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Face biometrics are currently in use for traveler verification at TSA security screening checkpoints in more than 80 airports across the country.

From MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, ZimbabweZimbabwe BureauHARARE, (CAJ News) - LEADING pan-African system integrator, NEC XON, has hailed the use of its NeoFace Watch facial recognition system for the arrest of a Chinese syndicate attempting to enter Zimbabwe using fraudulent travel documents. The operation began when the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) received intelligence regarding Chinese

The initial project phase includes Lagos and Abuja international airports, but will be extended to other airports, including Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano.

South Africa’s Private Surveillance Machine Is Fueling a Digital Apartheid. The cameras are not there yet. But the fiber already is. Thami Nkosi points to the telltale black box atop a utility pole on a street once home to two Nobel Peace Prize laureates: South Africa’s first...