Myanmar elections draw attention to its digital surveillance record
Myanmar’s widely criticized elections are drawing attention to the country’s digital surveillance systems, which rely on digital ID technology and…
national ID
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4,700 enroll for Guyana digital ID ahead of full rollout
More than 4,700 citizens have registered for Guyana’s national electronic identification (eID) system in 2025, receiving a single identifier and…
Margins ID Group
Margins ID Group is a multinational African technology company, founded in Ghana, that specializes in identity management, secure identification solutions,…
The Gambia picks Margins ID Group for national ID infrastructure upgrade
Margins ID Systems Applications Ltd (MIDSA), a subsidiary of Ghanaian identity firm Margins ID Group, has won a contract on…
Vietnam prepares biometric verification for 100m mobile phone users
Biometric identity verification is becoming a feature of life in Vietnam. The latest measure sees mobile phone users swept up…
MyDigital ID PR campaign targeting Malaysian diversity and misconceptions hailed a success
Malaysia struggled with adoption for its national digital ID system but the latest figures suggest this is starting to ease….
Africa’s DPI push to focus on healthcare, education, climate in next four years
The momentum that currently characterizes Africa’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) efforts is increasingly palpable, but a lot more of the…
Cote d’Ivoire digitizes postal services with mobile app launch
Cote d’Ivoire has reached a new milestone in its public sector digitization push with the launch of a mobile application…
Kenya announces more national ID reforms to facilitate service access
The Cabinet Secretary for Interior of Kenya, Kipchumba Murkomen, has disclosed that more reforms are on the way in the…
Malaysia mandates MyDigital ID for Malaysians traveling abroad
MyDigital ID is getting a core role in Malaysian immigration in a major deployment of the government’s signature national digital…
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