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Digital ID in Africa this week: banks issuing biometric ID, tracking miners and a Global Fund tender
The application of biometrics continues apace across Africa. Biometric ID for miners in Uganda, the recipients of funding from the Global Fund are in search of a biometrics operator for a project and Nigeria has now issued national ID numbers to 37 million people ... Read the whole story here.

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Megvii raises $750 to expand facial biometrics business ahead of reported Hong Kong IPO
Megvii has raised $750 million, giving the Face++ biometric facial recognition-maker a valuation of just over $4 billion ahead of...
 
IDEMIA ban by Kenyan National Assembly appealed as biometric national ID drive passes 15M
Kenya’s drive to register citizens for its biometric Huduma Namba national ID system will not be affected by the recent...
Three emerging market think tanks to collaborate on Good ID recommendations with Omidyar backing
Omidyar Network has invested in a trio of organizations from different regions to support enhanced understanding of the appropriate use...
 
NEC to deploy biometric cctv surveillance system in Gurugram City, India
NEC Technologies India (NECTI) has been awarded a contract as the master system integrator for installing CCTV surveillance and traffic...
Fingerprint Cards has now shipped 1 billion fingerprint sensors worldwide
Fingerprint Cards announced today that it has now shipped 1 billion fingerprint sensors worldwide. The Swedish biometrics company reports that...
 
Google announces edge face and voice biometrics at I/O Conference
Google has launched a new smart home hub with biometric facial recognition processed at the edge, and reduced its voice...
Ipsidy cloud biometrics revenue growth continues in Q1 2019
After reporting revenue growth of nearly 61 percent in 2018, Ipsidy recorded revenue growth of 41 percent in the first...
 
Mastercard piloting first biometric card trial in Mexico with Edenred
Mastercard and Edenred have launched the first biometric card trial in Sonora, Mexico. The pilot is focused on securing disbursements...
Shanghai deploys smart city system with biometric facial recognition from Alibaba
Shanghai has deployed Alibaba Group Holding’s City Brain public surveillance system with 1,100 biometric facial recognition cameras and drones to...
 
IDnow appoints new CEO and CFO to bring cloud identity verification services to new markets
Identity Verification-as-a-Service provider IDnow has appointed Andreas Bodczek as CEO and Joseph Lichtenberger as CFO, with all founders returning to...
Internal CBP document shows matches in initial biometric pedestrian border checks not satisfactory
Iris and facial biometric technology used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to identify pedestrians for its Biometric Entry/Exit...
 
Drover deploys Onfido identity verfication technology to onboard new users
Mobility-as-a-service platform Drover has deployed Onfido identity verification technology to quickly onboard and get new users on the road. Drover...
  Data collection practices of voice and facial biometrics companies criticized
  Digital ID in Africa this week: banks issuing biometric ID, tracking miners and a Global Fund tender
  IDEX patents biometric enrollment tech as leading payment scheme demos contactless cards
  Censure of IDEMIA by Kenyan National Assembly could threaten biometric registration drive
  Deep Glint says revenues grew by 7x last year as facial biometrics capture criminal after 20 years
  CBP does not have data to assess racial bias in Biometric Exit facial recognition
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