Kenya’s private sector can push digital identity drive: Estonian leader
The President of Estonia has praised Kenya’s digital identity journey and says she believes the private sector can help push…
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Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
Kenyans, Cameroonians reminded to pick up their biometric IDs
Kenyan authorities are calling on citizens to clear the backlog of uncollected biometric national identity cards, known as the Huduma…
French digital ID authentication coming to smartphones with Idemia contract
France is integrating its national digital ID card, the CNIe, with smartphones to allow French citizens to complete online transactions,…
Toppan strengthens Africa biometrics market position with Face Technologies acquisition
Global printing company Toppan has announced the acquisition of biometrics and card solutions provider Face Technologies. The move will reportedly…
X Infotech
X Infotech is a global provider and integrator of software solutions for electronic identity (eID) documents and payment cards. Our…
Tech5 integrates biometrics enrollment and issuance capability with MOSIP platform
Tech5 has continued its integration with MOSIP, building a new functionality for enrolling biometrics with the company’s T5-IDencode issuance platform into…
Nigeria and Pakistan fining telcos for default on biometric SIM identification
Pakistan has slammed fines on some telecommunication companies operating in the country for failing to ensure phone users identity their…
Nigeria’s digital identity agency NIMC to get $61M funding to upgrade identity infrastructure
Nigeria’s cabinet, the Federal Executive Council, has approved N25 billion (U.S.$61 million) for the upgrading of identity infrastructure at the…
EmpTech supplies biometric passports, ID cards for Belarus
The Republic of Belarus has commenced the issuance of new biometric passports and national identity cards. According to a press…
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