MOSIP explores impact of digital identity on economy, financial inclusion
Countries implementing digital identity with the help of the right platform can realize significant real-world benefits without building their own…
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Nigeria gains over $5M for digital ID ecosystem from currency devaluation
An audited financial statement released recently by the World Bank has revealed that Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project…
Malawi’s digital transformation drive faces risks without data protection legislation
Malawi is in full pursuit of its digital transformation drive which includes the construction of a National Data Center with…
SIMs registered to invalid digital IDs deactivated in Pakistan
Authorities in Pakistan have begun blocking SIM cards registered to national digital ID cards found to be invalid or fraudulent…
ID30 offers 7 recommendations for civil registration, legal ID
ID30 is looking for partners as it develops a set of recommendations for advancing legal identity and civil registration in…
Uganda biometric national ID enrollment rescheduled for October
The long-awaited national ID card renewal and enrollment program in Uganda is now expected to begin in mid-October, according to…
PhilSys digital national ID, demographic update services now available
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has officially rolled out a service allowing registered individuals to update their information in the…
Cameroon urges citizens to pick up national ID, voter’s cards
Authorities in Cameroon say thousands of national identity cards as well as voter’s cards have not been picked up by…
UNICEF suggests issuance of national ID numbers at birth in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised that one of the ways through which the Nigerian government can have…
Bhutan’s self-sovereign digital ID switches to Polygon Blockchain
Bhutan’s national digital self-sovereign identity (SSI) system has officially switched from Hyperledger’s Indy distributed ledger and migrated to Polygon Blockchain,…
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