Seamfix is Hiring: Join Our Mission To Build A More Connected Africa!

Are you a talented problem-solver, passionate about digital identity and its power to transform lives? Seamfix is on a mission to make secure and inclusive digital identities a global reality, and we’re expanding, so we need YOU!

Who We Are

Seamfix has grown from a bootstrapped startup to a global leader in digital identity management. We’ve helped over 1,000 businesses create, verify, and manage identities, building a network of over 300 million identities and verifying over 160 million.

Our award-winning technology, including patented facial recognition AI, empowers organizations in key sectors like telecoms, financial services, and the public sector to:

Securely onboard customers with digital identities.
Fight fraud with accurate verification.
Manage user access for a safer digital world and much more!

We believe that identity is a right, not a privilege, and everyone deserves equal access to services and opportunities, regardless of location or background. This fuels our commitment to building seamless solutions that bridge the digital divide.

Seamfix secures $4.5million funding investment

Why Join Seamfix?

At Seamfix, you’ll be part of a passionate team of rockstars making a real difference. We offer:

Meaningful Work: Solve complex problems and contribute to a mission that makes a real difference in people’s lives, helping individuals and businesses access opportunities globally.
Award-Winning Innovation: Recognized by the London Stock Exchange. Also by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America (NIST) for our image quality engine. These are in addition to over 20 other awards! Need we say more?
Diversity & Inclusion: We champion equal access to opportunities and a work environment that enables you live your best life and do your best work.
Growth Opportunities: Develop your skills and advance your career in a supportive and collaborative environment to reach your full potential.
Innovative Culture: Work with some of the industry’s brightest minds and be at the forefront of digital identity management.
Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that recognises your contributions.

Don’t just take our word for it. See what our Seamfixers have to say:

“Seamfix transformed my life. Here, I’m constantly encouraged to innovate and improve. It’s a place where you can truly become your best self.” – Nnmadi Amobi

Ready to Join the Fix?

Become part of the solution! Join Seamfix and help us build a more connected and inclusive Africa!

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15 Life Lessons on Work and Life from Co-founder, Chibuzor Onwurah

As we commemorate our 15th year in operations this month of October 2022, we’ve learnt some valuable lessons along the way. None more so than from our co-founder, Chibuzor Onwurah, who over the years has been a beacon of wisdom, generosity and inspiration.

Every week, Chibuzor shares some valuable nuggets with our internal staff on life and work, here are 15 of the lessons we love the most. Take your pens or bookmark this page!

If you want to go fast, go alone. Want to go far, go together. It would have been more difficult coming this far without my partner and a solid team.
Relationships > Technical skills. This equation holds true nine times out of ten. Thus! while it is very important to build up skills, also invest in quality relationships.
A relationship is not what you can get but what you can give. Over time, you will get yours multifold. However, if you focus only on what you can get, you end up alone.
Your Integrity and values speak for you when you are not in the room, and open doors for you (especially if you also have the relationship part covered).
It is not enough to have great ideas. One who executes small achieves more than a big dreamer
Be humble, understand your limitations and recognise when to reach out for help. Be it releasing the reins to others to lead, getting coaching, getting more education or acquiring new skills. The first house built in a village isn’t usually the finest so that you started the business or initiative doesn’t mean you will always be the best.
Luck plays a big role in success. It is what places you at the right place at the right time, and the one who shapes luck is God.
Faith can keep you going when common sense dictates you should give up. Often times your success is on the other side of your faith. And the ultimate source of faith for me again is God.
Celebrating small wins is essential. Helps you realise how far you have come, appreciate those who have helped you along the way and renew your strength for the milestones ahead.
Family and health nothing matters more. The struggles of life and desire for success pale in significance if you fail in these two. In fact, the enjoyment of success is with these two. Do not sacrifice them for success or you will lose them and the success loses meaning.
A structured life is a solid life. A structured business is an institution. Many times it is easier and tempting to wing things on instinct, but it does not scale.
Invest in yourself and your future. You are the only you, that you have.
Build others. Of what use is a single tree in a forest? Over time the success of the people around you that you have impacted will bring you more joy than money. That is why even the Bible said to be fruitful and multiply. Multiply yourself not just familiarly, but by developing those around you.
Know when to stop. This is a paradox when juxtaposed with faith. This life is about balance and realising when to channel your energies in a different direction.
Focus! A scattered approach dissipates energy. A single beam pierces the darkness. This point has been a struggle for Seamfix over the years and has slowed us down. Find focus and you find the most impact and resilience. We have been blessed to be able to keep refining our focus over the years and we will keep sharpening the beam.

