Bangladesh mobile users only allowed to register 5 SIMs against each NID
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decreased the maximum number of SIMs that prepaid mobile phone customers can register against…
national identity
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Distribution of ECOWAS Biometric ID Cards to begin in January 2016
The Chairman of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, recently presented samples of the…
Dermalog develops combined passport and fingerprint scanner
Biometrics company Dermalog Identification Systems announced it has developed VF1, the first combined scanner to be able to capture both…
Valid
Valid offers modern, differentiated software and hardware for identity solutions. We serve vertical markets including state government driver’s license, national…
ID4Africa: 1st Government Forum on Electronic Identity in Africa
2-4 June 2015 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania On 2-4 June 2015, the National Identification Authority (NIDA) of the Ministry of…
Incept partners with Nigerian law firm to better understand biometrics in the country
A top Nigerian law firm has partnered with biometrics and surveillance provider Incept to understand national biometric identity project deployments…
Kenyan MPs skeptical of voter biometric system
Kenya is contemplating the use of biometrics in its next elections. However, many members of parliament have raised fears about…
Biometric smart card glitch encountered in Punjab
Now that smart cards for pensioners have been rolled-out as part of India’s electronic benefit transfer scheme, reports on the…
Six things to know about India’s Aadhaar biometric program
Since the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) program started in 2010, it has raised a lot of questions and sparked…
