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How Sierra Leone joined forces for national digital ID – ID4Africa livecast

The latest ID4Africa livecast examined the issues around social protection and how Sierra Leone planned and rolled out its digital…

 

Sierra Leone launches biometric ID card to upgrade CRVS, Kenya’s UPI goes birth-to-death

The details of Kenya’s plans for its Unique Personal Identifier continue to emerge, with the government planning to begin issuing…

 

Nigeria biometric voter register ‘99.94% solid,’ with local tech, 10M new sign-ups

Young Nigerians make up the vast majority of almost ten million new registrants for the biometric Permanent Voter Card (PVC)…

 

Sierra Leone hikes fees for obtaining biometric ID documents

Sierra Leoneans are raising complaints after a recent move by the government to increase fees, and now in U.S. dollars,…

 

Sierra Leone signs up for national digital ID pilot built with MOSIP

Sierra Leone has struck a deal with MOSIP to build and pilot a national digital ID system with open source…

 

Digital ID needed for passport, residence, work permits in Sierra Leone

A new policy coming into force in Sierra Leone from 1 June, 2022, requires all foreign nationals applying for residence…

 

MOSIP, OpenG2P partner on digital ID solution for smooth service delivery

Open-source digital ID provider MOSIP and digital public goods organization OpenG2P say they are bringing together their solutions in the…

 

Sierra Leone seeks supplier of biometric voter kits and system ahead of 2023 elections

The National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone has launched a tender for the design, installation and maintenance of a biometric…

 

Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid

After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…

 

Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: politics, ecommerce, Covid-19 biometric capture bans

Covid-19 continues to impact biometric systems across Africa. After initial reports in previous weeks of systems being suspended to reduce…

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