Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ghost-busting in Ghana, resolving double registration status in Kenya
Kenya dominated digital ID developments this week. What could have been its biggest story – downgrading the new role of…
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Kenya dominated digital ID developments this week. What could have been its biggest story – downgrading the new role of…
United Nations’ refugee agency the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has been using biometric iris scans to register refugees,…
The UNHCR has expanded its use of biometrics for food distribution to over 100 sites across eight countries, and registered…
The UNHCR has published a lecture on refugee inclusion and the future of humanitarian response at Roosevelt University, sharing insights…
An investment of $60 billion would bring Africa’s digital infrastructure up to speed and $6 billion would cover ID provision…
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has introduced a separate server to collect personal and biometric fingerprint information of people in…
Iris biometric technology from IrisGuard is being used to provide identity verification for refugees in Iraq under a partnership between…
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) began sharing records including fingerprints, iris scans, and facial biometrics of refugees…
Stories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news…
UN refugee agency UNHCR has completed the biometric registration of more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in collaboration with…