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American Tower and ProFuturo partner to bring educational innovation to vulnerable schools in Africa
The joint project is expected to positively change the lives of more than 4,500 students and 475 teachers in the three countries where it will first be implemented . The joint project will kick off with a first phase in Africa focused on strengthening education with technology schools in Kenya .
The strategic collaboration aims to effectively improve knowledge of the need of vulnerable schools to promote innovative practices and strengthen their digital educational transformation in the coming years .
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American Tower and ProFuturo , the technology-enabled education innovation programme of Fundación Telefónica and Fundación “ la Caixa ”, announced their partnership to continue transforming children ’ s education through technology . The programme will first be deployed in 44 schools in Africa and Latin America .
Magdalena Brier , Managing Director of ProFuturo , and Rodrigo Jimenez Castellanos , Group Head of Public Affairs , Communications and Sustainability of American Tower for EMEA and LatAm , formalised this partnership .
ProFuturo and American Tower look to support underserved communities with educational innovation and technology , enabling social programmes to improve quality of life and ensure fair participation in the digital world .
American Tower ’ s Digital Communities are digitally connected , technology-equipped spaces that offer digital literacy and education for youth , financial education and vocational training for adults , or healthcare services .
ATC Kenya CEO , George Odenyo said that the project is part of ATC Kenya ’ s vision of building a more connected Kenya , “ It will enhance digital access and foster partnerships with the communities where we work . We constantly collaborate with key partners to ensure that our Digital Communities are well equipped to employ the use of technology for digital equity and literacy , as well as career upskilling which are geared towards enhancing the lives of community members .”
Nigeria to receive biometric systems from IDEMIA supporting 1 million verifications per day
IDEMIA Smart Identity renewed its commitment to Nigeria ’ s National Identity Management Commission , NIMC by implementing an upgrade of the entire biometric identification system , which will accommodate 250 million records . This project , supported by the World Bank through its ID4D initiative , will ensure that each citizen ’ s identity in the civil database still is unique .
IDEMIA Smart Identity and NIMC agreed to renew their long-standing collaboration and upgrade NIMC ’ s biometric system to become the most advanced biometric system in the world , comparable only with Aadhaar in India . The powerful biometric matching system will be able to manage 1 million 1:1 and 1 : N identity verification searches per day .
The first system was designed to support 100 million records but has already reached around 90 million records and requires this extension to address the whole Nigerian population . In context , NIMC is already positioned to achieve the sustainable development goals target set for 2030 by the United Nations , which calls for a legal identity for all by the year 2030 .
In addition , the system upgrade is going to allow NIMC to be compliant with OSIA , an open standard set of interfaces , APIs that enables seamless connectivity between all components of the identity management ecosystem .
“ We are proud to continue our long-standing collaboration with NIMC for the greater good of Nigeria ’ s growing population . The new powerful system is future-proof and will ensure that all Nigerians have access to a secured , trusted identity , enabling them to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen . Moreover , this contract , in the most populous country in Africa , demonstrates
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IDEMIA ’ s capability to deploy its technologies on a large scale ,” explains Olivier Charlanes , Senior Vice President of Middle East and Africa at IDEMIA Smart Identity .
IDEMIA Group unlocks simpler and safer ways to pay , connect , access , find , travel , and protect public places .
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