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Digital ID in Africa: Kenya’s biometric ID, blockchain for refugees, universal health and moonlighting officials
Developments this week include positive steps in Senegal to use digital platforms to rapidly reach universal healthcare, and to use the blockchain to build secure economic IDs for refugees in Kenya. More details emerge on a central national database for data held by different Nigerian agencies, while in Ghana a group of residents stormed a house where officials were registering people for the Ghana Card well after office hours. ... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
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NEXT Biometrics delivers biometric system-on-card specifications to payment network
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Digital ID in Africa this week: Kenya’s biometric ID scheme, blockchain for refugees, universal health and moonlighting officials
Developments in digital ID across Africa this week include positive steps in Senegal to use digital platforms to rapidly reach...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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