Court judgement paves way for national ID issuance to over 40k ‘persecuted’ Kenyans
A High Court in Kenya recently delivered a judgement which could end years of ordeal for more than 40,000 persons…
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School registration adds up to expanding use cases of Ethiopia’s digital ID
Reasons for which people require the Fayda digital ID in Ethiopia are increasing by the day. Since its launch in…
Philippines faces 36 million backlog in ID cards
The Philippines are still facing a 36 million backlog in distributing the country’s national ID cards which will need additional…
Nepal MPs want assurance on national ID system data security
Lawmakers in Nepal have been asking important questions regarding the data security architecture of the national ID card program being…
Somalia officially launches printing process of new national ID card
The government of Somalia says the printing of its new generation national ID cards is now officially underway. The country’s…
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…
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…
Nearly 3,000 biometric kits shipped to Uganda ahead of mass ID enrollment
The National Registration and Identification Authority of Uganda (NIRA) has already received nearly 3,000 biometric enrollment kits as the country…
South Korea to begin trial of digital national ID
South Korea’s national ID is about to get more digital. Citizens of the country aged 17 and older will soon…
MOSIP seeks closer engagement with 16 African countries
Southern African countries could be getting a boost to their national identity systems. India’s Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) is…
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