News from Biometric Update Browse the archives for content shared by: Biometric Update 2023 16-02-23: UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa 16-01-23: ID4Africa unveils concept note, ambassador class for 2023 AGM 2022 15-12-22: Does the husband know? Some issues surrounding IDs for refugees can shock 09-12-22: Malawi’s biometric ID approaches total coverage, huge cost savings 03-11-22: Mastercard expands Farm Pass digital ID platform across APAC to improve agrifinance 20-10-22: Biometric technologies ditching bias, expensive scanners and centralization up 3-10-22: Ethiopia’s national digital ID prepares foundation ahead of scale up 3-10-22: ID Day boost, SDG warning and dynamic new identity and inclusion models for Togo 29-09-22: India, Nigeria, and Pakistan discuss sustainable financing for digital ID schemes with ID4Africa 14-09-22: ID Day coalition grows by 45 percent, new slogan adopted 01-07-22: Talk about digital ID by talking about services: ID4Africa 2022 workshop findings 30-06-22: ID4Africa Livecast: Civil registries are important – but how do you persuade the people? 28-06-22: ID4Africa Livecast: Recommendations on infrastructure, digital ID for frictionless borders 22-06-22: Ethiopia’s Zemichael on delivery of 70M digital IDs by 2025, lessons drawn from ID4Africa 16-06-22: Solving four big identity issues in Africa: Day 2 of ID4Africa 2022 15-06-22: Nairobi, Kenya to host ID4Africa 2023, selection process revealed 15-06-22: ID is no longer just about identity: Day 1 of ID4Africa 2022 15-06-22: Minister says Nigeria’s ambitious digital ID registry should be complete by 2025 14-06-22: ID4Africa in-person return sees new high for countries represented, delegate seniority 09-06-22: All eyes on Marrakesh: what to expect as digital ID community returns to the ID4Africa summit 10-03-22: Mobile phones for legal identity, not just digital: ID4Africa livecast 03-03-22: ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D 31-01-22: Uganda’s digital ID achievements, challenges and prospects 31-01-22: ID4Africa: the future of digital identity in the real and virtual worlds 26-01-22: ID4Africa digital identity Ambassadors group diversifies and grows for 2022 26-01-22: ID4Africa LiveCasts: Season 4 Premiere 2021 20-12-21: Potential ways to avoid digital ID’s dark side concludes ID4Africa trilogy 03-12-21: Digital ID data and fragility: the Dark Side of Identity, Part 2 22-11-21: Researchers, advocates make case for more inclusive digital ID systems in ID4Africa Livecast 17-11-21: The Dark Side of Identity: Mitigating the risks 15-11-21: UN explores digital identity sector to inform legal identity progress 01-11-21: Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana share digital ID success stories in ID4Africa Livecast 28-10-21: Identity expert dissects biometric authentication failures and how to overcome them 19-10-21: ID4Africa looks to expand ranks of digital ID Ambassadors 19-10-21: CSIR offers contactless fingerprint biometric software to partners in South Africa 19-10-21: Morocco, Lesotho report progress on digital ID ecosystems development 14-10-21: NADRA Chairman says digital ID crucial component for Pakistan’s innovation journey 13-10-21: ID4Africa returns to in-person – and augmented – event in Marrakesh, June 2022 01-10-21: Digital ID officials confront open-source opportunity, brain drain, and true gender inclusivity 23-09-21: i-On-Africa LiveCast: The South Africa & Kenya Report 16-09-21: International ID Day 2021 seeks mainstream recognition with art, friends and tokenization 16-09-21: Digital ID status update for Nigeria and Rwanda: new technology, data law 15-09-21: International ID Day 2021: beyond the core and ID as an ‘existential right’ 26-08-21: ID4Africa i-On-Africa: Reports from Nigeria and Rwanda 11-06-21: Moving digital health passes from confusion to inclusion 31-05-21: Biometrics building trust in African elections, laws must do their part 28-05-21: Role of biometrics and private sector in legal identity debated in UNDP event 10-05-21: ID4Africa debates digital health passes: more collaboration, clarity needed 03-05-21: Public supports digital health pass mandates for travel 19-04-21: Tackling the infant ID problem with fingerprint biometrics 12-04-21: ID4Africa panel urges caution, debates trust framework for digital vaccine certificates 12-03-21: Massive gender disparities in digital ID systems persist, ID4Africa panel says 24-02-21: Dr. Joseph Atick argues for new legal identity definition based on traceability on ID4Africa Livecast 15-02-21: Mauritius’ digital ID system success story showcased in ID4Africa livecast 01-02-21: Will Open APIs break digital ID vendor lock-in, usher in new opportunity? ID4Africa community debates 18-01-21: South Africa’s planned child biometric registration stirs privacy concerns 2020 29-12-20: Africa’s digital ID authorities revisit strategy to build new enrollment models 09-12-20: Digital identity all-star team appointed as new Turing Institute International Advisory Board 07-12-20: Coming wave of open source digital ID projects detailed in ID4Africa webinar 16-10-20: Robust digital identity systems pay off for pandemic relief: ID4Africa livecast 05-10-20: Biometrics Institute, ID4Africa, ID2020, Amber and