Zimbabwe govt faces criticism over biometric surveillance project for new smart city
Zimbabwe is building New Harare, a smart city on the outskirts of Harare that will be the new seat of…
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Zimbabweans urged to go for ID cards as catch-up registration drive imminent
Dates for a catch-up national mobile registration exercise for the obtention of ID documents (birth certificates and ID cards) in…
Biometric voter registration progresses unevenly in 3 African countries
The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced on Facebook that the start of the biometric voter registration process in…
Low birth registration in Zimbabwe and ensuing roadblocks explored on ID16.9 podcast
Zimbabwe’s low birth registration rate is raising concerns among community observers, as those without legal identities may struggle to access…
Uneven, surprising changes in using digital ID to vote around the world.
The role of biometric identification in voting around the world is ever-evolving, sometimes controversial and sometimes just confusing. Here’s a…
Zimbabwe’s leader a controversial proponent of biometric IDs
It likely is not the endorsement that backers of digital national IDs would seek, but the controversial President of Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwe reports progress on biometric passport, ID card issuance
Zimbabwe announced its government has issued more than 110,000 biometric passports just six months after launching the program, according to…
CloudWalk has Zimbabwean’s face biometrics, but trust in voter roll still lacking
Step by slow step, China’s facial recognition firm CloudWalk Technology is getting nearer to a database of all Zimbabwean registered…
Nigeria suspends biometric voter registration June 30, to improve ABIS system
The chairman of Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that the biometric Continuous Voter Registration…
Ugandans cry foul over biometric passport issuance delays
There is an increasing backlog of applications for biometric passports in Uganda and applicants are expressing frustration over the inability…
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