Somalia pushes for stronger adoption of eAqoonsi digital ID app
Somalia’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has made a fresh call on citizens to continue adopting the eAqoonsi digital…
National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA)
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Uganda MPs demand answers over QR code failures on new national IDs
Lawmakers in Uganda have asked the country’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to provide answers in the wake of…
Somalia makes biometric digital ID mandatory for inter-state travel
Somalians flying domestically will have to show their biometric ID cards in a new development. The measure was introduced on…
IriTech provides iris biometrics for Uganda’s upgraded registration kits
The next-generation biometric registration kits rolled out across Uganda as the country attempts to reach 33 million people registered for…
Brownfield implementations represent MOSIP’s next wave of national digital IDs
The origin story of the Modular Open-Source Identity Platform is inextricably tied to the widely-observed problem of vendor lock-in in…
Uganda migrates more than 28M records to new national ID system
The Registrar of Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Claire Ollama, says the country has fully transitioned to its…
Uganda to tighten biometric ID database security after data breach claims
The National Database and Registration Authority (NIRA) of Uganda is pledging to strengthen privacy and security measures around the country’s…
5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
Uganda president wants biometric verification for 2026 vote; tender forthcoming
The Electoral Commission of Uganda (EC) is envisaging the launch of a new tender to select a procurement partner for…
Uganda unveils national ID pre-enrollment portal as campaign kicks off today
The National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA) has launched a dedicated portal to facilitate pre-enrollment for national ID…