Enjoyed this? You can download a copy of these lessons in a PDF file so you can save and review them anytime you want. Just click here to access the file.

15 years have come and gone with millions of customers impacted and thousands of businesses empowered to do better work. We look forward to the next 1 billion customers. Keep up with our journey by following our social media page on Linkedin and Twitter.

Achieving Inclusive Digital Identity in Africa Through Mobile Technology (Whitepaper)

If you’ve thought about digital identity before, then you might also be wondering what exactly is digital identity in the first place. Is it a driver’s license or a passport? It could be those things, but digital identity is much more than just official documents.

Digital identity is a virtual proof of individuality that entities or individuals use to prove who they are and that they have the authorization to carry out transactions in the digital world. It provides the possibility of instantly and securely exchanging digitally signed and verified data without having to go to a physical location.

In today’s global economy, encouraging digital identity is one of the most critical and necessary ingredients to bring about accelerated development, especially in Africa, and to build a globally competitive digital infrastructure.

A functional digital identity ecosystem will empower a nation to create and manage its own inclusive digital identifiers (IDs), thereby providing a means for all citizens and indigenous entities to establish their provenance digitally and proffer such information as a means of proving who they are, no matter where they are.

In this downloadable whitepaper, we look at the state of digital identity on the continent and what needs to be done to harmonize and make it easier for Africans to benefit from their digital identity, both domestically and globally.

(click on the whitepaper to read/download)

By Ivharue Okhiaofe

12 Mobile Device Management Features To Make Your Life Easier (Infographics)

As your business grows, you’ll need to ensure that the technology supporting your business keeps up with the demands of a more resource-hungry and mobile dependent process. There are so many mobile device management solutions currently on the market and it can be overwhelming for companies to determine which solution fits them best depending on their resources as well as their business requirements.

Taking into account your end-users unique needs, we have broken down 12 features we believe will help you to choose an MDM solution that not only offers mobile device management but also helps you to strategically drive business growth.

Here are 12 features of an ideal Mobile Device Management Solution:

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Everything from security features to management consoles, mobile device monitoring and even remote wipe features can all swamp you in a sea of choice. If you’re looking for a Mobile Device Management solution, you’ll need to prioritize features that are important to you, such as manageability, security, ease of use and more.

The good news is that companies like Seamfix have opted for streamlined, user-friendly management solutions that don’t make you feel overwhelmed by the prospect of managing your mobile devices.

Check out SmartMDM

SIM Swap Swindlers Schemes and How to Prevent Them

If you’ve read about SIM swapping, you probably thought it was funny for someone to steal someone else’s identity. It might be funny at first, but once you’re a victim of it, your laughing ends abruptly and quickly turns into crying.

“It was a slightly chilled night in Lagos, Nigeria. I had recently moved into my own apartment and was deeply asleep in my bed when I was woken up by a call from an unknown number. This was odd because the number I had on the caller ID was my own. When I answered the call, I wasn’t too surprised to hear one of the generic voicemails that play when you dial an out-of-service number. It wasn’t until much later that day, when my other family members began receiving calls from strange numbers enquiring about my whereabouts and requesting sums of money sent into an account to get the information.”

This is a story from a person who only wanted to be identified as Victoria. In the end, some of Victoria’s friends and family members were cheated out of huge sums of money.

The prevalence of SIM swapping fraud has posed to be one of the biggest threats to identity security and privacy. The concept is relatively simple to understand, but the potential damage that can be done to the individual is scary, to say the least. SIM swap fraud is a type of account takeover fraud that utilizes a weakness in SIM registration processes.

Recently, a common fraud has been to exploit a mobile phone operator’s ability to seamlessly port (transfer) a telephone number to a new SIM. Cybercriminals use this attack to steal credentials and capture OTPs sent via SMS (text message) as well as cause financial damage to victims

The Sim Swapping Threats Across the Globe

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Uncompliant SIM swapping can pose a huge identity theft. Besides stealing the victim’s phone, an attacker can even go as far as presenting fake documents to a communications provider’s department in order to impersonate the victim. The authentic SIM card in the victim’s phone will then disconnect, and all future SMS communications and phone calls will be re-directed to the attacker’s phone.

