Ayang Macdonald
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Freelance Journalist at BiometricUpdate.com
Certified & experienced Cameroonian freelance journalist based in the capital, Yaounde.
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3 days ago |
biometricupdate.com | Ayang Macdonald
“Digital ID is not optional; it is a necessity.” It is on this conviction that Ethiopia is riding to make sure every citizen and legal resident on its territory has the Fayda digital ID before 2027 runs out. Getting there is a herculean task, but the Executive Director of the country’s National ID Program (NIDP), Yodahe Zemichael, says there is a well-thought-out blueprint to reach that feat.
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4 days ago |
biometricupdate.com | Ayang Macdonald
Efforts deployed by the Republics of Chad, Mali and Senegal to reform and digitize their respective birth registration systems are said to be paying off, with an increasing number of undocumented children being able to get a legal identity for inclusion into society. These countries were among those that presented their birth registration stories, challenges and prospects during the ID4Africa 2025 AGM.
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5 days ago |
biometricupdate.com | Ayang Macdonald
Flashback about 30 years ago, Somalia had no functional national ID system. Legal identity in this Horn of Africa nation was a far-fetched dream for many. But since 2023, the country has a different story, an ambitious story of a country poised for progress in the implementation of an inclusive and effective national digital ID system despite several challenges.
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5 days ago |
biometricupdate.com | Ayang Macdonald
Stakeholders from about a dozen African governments, civil society outfits and international development organizations recently explored ways through which legal identity can be put at the heart of effective and inclusive migration governance on the continent. These reflections marked a five-day workshop in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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5 days ago |
biometricupdate.com | Ayang Macdonald
Pakistan will implement a nationwide facial recognition system and also ensure the harmonization of all government databases to make sure biometric verification happens in a centralized manner. This is among several key decisions arrived at during a recent high-level meeting which the country’s Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired while on a working visit to the headquarters of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).
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