IFC backs $700M digital payments expansion as identity and fraud risks grow
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has unveiled a $700 million risk‑sharing initiative to help…
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Indonesia and World Bank launch market consultation for new ABIS
Indonesia’s Ministry of Home Affairs has launched an Early Market Engagement process to guide the procurement of a next-generation Automated…
The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software
Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. In early…
Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project
Bangladesh has revealed implementation details for its planned One-ID digital identity platform, publishing the proposed budget, issuance strategy and technical…
Cameroon restarts birth registration drive, using schools as gateway to legal identity
The government of Cameroon will restart a campaign in September to issue birth certificates to one million school children who…
Togo obtains $20M in new financing to expand WURI digital ID project
The Togolese government has sealed a financing agreement with the World Bank which will make available a further $20 million…
World Bank outlines practical roadmap for digital wallet trust frameworks
The World Bank has released the second in a series of policy notes focused on digital wallets, this time outlining…
World Bank backs digital wallets as foundation for user-centric digital identity
A policy note published by the World Bank within the framework of the Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative has argued…
Nigeria looks beyond enrollment as digital ID passes 130 million
Nigeria has the biggest national digital ID system in Africa with more than 130 million people already enrolled for a…
Indonesia, PNG join 50-in-5 as digital public infrastructure push expands
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have joined the 50-in-5 campaign, a global initiative supporting the deployment of digital public…
