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Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: registration for Nigeria SIMs, Zimbabwe public sector
After much criticism of Kenya’s Huduma Namba scheme, this week there is a call for further use of biometrics to curb hospital fraud. Nigeria could be considering SIM registration in coming months and Zimbabwe looks to add biometric shift attendance monitoring for medical staff as the whole civil service approaches the February 28 deadline for biometric capture .. Read the full story here.

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