How digital identity could unlock Nigeria’s economic and social potential
The potential benefit that digital identity could bring to financial services, e-commerce and government in Nigeria are explored in a…
National Identity Number (NIN)
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Nigeria continues push to introduce digital tokens, digital ID verification temporarily halted
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is going ahead with its plan of introducing tokens for the national identification number…
Nigerian digital ID tokens criticized as NIN-SIM linkage deadline extended yet again
For the ninth time, Nigeria’s federal government has extended, by three months, the deadline for citizens to link their biometrics-backed…
Nigeria digital ID issuance hits 70M, feat pegged on multi-stakeholder collaboration
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says wide collaboration from the chain of digital identity stakeholders in the…
Minister restates mandatory nature of digital ID for Nigerians
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, has re-stated the need for every Nigerian to register for…
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…
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…
Digital ID status update for Nigeria and Rwanda: new technology, data law
The livecast for International ID Day 2021 included the first country presentations in ID4Africa’s new I-On-Africa series. The directors general…
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 biometric enrollment for digital ID nears 60M on telco boost
Nigeria’s federal government says well over 59 million people have now been biometrically enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN)…
