Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: SIM cards reactivated, refugee privacy concerns and coronavirus
The spread of the coronavirus on the continent sees more impact on biometric services. This week we have summarized the…
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The spread of the coronavirus on the continent sees more impact on biometric services. This week we have summarized the…
Once again, Nigeria dominates the biometrics news agenda in Africa and this week; even a university has resorted to biometric…
While Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Chad either launched or announced mass enrollments for biometric civil registrations, the system in…
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to…
Government-owned telecommunication service provider Zamtel (Zambia Telecommunications) is collecting facial biometric data from its mobile phone customers to prevent fraud…
Africa’s most emblematic biometric ID scheme has been halted by the High Court. Kenya’s Huduma Namba must wait until adequate…
Tanzania is the main story this week for biometrics in Africa as its deadline for biometric SIM registration arrived when…
Heading into a new decade there’s a clear theme in Africa’s digital ID sphere: looming deadlines. First up is Tanzania’s…
Biometrics are at the core of an issue leading opposition parties in Ghana to call for demonstrations and mass picketing…
With more than 5.1 billion global mobile phone users accounting for some 70 percent of the world’s population, a number…