Namibia’s new CRVS, national ID system reflects key data protection aspects
Namibia’s newly proposed Civil Registration and Identification Bill has been praised for containing essential elements of data protection. However, the…
SDG 16.9
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
Infant.ID updates biometric scanner for infants and advances research
Brazil-based Infant.ID has developed a new, more compact and efficient version of its fingerprint biometric scanner for newborns. The company…
NIMC, NPC, UNICEF accelerate Nigeria’s birth registration efforts
An initiative that has the support of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has been launched to speed up birth…
Digital technologies for birth registration must factor in data, gender considerations: APC
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a network of organizations working for the positive use of the internet and digital…
ID30 offers 7 recommendations for civil registration, legal ID
ID30 is looking for partners as it develops a set of recommendations for advancing legal identity and civil registration in…
Somalia reviews legal framework, technology side of its digital ID implementation
Government officials and representatives from partner organizations in Somalia recently shared views on how to lay a solid legal and…
UNICEF suggests issuance of national ID numbers at birth in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised that one of the ways through which the Nigerian government can have…
PNG eyes 500k birth registrations a year with UNICEF support
Birth registration in Papua New Guinea (PGN) is set to reach a new feat of at least 500,000 enrollments a…
Linking CRVS with legal identity systems offers major benefits: UNECA
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged African countries to capitalize on the emphasis this year’s Africa…
Digital ID schemes provide opportunities and risks for addressing digital divide
Is identity a fundamental human right? And can digital identity programs preserve its integrity while opening up new paths to…
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