The instant messenger Whatsapp has become a valuable tool in the hands of criminals. After a SIM swap, the first thing the criminal does is to load Whatsapp and speak with all the victim’s contacts. Then they begin messaging the contacts, citing an emergency and asking for money. In some cases, they feign a kidnapping situation, asking for an urgent payment and some of the contacts are persuaded enough to pay the lump sum being requested.

In some cases, fraudsters have used SIM swaps to hijack the accounts of company executives and request payments from their financial departments. It’s a bit like a BEC (Business E-mail Compromise), but using Whatsapp instead of email. Some of the attacks claimed to have been orchestrated by company executives, with requests for funds supposedly coming directly from staff accounts.

In the past few years, there have been several instances of SIM swapping in banks and other financial institutions in countries where bribery is common.

For example, in Brazil

Brazil’s fintech boom was heralded by the 2013 launch of Nubank, a company that offered bank accounts and credit cards with no charges. Most fin-tech startups relied on two-factor authentication via SMS. Fraudsters targeted these companies with SIM swaps that allow them to empty user bank accounts.

In a story reported by Gizmodo Brazil, a Brazilian fin-tech firm suffered an attack resulting in the loss of thousands of dollars. The criminals performed a SIM swap, activating the victim’s number on another SIM card.

Then, on a smartphone with the ‘pag! app’ installed, the criminals used the app’s password recovery function and a code was sent via SMS, allowing the criminals to gain total control of the user’s account in the app. Once access was obtained, the criminals performed several illegal payments using the credit card tied to the account. Some victims reported losses of US$3,300 in fraudulent transactions.

However, SIM swapping has been an increasing menace in Africa for a few years now.

For example, in Mozambique,

Though financial inclusion is prospering in Mozambique, a downside to this is that it opens doors for fraudsters. Syndicates target bank employees and gain access to personal information and verification codes. A phishing attack follows, which can allow fraudsters access to the customer’s online banking account.

Some banks use one-time passwords (OTPs)—and they often prefer not to use physical or software tokens. The banks keep the process simple by using an SMS as the second factor; they share the responsibility of securing their customer’s accounts with their mobile operators.

However, there were syndicates that identify bank employees and collude with them to obtain money from the victim. The bank employee will provide the fraudster with detailed information about the victim’s bank account and its verification codes. Armed with this material, the fraudsters conduct a SIM swap to gain access to the victim’s online banking account and take out money from it.

How can telecommunication companies help reduce SIM Swap crimes?

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At a time when the world is increasingly becoming digital, hackers’ activities increase in sophistication as well. With smartphones and internet services reaching the masses, likely no one on the planet is not either a victim or does not know someone who has been robbed.

This can be mitigated by identifying key areas of risk and using emerging technologies to address them. Some telecommunication operators have introduced security mechanisms that require all users to undergo air-tight identification and verification during SIM re-registration. This ensures that only registered subscribers have access to their accounts, which reduces the risk of identity theft.

As it currently stands, BioSmart is one such emerging technology that aims to provide invariably strong security during SIM Registration. As a compliance-driven SIM registration solution, BioSmart offers everything mobile network operators need to address the issues of SIM-cloning and identity theft, proving an effective deterrent against crime, as well as a useful tool in helping to track down perpetrators who have stolen SIM cards.

How We Achieved Nationwide Digital Identity Inclusion By Powering Limitless NIN Enrolment

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has grappled for years to own a central foundational database from which her increasing population can be uniquely identified and be managed appropriately. The absence of this has affected nationwide inclusion as some citizens are locked out of necessary amenities like health, banking and education because they do not have ‘a verified proof of identity. This has also created a divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ and further widened the status gap.

As a response to this growing concern and necessity, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) — a statutory Nigerian organization with the mandate to establish, own, operate, maintain and manage the National Identity Database — came up with a solution in form of a unique identifier to be used for all transactions in Nigeria requiring identity verification. This unique digital identifier will serve as the nation’s central foundational database harmonizing citizen data with various agencies across Nigeria.

This unique digital identifier is called NIN.

NIN: How to retrieve your National Identification Number – NIMC - Nairametrics

National Identification Number (NIN) is a set of unique numbers assigned to an individual after a successful enrolment process, to serve as an identifier for life. This enrolment process involves capturing data such as an individual’s demographic, biometric such as the ten (10) fingerprints, pictorial data such as head-to-shoulder facial pictures, and a digital signature also known as e-signature.

