Difficulties in registration for Ghana’s digital ID worries lawmakers
The challenges faced by Ghanaians as they struggle to apply for the biometric national digital ID card dubbed the Ghana…
National Identification Authority (NIA)
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Ghana unveils plan to assign digital IDs to newborns
As a continuation of the national digital transformation agenda in the health sector, pregnant women in Ghana will soon be…
Confusion greets Ghana Card PKD inclusion announcement by ICAO
A development this past week suggesting that Ghana’s national biometric ID card dubbed Ghana Card has been okayed by the…
Ghana to address challenges slowing ongoing biometric SIM re-registration
The Board of Directors of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and mobile telephone operators in Ghana have agreed on a…
Track record of biometric Ghana SIM re-registration provider comes under scrutiny
At a time when many Ghanaians have been expressing frustration with the biometric capture process for a government-ordered SIM card…
Ghanaians cry foul over stressful biometric SIM re-registration experience
Many Ghanaians who have to stand on long queues to have their biometrics captured for the SIM re-registration drive directed…
Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement
The recent claim by Ghana’s vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the country’s national biometric ID card (the Ghana Card)…
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…
Ghana Card to function as full biometric passport under government plan
Ghanaians may soon be able to use the national biometric ID card as an international travel document, even beyond the…
Ghana introduces instant issuance of eIDs
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA) has begun the first nationwide instant issuance of eIDs in West Africa. The new “GhanaCard”…
