Omidyar Network reflects on Good ID initiative, outlines future plans
A philanthropic investment firm created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam is giving details about its upcoming…
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#GoodID is going to Harvard, but can an Ivy League setting push the movement forward?
A stalwart backer of digital ID to benefit consumers, Omidyar Network, is handing off its #GoodID project to Harvard University….
Digital identity evaluation tools to be turned on Africa
Coinciding with events for International ID Day, the Digital Identities Design and Uses project is launching an evaluation of digital…
Omidyar, GBG back Women in Identity’s Code of Conduct research
Women in Identity, a group promoting diversity across the identity industry, has signed up big-name sponsors for its Code of…
Good ID awards digital identity efforts of Kenya’s Lawyers Hub, ELSAM and Haki na Sheria
The winners of the Good ID Awards for 2020 have been announced in a virtual event that took place on…
Robust digital identity systems pay off for pandemic relief: ID4Africa livecast
Emergency response measures by governments in Africa and around the world have been significantly more successful where robust and dynamic…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: Ghana demonstrations, Tanzania SIM registration deadline
Biometrics are at the core of an issue leading opposition parties in Ghana to call for demonstrations and mass picketing…
2019: a critical year for biometrics and digital ID in the Global South
While Europe and the U.S. have seen steady progress with incremental improvements and plenty of new regulation alongside the growing…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric registration of HIV patients in Kenya, new public healthcare scheme in Côte d’Ivoire
Biometrics for healthcare access comes to the fore this week as a new national healthcare scheme in Côte d’Ivoire moves…
ID4D initiatives and TSA trials top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
For the second consecutive week, Nigeria and airport biometrics made headlines on Biometric Update, though for different reasons. Several of…
