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15Dec/23

Kenyan digital IDs: paused again

December 15, 2023ScienceE-government, Huduma Kenya, Huduma Namba, Identity document, Kenya, Magadi, NAIROBI, Nita Bhalla, Politics and technology, Public administrationadmin

By Nita Bhalla | East Africa Correspondent

Dec 14, 2023, / Thomson Reuters Foundation/ — A high court in Kenya has halted the rollout of a new national digital identification programme, saying authorities failed to assess the risks from processing citizens’ personal data. Continue reading →

03Mar/23

ID of 93 million Nigerians at risk in landmark election

March 3, 2023SecurityAbuja, amnesty international, Automatic identification and data capture, Babajide Briggs, Biometrics, Countries, Elections in Nigeria, Electoral fraud, Facial recognition system, Felix Morka, Ghana, Identity document, International organizations, Kenya, Kolawole Oluwadare, Lagos, Learning, Malawi, Matt Mahmoudi, Nigeria, Rotimi Oyekanmi, Samson Itodo, Sierra Leone, Surveillance, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Video surveillance, Voter registration, YIAGA Africa, Yolaadmin

Facial recognition and fingerprints needed to cast votes
Privacy experts fear mass breach of Nigerians’ identity
Aim is to root out widespread electoral fraud

LAGOS – Africa’s biggest electorate votes on Saturday in a poll that experts fear could unleash a mass breach of privacy as Nigerians relinquish reams of personal data to cast their vote.
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