2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (948+ words) Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. The projects are different, but together they point toward a broader shift. Private capital is moving deeper into the physical infrastructure on…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (392+ words) Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has announced that the process to authenticate academic certificates has been fully digitalized, capping several months of coordinated work to get that done. The reform comes as digital credential verification is gaining momentum around the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (549+ words) Delegations from several African countries have completed a two‑week mission to India, learning from its experience in building digital public infrastructure (DPI). The visit was part of UNDP’s Africa Accelerator for Digital Public Infrastructure (AA4DPI) programme. Delegates from Ethiopia, Malawi,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (515+ words) Touchless fingerprint biometrics are giving law enforcement officers the ability to identify people quickly in the field without dedicated hardware. Placer County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) adopted the emerging technology to turn the standard county-issued iPhones that officers use into biometrics…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (565+ words) According to the bank’s leadership, these initiatives are intended not only to facilitate digital payment transactions among member states, but also to accelerate the push towards a regional financial inclusion target of 60 percent by 2029 and 75 percent by 2032. In July, the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (691+ words) The organization found this snail mail-based system frequently delayed the process, holding up pension payments to retirees. “The other thing that we observed was possible fraud, not only by the beneficiary themselves, but sometimes by family members or those who…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (379+ words) Bangladesh has revealed implementation details for its planned One-ID digital identity platform, publishing the proposed budget, issuance strategy and technical architecture for the World Bank-backed D-STAR program. The implementation details emerged in a review of the D-STAR project proposal first…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (458+ words) The government has submitted two cybercrime-related bills to parliament that would modernize the country’s national cybercrime framework and to authorize ratification of the UN Convention against Cybercrime, known as the Hanoi Convention. The draft texts were approved by the Council…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (414+ words) Digital identity and biometrics are ever increasing in the U.S. with new pilots and services launched at Newark Liberty, Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International and Denver International airports. At Newark Liberty Airport, TSA activated the nation’s first touchless biometric e‑gates in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (369+ words) New biometric scanners will be deployed for upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in an attempt to cut down on illegal voting practices. According to a government release, the scanners are to be tested and delivered in phases, with the…...