Government biometrics programs and national ID card contracts in Africa need more transparency
This week’s events show a wide variance in the success of biometrics projects, and the diverse nature of digital ID…
This week’s events show a wide variance in the success of biometrics projects, and the diverse nature of digital ID…
Biometric voting, and the registration required, are once again proving problematic in several African countries. Somalia will miss its target…
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to…
The result of Malawi’s first biometric election, held in May 2019, has finally been nullified by a panel of judges,…
The issue of removing ghost workers from public sector payrolls comes to the fore this week. In Nigeria university staff…
Even more aspects of life will soon involve digital identification, especially for Ghanaians as the country prepares for its first…
The Gambian National ID card will be rolled out to the public beginning October 1st, 2018. Adama Barrow, President of…
Gambia’s Minister of Justice Ba Tambadou has announced that a contract between the country’s government and Semlex to provide the…
Zetes has announced that it has just been awarded a fifteen-year contract to create biometric passports for The Gambia. According to…
Reports are emerging to suggest that The Gambia is set to introduce a biometric passport to its citizens. According to…