Nigerian digital ID registrations reach 66M, SIM linkage deadline extended
Nigeria’s federal government says at least 66 million citizens and legal residents have now completed the enrollment of their biometrics…
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India’s Aadhaar hackathon pulls in 5,000 innovators
The Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 has attracted more than 5,000 innovators across over 3,000 team registrations, reports the India Education Diary, to…
Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana share digital ID success stories in ID4Africa Livecast
The level of progress so far attained by Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana in the implementation of their respective digital identity…
Biometric authentication dramatically cuts flow of smuggled USD into Afghanistan
Mandatory biometric authentication for large cash withdrawals in U.S. dollars have caused the volume of dollar-buying on the open market…
Identity expert dissects biometric authentication failures and how to overcome them
Development economist, biometrics expert and ID4Africa Advisory Board member Dr. Alan Gelb has explained the various ways through which biometric…
Philippines seeks financial inclusion, digital ID expected to reach 50M this year
Filipino authorities have projected that up to 50 million citizens will be registered for the biometrics-embedded PhilID card by the…
India tests mobile voting, arranges Aadhaar hackathon – both spell controversy
India is testing biometric, blockchain-based mobile phone voting for the first time in the hope of increasing turnout and reducing…
Potentially devastating digital ID hack in Argentina could have many ripples
Demonstrating just how hard it is going to be to engender trust in public or private biometric systems, a hacker…
Pakistan blocks 732K SIMs issued without biometrics, Nigeria registers 180M
Pakistan says it has blocked 732,000 SIM cards that were registered without the owners going through the required biometric verification…
Morocco, Lesotho report progress on digital ID ecosystems development
Identity management officials in Morocco and Lesotho have explained the different stages of their efforts in the building and rollout…
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