Behind the scenes: Safeguarding “one person, one vote” for Guinea’s 7 million registered voters

Attempts to change political regimes in African countries have often failed due to disputed elections. In Guinea, biometric technology has helped to create a reliable voters list – an essential prerequisite for legitimate elections.

Biometrics to the rescue: helping democracies to build elections that can be trusted

Data shows that the number of democracies in the world is shrinking. Many countries are struggling on a precarious path between democracy and autocracy, while in long-established Western democracies fears over the denial of election results are becoming more and more frequent.

Six must-haves for a trusted election via smartphones

We go online to send money, manage our health, take classes and buy groceries – so why are we still unable to vote via our smartphones? Governments often cite risks of possible hacks and security breaches, which are said to have greater potential to affect online systems than traditional processes. But is that really the […]

Biometrics remains essential for sustaining democracy and digitisation of the African continent

About Abdul-Gamal Toure Gamal spent six years working as a database administrator for the electoral register of Togo and Mali, one year as a manager of electoral agents in the field, and four years as an independent consultant. He’s carried out various missions within international organisations such as the OIF, the EU, and CENI-Guinea, all […]

Data ethicist Juraj Podroužek: “I think it’s correct to have some red lines that set out areas where AI should not venture.”

Technologies are not value-neutral; they are imbued with the values of their creators. How can the ethical values that society deem important be reflected in technologies?

“We enabled a whole digital ecosystem in Sweden – from eGovernment to a cashless society,” claims Jonas Brännvall from BankID.

Digital identification has given Swedes services that are fast, convenient and trusted long time before the advent of mainstream biometrics. From security to usability, everything works seamlessly for the end user, because that's what infuses the whole ecosystem with trust. What role will biometrics take as the service continues to evolve, and as it expands beyond Sweden, 20 years after its inception?

5 peculiar cases of identity theft and how they could have been prevented

The digital age has opened up new, easily accessible avenues for ID fraud.

Biometric central registry opens up online services to everyone

How Panama went for a brand-new, faster biometric identity register.

Trust is earned,
and you need to show value in order to earn it

Africa's digital revolution is transforming the continent. Our economy has been at record pace and our growth has been gradually increasing.

How have digital landscapes transformed in the Covid era? Catch up with opinions from professionals in the field.

Contributors This year’s first-ever Trust Report Conference – which became a completely virtual event – and opened up discussions about how the pandemic has changed society and the way we do business. While many have adapted quickly and benefitted from the pandemic’s various spin-offs, others haven’t been as successful in adapting to new consumer behaviours.  We asked conference speakers, attendees and professionals in the field three questions – […]