China is cracking down on the illegal trade in children’s birth certificates, which according to the country’s top health regulator…
Nigeria launches digital CRVS platform built by private partner
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) platform that is expected…
Baltimore city ID card program from 2016 may finally move forward
Seven years after it was first greenlighted, a program to develop Baltimore city ID cards will face a City Council…
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