Women in Identity prepares ID Code of Conduct phase 3, on costs of ID exclusion
Identity and ID documents aren’t the same thing – but, in administrative terms, they might as well be. Without identification,…
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Afghanistan to open more digital ID centers as issuance passes 15M
Afghanistan’s National Information and Statistics Authority (NSIA) says it is in the process of opening up more centers for the…
NADRA powers Somalia’s digital transformation with foundational ID infrastructure
Somalia is certainly on the right path in the pursuit of its digital transformation ambitions, thanks in large part to…
Malawi swells civil registry with 74K biometric enrollments in one week
Malawi’s National Registration Bureau (NRB) says it enrolled 74,127 citizens into the national civil registry in a supplementary exercise that…
Internal govt coordination can help meet birth registration target in Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where the biggest improvements must be made to meet the UN’s birth registration goals, but…
Identification for development: A Who’s Who
Identification for development, sometimes styled as “ID4D,” is a global initiative that seeks to provide legal identity for the 850…
Kenya records major gains in Maisha Namba ID backlog clearance
Kenya’s State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services says that its efforts to advance the Maisha digital ID project led…
Philippines pilots back-to-back birth and national ID registration for newborns
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has piloted back-to-back birth and National ID registration. The pilot strategy means the PSA is…
Physical and social divides hamper universal national digital identity goals
A national ID by definition should include all eligible nationals. But as countries move towards national digital ID it can…
Foundational identity: A fundamental human right
For one to have a house standing strong, one needs to have laid a solid foundation for it. The same…
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