Papua New Guinea rolls out platform for seamless management of digital IDs
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) says it is expanding its digital infrastructure with a new…
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Colombia encourages national digital ID signups with bank pilot, celebrity endorsement
Colombia’s digital identity system is advancing with the National Registry Office carrying out pilots of facial authentication with several banks,…
Togo preparing census to issues biometric ID cards for social protection
A third population census is coming to Togo and the exercise will be dedicated to issuing biometric cards to citizens…
Nigeria closes in on 100M digital IDs issued as enrollment pace declines
Nigeria is approaching 100 million national biometric digital IDs issues, reaching 98.7 million National Identity Numbers (NINs) by April 28,…
Nepalese prime minister stirs controversy after ID verification assigned to his company
Nepal’s national identity card project is in the midst of a controversy after a contract to verify data from biometric…
Gabon hopes to deliver on its lingering national ID card promise this year
This December could usher in good tidings for citizens of the central African nation of Gabon who have gone for…
Morocco bringing some courts online with national digital ID
The financial court system of Morocco is preparing for access to the nation’s digital ID program. Understandably, officials with the…
Colombian digital IDs, biometrics enrollment now available in the US
Colombians living in the United States can now apply for their national digital and physical ID (la cédula digital Colombiana)…
EC presses on with plan to make Ghana Card lone ID for voter registration
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is hoping to be second time lucky in convincing parliament to approve its plan of making…
Healthcare apps, biometric ID cards integrated for service access in Ghana, India, Japan
The use of digital ID and biometrics to access healthcare services is growing in countries including Ghana, India and Japan….
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