Indonesia plots digital ID access to public services in digital transformation push
Indonesia is making its national digital ID system an acceptable means of accessing public services as the next step in…
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African leader’s efforts to eradicate statelessness wins plaudits from UNHCR
The recent adoption by African leaders of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights Relating to…
Jamaican PM’s office says national digital ID coming in Q1 of this year
The Jamaican government has announced its intention to complete phase one of the National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment and ID-card…
Passport and digital ID card scandal unravels in Pakistan
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has conducted a secret operation that involved giving Afghan individuals fake passports from Pakistan, in…
Gabon says preps far advanced on long-awaited national digital ID card project
Gabon’s Minister of Interior and Security, Hermann Immongault, has announced that the project to begin the issuance of national digital…
Uganda biometric ID rollout may be hampered by lack of funds: lawmakers
Ugandan lawmakers are worried that the rollout of the country’s new generation of biometric national ID cards by June 1,…
Indian Supreme Court turns away challenges to prisoner biometrics, EC Aadhaar collection
The Supreme Court of India has refused to admit a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the constitutionality of the Criminal…
Voter registration plan makes Ghana Card ‘political tool,’ claims opposition
Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it strongly stands against an ongoing move to make the…
Totm secures national ID maintenance, ABIS contracts from Indonesian govt
Totm Technologies, through its Indonesian subsidiary InterBIO, has secured three contracts from the country’s Directorate of Population and Civil Registration…
Belize to kick off national ID and biometric data strategy as soon as March
Belize is moving towards building its national identification system and formulating a strategy for biometric data with future plans for…
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