Polling officials were forced to resort to manual identity checks after the internet went out during Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The country had originally planned to rely on biometric […]

“Its new Border Management System will be deployed first at the Entebbe International Airport in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city, and will be focused on the installation of fingerprint- and face-scanning […]

Although electronic voting is still seen by some as a thing of the future, there are experts in the field with decade’s worth of experience under their belt. This is […]

Ugandan officials are launching a project to use biometrics for identity verification of HIV/AIDS patients. Called Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support, or METS, it’s part of a five-year project funded by the […]

Uganda’s first election to use biometric polling is fast approaching, and its Electoral Commission is looking to Smartmatic to ensure that its technical aspects proceed accordingly. The company’s role in […]

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has started training staff to use the biometric technology to be used in its upcoming election. The EC ordered 32,000 thumbprint scanners for this purpose from Smartmatic, […]

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has announced that biometric voter authentication will be used in next month’s national elections. The EC has ordered 32,000 thumbprint scanners and will deploy them at 28,010 […]