The UK Government has announced that from 6 April 2022, digital identity document validation technology (IDVT) will be introduced to support employers and landlords with the right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks.
To allow more Nigerians to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the federal government has approved a further extension of the deadline for the exercise to March 31, 2022.
New proposals already in Kenya’s Parliament in the form of a bill seek to introduce multiple changes to the country’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme which, since its launch in 2019, has elicited a lingering controversy.
The new UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework will set out the rules and standards for organisations to follow to carry out secure and consistent digital identity checks.
A digital identity system is one of four building blocks identified as important for digital government, along with a data collection and management platform, a digital payments capability and core data registries.
Nigerian federal government has appointed 9Mobile to register atleaset 10 million rural residents in the National Identity Management Enrollment Scheme.
A Freedom of Information request has indicated that private beta testing to determine the plausibility of digital verification services offered by the likes Mastercard commenced in September.
The bill allows for expanding the digital identity scheme to state and territory governments and the private sector, enshrines privacy and consumer protections in law and establishes permanent governance arrangements and a regulatory regime.
