ID4Africa speakers urge legal identity inclusion for refugees, stateless persons
African governments must accelerate efforts to provide legal and digital identity to refugees and stateless populations, according to speakers at…
Features and Interviews
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Biometrics lawyer Dan Saeedi talks BIPA on Biometric Update Podcast
Dan Saeedi is a BIPA buster. The renowned Chicago attorney, CIPP/US,a partner and team co-lead of the biometric privacy team…
World Bank, African DPAs outline formula for trusted digital identity, DPI
Trust has moved steadily to the center of the conversation around digital public infrastructure and identity at ID4Africa, and the…
Digital ID systems now critical infrastructure requiring sovereign cyber defence
Digital identity systems are increasingly being treated as critical national infrastructure requiring sovereign cyber defense, according to experts at ID4Africa’s…
Continental challenges, continental solutions: Africa Digital ID Hackathon 2026
For the second consecutive year, a team from Senegal has won the African Digital Identity Hackathon. Team TrustSeal was judged…
ID4Africa panel outlines steady KYC process, policy improvement
eKYC is an adaptation of long-standing, even ancient practice in banking for the modern world. But many countries are or…
The ‘Frontline’ of digital identity innovation spans the Global South
The ID4Africa community focussed on Frontline developments in digital identity from around the world Day 2 of the 2026 AGM…
Tech vendors urge PPP, decentralized digital ID models at ID4Africa
Ideas continued to flow in the main hall of the Parc des Expositions in Abidjan on May 13 as the…
Africa PKI Consortium builds the continent’s trust layer
“If the continent is to achieve its sovereignty it needs to have control over every ingredient that is used,” said…
Age assurance industry juggles global headlines, major disruptions at 2026 GAASS
The 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit marked both the arrival of age assurance onto the global main stage, and…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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