Under the pressure of the continent’s demography and a powerful alliance of donors, technology firms, local banks and governments, many African states have begun to adopt new technologies of identification linked to mobile finance systems. These projects are not all alike, but they are typically organised around the use of biometric identification tools aimed at adult populations.
Achille Mbembe featured in Curios.ty 14 (#Wits100): A century of doing good. The issue looks at Achille as being one of the many important researchers.
Congratulations to WiSER's Prof. Isabel Hofmeyr for being AWARDED Best Non-Fiction: Monograph for Dockside Reading: Hydrocolonialism and the Custom House #HSSAward2023