Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: BIO-key, Yoti, Simprints, iiDENTIFii and Innovatrics
The coronavirus pandemic is also an opportunity for digital technology, according to the CEO of social enterprise Simprints. Elsewhere, the…
South Africa
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…
LumenVox, OneVault introduce advanced voice biometrics to African market
LumenVox has entered a partnership with OneVault to provide the African market with voice biometrics solutions for remote authentication, the…
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…
iiDENTIFii reports surge in automated facial recognition and authentication demand
iiDENTIFii has announced its biometric facial recognition technology can maintain system security during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, by enabling a…
Bio-key tech used to enroll fingerprint biometrics of more than 9M customers of South African bank
South Africa’s Capitec Bank Holding Company has enrolled more than 9 million customers with its in-branch biometric client identification system…
iiDENTIFii
iiDENTIFii offers remote biometric identity authentication, providing a secure and user-friendly technology platform that authenticates physical identities in a connected…
Banks launch facial biometrics for retail payments in Nigeria and mobile services in South Africa
A pair of banks in Africa are launching authentication with facial biometrics for financial services, one for in-person transactions and…
Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: registration for Nigeria SIMs, Zimbabwe public sector
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to…
Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: SIM deadline in Tanzania, ZKTeco R&D center, Uganda eKYC
Tanzania is the main story this week for biometrics in Africa as its deadline for biometric SIM registration arrived when…
