A pilot project aimed at issuing biometric ID cards to about 10,000 refugees living in Cameroon has begun yielding results with more than 4,000 of them already in possession of the cards.
It is to launch alongside a life events portal, a one-stop shop for engaging with public services for events such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
As AI becomes a staple of the fraudster’s toolkit, driving an uptick in identity theft and deepfake fraud, some are looking to wallets as a scalable solution.