NIST host online events this month 25-09-20: Ecosystem approach could accelerate biometric enrollment in Nigeria 17-09-20: Value biometrics over physical credentials to improve inclusion, ID4Africa’s Identity Day panelists argue 15-09-20: Biometrics events roundup: Suprema to introduce multi-biometric solution 12-09-20: ID4Africa livecast – Country Progress Reports: Spotlight on Nigeria 10-09-20: ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing 30-07-20: ID4Africa seeks speakers for special webinar panel on inclusion in digital identity 24-07-20: ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning 29-06-20: Digital identity for all push in Africa now has clarity and political will: ID4Africa Executive Chairman 27-06-20: Biometrics at the network edge grow in prominence for smart city and healthcare applications 25-06-20: Biometrics industry urges support for public-private partnerships in ID4Africa webinar 18-06-20: ‘Certain narratives were exposed’ in national ID systems, development experts tell ID4Africa webinar 05-06-20: ID4Africa webinar – The Identity for Development Agenda in the Era of COVID-19 04-06-20: Fingerprint safety, advanced biometrics and data protection landscape discussed by ID4Africa panel 03-06-20: ID4Africa posts World Bank comparison of Privacy by Design practices for biometric national ID 03-06-20: ID4Africa webinar – ID management in Africa in the era of COVID-19 and beyond 26-05-20: ID4Africa launches registration for webinar on ID management and COVID-19 12-03-20: ID4Africa rescheduled for October 28 to 30 to ensure full inclusive participation 28-02-20: Priorities of identity for development in Africa to be debated at ID4Africa 2020 11-02-20: ID4Africa 2020 registration open, presentation lineup announced 07-01-20: ID4Africa Ambassador program expands again with new positions and nearly all African nations included 2019 18-10-19: ID4Africa calls for submissions from biometrics and ID community for 2020 event speakers 26-09-19: Digital ID in Africa this week: mammoth biometric registration plans for Nigeria and Interpol in the Sahel 25-09-19: UNECA head adds economic expertise and diversity to ID4Africa Advisory Board 16-09-19: International Identity Day celebrated with rich nations largely on sidelines 13-09-19: Digital ID in Africa this week: International Identity Day, biometric electoral rolls on display in Ghana 09-09-19: Nigeria Officially Declares September 16 as National Identity Day 16-07-19: Disagreement and consensus building among African digital ID authorities at ID4Africa 2019 09-07-19: Omidyar Network hopes to ensure African digital ID is ‘Good ID’ 26-06-19: NEC XON biometric ID4Africa demos draw ministerial interest 24-06-19: ID4Africa 2019: Disruption to consensus 20-06-19: Two ideas to break down vendor lock-in in foundational biometric ID systems launch at ID4Africa 2019 20-06-19: Disruption, danger and determination: Africa debates its digital ID future on the final day of ID4Africa 20-06-19: Morocco to host ID4Africa 2020 19-06-19: Infant biometrics in the spotlight at ID4Africa 2019 19-06-19: Opportunities and risks of biometrics and digital identity in focus on day 2 of ID4Africa 2019 18-06-19: id3 introduces biometric digital seal for document verification at ID4Africa 18-06-19: Tascent premieres new mobile fingerprint capture device at ID4Africa 18-06-19: Key themes and debates emerge as ID4Africa opens 18-06-19: ID4Africa Identity Council chooses leadership and direction for African ID systems 17-06-19: ID4Africa 2019 promises debate on biometric data and ID issues as market matures 17-06-19: Integrated Biometrics debuts Danno fingerprint sensor at ID4Africa 17-06-19: Laxton bringing new multi-modal biometric desktop device to ID4Africa 2019 14-06-19: ID4Africa 2019 participants preview biometrics news to come from leading global event 30-05-2019: Aratek set to showcase biometric ID solutions at SDW, ID4Africa 28-05-19: Biometric Update resumes Official Journalist role for ID4Africa 2019 23-05-19: Zetes to present on public service delivery and showcase biometric solutions at ID4Africa 16-04-19: Roundtable of African Data Protection Authorities to launch at ID4Africa 03-04-19: ID4Africa welcomes two more UN agencies to advisory board 15-01-19: ID4Africa Identity Council launches as Ambassador ranks grow to record 43 2018 23-12-18: International Identity Day surpasses 75 global partners as Coalition building enters third stage 24-09-18: European Biometrics Association launches new strategic plan to build on early success 13-09-18: Coalition Supporting September 16 as International Identity Day reaches 40 groups 11-09-18: UNICEF Associate Director and Global Chief of Child Protection Cornelius Williams Joins ID4Africa Board 28-06-18: Potential breakthrough in infant biometrics heads for trial in Kenya after ID4Africa appeal 15-06-18: Identity Industry Lessons from the 2018 ID4Africa Survey 25-05-18: Tanzania leverages increased knowledge and skill to move toward universal biometric identity 26-04-18: Integrated Biometrics supports call to recognize International Identity Day 24-04-18: Drive for official International Identity Day launched at ID4Africa 23-04-18: International Identity Community arrives in Abuja for ID4Africa 2018
