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Daon and Gateway ID Africa Announce Strategic Partnership, Push for Financial and Social Inclusion

Gateway ID Africa’s inclusive platform, launching in Sub-Saharan Africa later this year, connects underserved users with life-changing public and private services FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daon, an innovator in developing and deploying biometric identity assurance solutions worldwide, today announced its investment and exclusive partnership with Gateway ID Africa,...

Financial Inclusion: The role of Digital ID

  [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The World Bank[1] estimates that about 1 billion people globally do not have official proof of identity. Almost half of these live in Sub-Saharan Africa, which means that almost every other person in SSA does not have any official form of identity. There are varying...

Blockchain & Financial Inclusion

When the word “blockchain” is mentioned many people think solely about bitcoin, cryptocurrency, tokens and questionable crowdfunding events. These are just examples of how blockchain technology has the potential to transform industrie...

Fighting fraud with biometrics technology

The goal of the every advanced, sophisticated and civilized country is to provide a reliable method of identity.  Such a mission or goal is to help circumvent issues regularly encountered by individuals in countries where, historically, hundreds of thousands of people lack official proof of...

SDG: Providing legal ID for All

Use cases related to Digital Identity are foundational for the success of most if not all use cases directly and will contribute towards SDG 16.9, i.e. “providing legal identity for all, including birth registration”....