Tanzania ID scheme gathers pace

Tanzania’s National Identification Authority to capture biometric fingerprints of citizens in Dar es Salaam.

Cybercom wins Swedish deal

Cybercom Group has won a contract to develop infrastructure for digital identity in Sweden.

Trüb set for Macau deal

Trüb to provide the new generation of eID cards for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Evolis wins driver license deal

Evolis selected to customise drivers’ licenses in Uttar Pradesh.

South Africa taps Gemalto for ID cards

Gemalto set to supply South Africa’s Government Printing Works with Sealys eID cards for its national ID programme.

Smart card and IC shipments grow

7.95 billion smart cards and 7.99 billion ICs shipped during 2012, according to ABI Research.

Ingenico delivers 3,500 eHealth card terminals

Ingenico concludes contract through its Healthcare/eID Division with the largest German Health Insurance company.

Document security 'needs higher priority'

New market research set to be published at SDW has found that more than 88% of document security experts believe that governments should be placing top priority on document security.

Eurosmart hails interest in eDriving licence

Eurosmart welcomes increasing interest in the eDriving licence in Europe, based on European Directive 383/2012.

Orange inks eGovernment deal with Gemalto

Gemalto provides Orange with solution that will offer its subscribers access to a new generation of eGovernment services in Moldova.

Oberthur wins Sweden deal

Oberthur Technologies delivers turnkey eGovernment solution to the Swedish Tax Agency.

Oberthur implements Uzbek ePassport system

Oberthur signs final acceptance of Uzbek ePassport system with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade.

MasterCard set for Nigeria project

Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and MasterCard announce rollout of a pilot programme involving 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability.

Georgia examines biometric voting

Georgia’s parliament ponders biometric voter identification.

ANTS opts for KEOLABS

Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés selects KEOLABS’ certification laboratory and SCRIPTIS-based testing solution.

NXP progresses with eKTP project

NXP nears completion of its part in Indonesia’s eKTP project.

Double-digit growth continues

Smart cards and secure contactless industry continued strong upward curve in 2012, and is set for another year of double digit growth in 2013, according to new figures released by Eurosmart.

Accenture inks Punjab deal

Accenture awarded contract in Punjab under Aadhaar biometric programme

Evolis printers issue 34mn+ health cards in India

Primacy printer from Evolis issues more than 34 million cards to the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana scheme in India.

Bahrain hosts GCC card meeting

Bahrain hosts ninth meeting of the GCC Smart Card guidance committee.