Uganda invests $126M in CCTV with facial biometrics from Huawei
Uganda has agreed to purchase a CCTV system with biometric facial recognition from Huawei for $126 million to reduce violent…
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ID PASS: how biometrics allow the live generation of NGO field reports
Biometrics-enabled smartcards can be used by humanitarian organizations not just for providing services and decentralized identification to end-users in aid…
Digital ID in Africa this week: mobile money, tracking teachers and large SIM fines
National telecom watchdogs are fining mobile operators for not keeping up with SIM card registrations linked to ID, while in…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Nigerian biometrics reach turning point, Ghana caught selling voter data
Developments across Nigeria’s digital ID projects have reached a certain momentum as more government departments require the country’s National Insurance…
Africa’s nascent data protection community members share their vision
Members from the first in-person gathering of what could become a pan-African data protection council, and the first time focusing…
Veridos partners with govt for identity document factory in Uganda
Veridos has entered into a 15-year-partnership with the government of Uganda to provide the country’s citizens with security documents. The…
Uganda’s EC begins training staff to use biometric voter identification system
NTV is reporting that Uganda’s Electoral Commission has begun training staff to use the new biometric voter identification system and…
Biometrics to verify voters in Uganda; Zimbabwe and Pakistan evaluating costs, usability
Uganda’s electoral commission (EC) is to meet this week to explain its decision to use biometric voter verification in the…
Suprema to supply biometric live scanners for 2016 Ugandan elections, Zetes to deliver
Suprema has announced that its biometric live scanners will be used for voter registration and identification in the run up to…
