Nigeria to receive $433M from World Bank for biometric national ID registration
The World Bank is pouring $433 million (N1.5 trillion) in support into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria’s…
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The World Bank is pouring $433 million (N1.5 trillion) in support into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria’s…
With the biggest digital ID job to do in Africa in terms of population size, Nigeria dominates the identity agenda…
A new scheme launching in Sierra Leone could rapidly increase the proportion of the population with bank accounts as set…
Neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have come to the fore this week. The two members of the Economic Community of…
African biometric and digital ID issues continue apace both on and off the continent. In Somalia a scheme to use…
Biometrics news span issues of self-reliance, politics and counter-terrorism across Africa this week. Nigeria and Ghana continue to make progress…
West Africa comes to the foreground this week in African digital ID news as Guinea announces plans for a comprehensive…
Developments across Nigeria’s digital ID projects have reached a certain momentum as more government departments require the country’s National Insurance…
The second day of ID4Africa 2019 featured 16 informational tracks delving into a range of issues related to this year’s…
Digital identity themes, challenges, problems and progress came to the fore in Johannesburg as delegates from African governments, international agencies…