Digital public infrastructure a pillar of UN’s ambitious Global Digital Compact
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has made it into the United Nation’s ambitious Pact for the Future, designed to boost cooperation…
SDG 16.9
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
Cameroon civil registration agency lobbies govt to officialize ID Day
The National Civil Status Registration Office of Cameroon (BUNEC) used the International Identity Day observed recently to highlight how vital…
eTUNNEL wins contract to supply biometric smart cards for UN organizations
The International Telecommunication Union has chosen eTUNNEL Inc. to provide it with biometric smart cards for deployment across its member…
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…
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…
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