Three steps forward for airport biometrics, one step back
A single-token system for pre-flight checks appears to be a success at Hong Kong International Airport’s departure terminal. Similar biometric…
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Biometric passport adoption trend grows amid data privacy, cost, issuance concerns
Multiple developments have emerged from different countries in recent days concerning biometric passports, from Pakistan announcing it has issued first…
PayByFace expansion brings retail biometrics to South Africa, India, UAE, US
Romanian biometric firm PayByFace has deployed its face recognition-powered payment solutions in South Africa, India, UAE, and the U.S. The…
Contactless biometrics from Tech5 integrated with ZA police, state enterprise platforms
Law enforcement and public enterprise software-maker Barizma has integrated contactless fingerprint and face biometrics from Tech5 with a pair of…
If the Kardashians bought biometric systems: South Africans bicker and battle over ABIS contract
The South African government has posted a lengthy tart reply to corruption accusations made by the shadow Home Affairs minister…
South Africa still waiting for biometric system upgrade after spending whole budgeted amount
South Africa paid out more than 280 million South African rand (approximately US$16.7 million) to EOH Holdings half a decade…
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…
Minister says Nigeria’s ambitious digital ID registry should be complete by 2025
Nigeria’s minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, says his country’s vision is to complete a…
Biometric self-service ID, passport kiosks planned for South Africa
South Africa’s Home Affairs Department has unveiled plans for the imminent roll-out of a biometric self-service system to enable citizens…
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),…
