DINT 120 - Africa's Biometrics Problem

Digital IDs could lead to wide-spread data theft and even more bribes, extortion, and corruption preventing the continent from cross-border trade and greater economic growth.

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ON THE CONTINENT (Africa) efforts to standardize citizen identification with biometrics has hit a snag. FIDS aka Foundational Identity Systems give the GLOBAL SOUTH ACCESS TO RELIABLE IDENTITY VERIFICATION, say its proponents. Its opponents say politics (read: corruption) and the corresponding mistrust of government could halt any cross-bo…