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Digital ID in Africa: Huduma Namba lineups, Liberia verification roll out, biometric voting in SA
Governments press ahead across Africa to increase the uptake of digital ID and biometrics. Kenyans line up ahead to register for the Huduma Namba ID scheme. Liberia launches a system for service providers to verify the country’s biometric ID cards and South African academics question if biometric voting could spearhead a gradual process of electoral reform ... Read the whole story here.

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