Millions of SIM cards in Kenya yet to be registered as deadline nears
There is said to be unease among mobile telephone users in Kenya as almost 14 million active SIM cards across…
SIM card registration
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Ghana pauses early block on mobile subscribers as biometric SIM registration draws criticism
Telecoms in Ghana have been instructed to stop blocking SIM cards, roughly a week after they were due to begin…
Ghana imposes fee for biometric SIM registration with self-service app
The Ghanaian government is introducing a self-service mobile application, with a fee, to fast-track the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise…
26M SIMs still unidentified in Ghana as biometric registration deadline extended again
Ghanaians have been given up to September 30, 2022, to re-register their SIM cards with biometrics or have them indefinitely…
Lesotho, Namibia join trend of SIM card registration with biometrics
The southern African nations of Lesotho and Namibia have launched campaigns for citizens to re-register their SIM cards with their…
Stakeholders debate legality, efficacy of South Africa’s biometric SIM registry proposal
Mobile network operators and digital media companies in South Africa have taken a series of complaints about proposed biometric identity…
Telco says low Ghana Card issuance major setback in biometric SIM re-registration process
A process in Ghana for users of mobile phones to re-identify their SIM cards with biometrics is proceeding more slowly…
Biometric SIM registration slows Kenyan mobile subscriptions, Namibia seeks a different path
After a chaotic period where of Kenya’s mobile phone users had to be biometrically enrolled, a report says the pace…
South Africans told biometric-SIM link is ‘next step,’ ‘evolution’ as consultation closes
Reported details and reaction are emerging to the March 2022 proposal by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),…
Concerns about SIM registration with biometrics are genuine, digital rights activists argue
Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede, authors of an opinion article published by Thompson Reuters Foundation News, have argued that people…
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