Aadhaar still blocking school attendance, expected block for pregnancy welfare
Despite Aadhaar, India’s national digital identity scheme, not being a requirement to attend school, many children are being denied access…
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NGOs sue Idemia for failing to consider human rights risks in Kenyan digital ID
A group of NGOs led by Data Rights has filed a case before the Paris tribunal accusing Idemia of failing to…
Inclusion promise of ID documents not consistently met in Pakistan, El Salvador, reports allege
How to draw people who have been previously excluded from normal social recognition into digital identity systems is one of…
Philippines president calls for speedier issuance of biometric PhilID cards
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has been told to accelerate efforts in the printing and distribution of the biometric national…
Ethiopia using Tech5 biometric engine, digital ID in MOSIP-based scheme pre-launch
Ethiopia’s National Identity Program (NIDP) is to use Tech5’s T5-ABIS BE (Biometric Engine) and T5-Digital ID solutions in the pre-launch…
Israeli court rejects call to delete government’s biometric database, leaves room for appeal
Five years after civil society organizations and digital rights advocates asked Israel’s High Court of Justice to cancel a law…
Lesotho, Namibia join trend of SIM card registration with biometrics
The southern African nations of Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns for citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their…
Kenya parliament schedules, cancels debate on Huduma Namba digital ID
Lawmakers in Kenya’s National Assembly will not hold a special debate session on whether to endorse proposed major amendments to…
Nigeria’s digital ID strides hailed, but more work needed to hit 148M enrollments by 2024
A report published by the national daily Nigerian Tribune has examined the progress so far made by the country’s government…
UIDAI CEO lauds successes of Aadhaar biometric ID at India Digital Week 2022
India has seen some of its major innovation-first projects driven largely by the Aadhaar biometric ID system, the new foundational…
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