Sri Lanka OneRegistry to bridge gap between citizens and government databases
With help from the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), along with the UN Sri Lanka…
SDG 16.9
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
Somalia walking a thorny road to an inclusive national digital ID system
Flashback about 30 years ago, Somalia had no functional national ID system. Legal identity in this Horn of Africa nation…
Malawi nears full scale digital ID rollout to streamline access to services
A new public and private sector services delivery experience awaits Namibian citizens from next year when the country rolls out…
Biometrics experience, policy and tools must converge to transform lives
Biometrics and technologies for issuing, sharing and delivering services with identity credentials shared the stage with practical, real-world experiences and…
Need for speed in removing barriers to birth registration, ID integration in Africa
Speakers on two panels dedicated to birth registration early on Day 3 of the ongoing ID4Africa 2025 AGM in Addis…
Robust connectivity needed to drive digital economy: GITEX Africa 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is progressively maturing and one of the ways of giving this journey a massive boost is by…
Sumsub recognized for digital inclusion efforts, seeing continued growth
Sumsub’s recent digital services inclusion campaign has resulted in the company being invited to join the United Nations Global Sustainable…
UNHCR praises Cameroon’s move towards inclusive legal identity
A recent action by the government of Cameroon to spell out modalities for the issuance of new-generation national ID cards…
African civil registration leaders, ACSA point direction for needed acceleration
There are several countries in sub-Saharan Africa on track to meet the civil and birth registration targets of Sustainable Development…
Universal access to digital IDs is achievable with these five approaches, 17 Rooms says
A United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is 16.9, which aims to “provide legal identity for all” by 2030. Digital…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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