Somalia Estimates $125 Million Needed to Complete National Digital ID Rollout
Somali officials have estimated that approximately $125 million is required to complete nationwide rollout of the country’s national digital ID program, citing…
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World Bank Approves $50 Million Sri Lanka Digital Transformation Project Focused on Digital Public Infrastructure
The World Bank said its Board has approved a 50 million U.S. dollar Sri Lanka Digital Transformation Project intended to increase the use of digital services…
Ethiopia Seeks Supplier for 20 Million Secure ID Cards Under Fayda Program
Ethiopia’s National ID Program (NIDP), under the Office of the Prime Minister, has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of 20 million “pre-personalized…
World Bank Seeks ASEAN Readiness Assessment for Cross-Border Digital ID and Credentials
The World Bank Group has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest for a consulting assignment titled “Assessment of ASEAN Member States’ Readiness for…
World Bank ID4D Data: 800M Now Lack Legal ID, But 3B Remain Without Digital ID Access
New figures from the World Bank’s ID4D Global Findex Database 2025 show that while the world is making steady progress in closing the legal identity gap, a…
ID Tech Digest – July 10, 2025
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Lakota Software…
World Bank Debars Dutch Biometrics Firm GenKey Over Fraudulent Practices in Liberia Project
The World Bank has debarred Netherlands-based biometrics firm GenKey Solutions B.V. for engaging in fraudulent practices related to a World Bank-financed…
Rwanda Launches $100M Tender for National Biometric Authentication System
Rwanda has launched a major tender for the development of a Multimodal and Modular Biometrics Authentication System, advancing the country’s broader digital…
Ethiopia and Kyrgyzstan Deployments Show Growing Adoption of Identity Tech in Schools
Digital identity technologies are seeing increased adoption in educational systems globally, with Ethiopia and Kyrgyzstan implementing new initiatives that…
Zambia Advances Digital ID System with MOSIP Training for Healthcare Integration
Developers from SMART Zambia’s e-government division have completed specialized training on the Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP), advancing the…