HID Global, partners with Africa's Government, leading Stakeholders, to help close African's identity gap.
Making the announcement yesterday, in Johannesburg, Vice President and Managing Director, Citizen ID with HID Global Jessica Westerouen said, “HID Global addresses each step of the citizen identity journey and everything government agencies in Africa and other emerging markets will deploy complete solutions for issuing driver’s licenses, social security cards, passports and other national ID documents."
HID Global a worldwide leader, trusted identity solutions.The three-day conference will be hosted from yesterday 18-20 June 2019 in Johannesburg by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) of the Republic of South Africa.
The initiative builds on HID’s proven track record of enabling effortless
and worry-free identity verification for the citizens of African nations, with a
steady cadence of ongoing deployments across the continent.
“Our initiative tackles the challenges of serving citizens living in remote, unconnected areas who are at the greatest risk of marginalization and exclusion, and aligns well with the ID4Africa organization’s ‘ID-4-All’ movement aimed at facilitating economic development and the success of humanitarian aid, government services, and other critical programs.”
HID Global will be at ID4Africa 2019 demonstrating its extensive product family
that powers the trusted identities of a government’s people, places and things.
She stated further that, the annual conference, HID Global will be hosting an exclusive media round table today Wednesday, 19 June 2019, offering media the opportunity to engage with the company’s spokespersons, ID4Africa’s Ambassadors and other external stakeholders.
This will help to solve the technological, infrastructure and other deployment challenges that prevent citizens from having the official identification they need to access government services and programs. Which will help solve the technological, infrastructure and other deployment challenges that prevent citizens from having the official identification they need to access government services and programs.
This Paves the way for convenient and secure mobile access to government programs and services. Tanzania is using the platform to provide e-permit and e-immigration credentials over the air to citizens’ smartphones, ensuring they can be assigned or revoked in real time and verified anywhere by an official with a smartphone.
Jessica highlighted the constitutes of the initiative as HID Mobile Biometric Solutions: This Enables disenfranchised citizens to be enrolled into government identity programs regardless of their location. The solutions bring empowerment, freedom and connectivity to those who need it most, while
creating new capabilities including “passport-free” border crossings and fraud- resistant pension programs.
HID Secure Issuance Solutions: This have been chosen by multiple African
governments for existing and planned national ID, resident ID, driver’s license,
voter ID and refugee identification programs. HID FARGO Connect moves issuance to the cloud so governments can serve citizens anywhere, and the HID FARGO printer family was recently expanded to include world’s fastest retransfer printer for high-volume card personalization.
HID Global e-Passport: Provides the fastest path to launching an end-to-end
citizen ID program, from data capture through personalization and issuance. It is at the heart of Tanzania’s award-winning program that has made travel easier
and more secure for citizens.
HID Access Control Solution: Ensures that only authorized people can enter
government facilities using a smart card or a mobile ID carried on a smartphone.
The latest fingerprint reader speeds employees through checkpoints with
increased security and convenience of an estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide that cannot officially prove their identity, it is believed that approximately 500 million live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Problems worsened in war-torn African nations where each conflict adds to the millions of displaced people who flee without the necessary identification documents will receive basic legal, social and economic rights and opportunities.
Speaking to our correspondent about HID Global , she said HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel
freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people convenient access to physical
and digital places and connect things that can be identified, verified and tracked
digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to
navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID technology. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals,
financial institutions, industrial businesses and some of the most innovative
companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over
3,000 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more.
Being able to verify people’s identities is critical for a nation’s growth and
prosperity and yet nearly half of all African citizens can’t prove who they are to
vote, travel freely and receive government benefits and services.
Jessica added that, Problems worsened in war-torn African nations where each conflict adds to the millions of displaced people who flee without the necessary identification documents will receive basic legal, social and economic rights and opportunities.
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