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South African Biometric National ID Program Moves to Public Comment Phase
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that his cabinet has officially approved the country’s Official Identity Management Policy and it will now…
Liberian ID Agency Seeks Funding to Expand Biometric Program
The Executive Director of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR) has made an appeal for more funding from the government in order to expand the…
Jamaican Government Aims to Fast-Track National Identification System to Help with COVID-19 Aid
The Jamaican Government has expressed its desire to fast-track the creation and implementation of a national identification system (NIDS) to help it with its…
Ghanaian Think-tank IMANI Denounces Government Effort to Acquire New Biometric Voter Registration System
Ghanaian policy think-tank IMANI Africa has accused Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) of misleading the public regarding the need for the acquire a new…
SK ID Solutions Announces Biometric Registration for Smart-ID Service
Estonia-based SK ID Solutions, the provider of the Smart-ID service available in Baltic countries, has announced a new biometric registration process for…
Malaysian Government to Implement National Biometric Registration System
Malaysia’s National Registration Department (JPN) is looking to implement a biometric registration system for all official identifying documents in an attempt…
Kenya’s National Biometric ID Program Delayed by High Court
A new nation-wide biometric identification program in Kenya was suspended by the country’s high court until new laws are enacted that protect the data…
GenKey, World Bank Collaborate on Biometric ID System in Niger
Biometric technology company GenKey has announced a partnership with the World Bank and the Government of Niger to set up a nationwide biometric registration…
New Rule Requires Face Scan for Mobile Account Registration in China
The government of China has formally implemented a new rule that makes a facial recognition scan a required part of the mobile registration process. Anyone…