ID4Africa prioritizes digital identity ecosystems to center users at upcoming AGM
ID4Africa’s AGM has addressed a changed digital identity landscape in Africa each year, but the 2026 edition will reflect a…
ID4Africa
ID4Africa is a Pan-African Movement motivated by the need to promote legal identity for all in Africa. It is a tripartite with representation from African governments, development agencies and industry. Biometric Update has provided full coverage of the meetings and livecasts since 2016.
ID4Africa opens registration for 2026 AGM, releases program brief
Pan-African identity movement ID4Africa has announced the start of registration for its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year’s event…
ID4Africa 2026 Annual General Meeting
ID4Africa 2026 Annual General Meeting Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire May 12-15, 2026 Be part of the world’s premier digital identity conference…
ID4Africa reveals biggest ever Ambassadors Class Amid growing DPI momentum
Identity movement ID4Africa has published its largest ever Ambassadors Class made up of 130 senior officials working to expand the…
ID4Africa 2026 AGM to explore digital ID in light of digital public ecosystems
Identity for Development (ID4D) movement, ID4Africa, has unveiled the theme of its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) with a focus…
Namibia weighs biometrics options for foundation of instant payment system
One of the signs of progress towards realizing the “prioritizing use, accelerating impact” part of the ID4Africa 2025 AGM’s official…
Benin envisages mobile wallet launch in inclusive national digital ID push
Benin has mentioned plans of launching a digital wallet as part of its push to make its national digital ID…
Zambia says using multiple strategies to meet 50 percent birth registration goal by 2026
Zambia is currently at a point of transition where it is moving from extremely limited birth registration to universal registration…
Upanzi Network digital identity hackathons to continue nurturing African talent
The African Digital Identity Hackathon, organized by the Upanzi Network at Carnegie Melon University Africa in Rwanda and MicroSave Consulting,…
Guinea-Bissau deploys efforts to digitize birth registration, national ID systems
Considerable efforts are underway to ensure the complete digitization, integration and modernization of the civil registration and national ID systems…
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