The captured data will go through a second-level validation — cross-checking existing data in the National Identity Database — to ensure there are no duplicates. Once all these have been concluded, the data is then stored and NIN will be assigned to the individual.

NIN, as a single source of truth for unique identification, comes with numerous benefits that go beyond identifying citizens. It also offers the government, companies and corporate entities access to widespread digital identity for the purpose of cubbing criminal and insecurity issues across the country. In that sense, the government is provided with necessary data and the ability to identify citizens on the spot so that they (citizens) can have access to various amenities. There is also the added benefit to the government to toughen up identity security nationwide.

Again! FG Extends NIN-SIM Verification, As NIN Enrolment Figures Exceeds 71 Million | Science Nigeria

A case in point for NIN as a ‘security and compliance check’ was the mandate by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that all mobile telecom subscribers link their NIN to their SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards. This, once achieved, will offer Nigerians a truly centralized database sitting pretty on NIDB — a database that holds details of every citizen of the nation; one that can serve as an access card or proof of authentication whenever; one that can be recalled as a source of truth in situations where a person’s identity needs to be validated.

NIMC, as mandated by the law, has created an enabling environment for the enrollment of Nigerians and legal residents into the national database with the provision of standards and business rules in line with global best practices for identity management through partnerships with reputable companies like Seamfix to provide the required technology for data enrollment.

The Technology behind it all: NIN Enrolment Solution Powered by Seamfix

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As a renowned name in the data collection and identity management space, Seamfix earned the title of the technology company that will power this NIN enrollment project nationwide. We leverage our experience and on our existing platform base that has driven full-on data collection and validation projects across the board, and stepped in with a custom-made Android platform for NIMC to simplify this NIN enrolment process and ensure success on all fronts.

The platform has the capability to securely acquire sensitive demographic and biometric data for the generation of NIN. The platform enforces quality checks with preset compliance rules that ensure that all data meet the highest standard of quality required to capture biometric data. It goes further to match data against existing data in the national database to confirm uniqueness before NIN is issued.

As a mobile-enabled platform, this solution offers flexibility to capture data anywhere, anytime and offers a streamlined onboarding process ensuring that everything from capture to validation can be done in one sitting. Months down the line, the Seamfix android enrolment platform has captured over 1,644,732 valid identities, digitally; eliminating the need for paper forms, physical storage spaces, and multiple touchpoints. And we made sure that no one is left out, by extending limitless NIN enrolment to Nigerians living in the diaspora (in the UK).

This digital approach to NIN enrolment has improved the capture process in terms of speed and efficiency of personnel. Captured data is immediately synced to the backend without the need for human interference which keeps the regulatory body within the purview of the privacy laws. This approach also ensures a clean data output, which means that there is little to no chance of erroneous NIN assignment.

Nigeria is on the fast track of digital transformation, joining the rest of the world on the journey to digital everything and Seamfix is glad to serve as an enabler for this.

Here’s How Trustworthy African Companies Can Get Seen By Global Investors With Mansa

To many, Africa is associated with poverty, war, corruption, and diseases. There is the widespread misconception that if it is African then it must be risky. Even worse, most global investors generally see African companies as ‘touch-and-go’ hence unworthy of investment.

These wrong perceptions have lasted for centuries and are taking their toll on the African economy. Although Africa is now a very different continent, the world has not fully acknowledged this.

Thankfully, the advancement of technology has opened new opportunities for investors and businesses across the globe to see Africa and its entities for who they really are. These new technologies have also given rise to due diligence platforms that can change the African ‘risk’ narrative and help trustworthy African companies broadcast their credibility.

Let’s introduce you to Mansa, Africa’s leading due diligence data platform.

What is Mansa?

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Mansa is a data repository that serves as that authoritative source of information required for the conduct of due diligence on any African company. MANSA aggregates a portfolio of verified information on indigenous companies throughout the continent and advertises it via a simple, reliable platform accessible to global organizations whenever they need to verify the credibility of any African company registered on the platform.

The Mansa Due Diligence platform is owned by Afreximbank, built to serve as an online future-proofing tool to help African businesses get discovered and assessed by global investors. Think of Mansa as a reliable-business discovery marketplace for Africa.

Who can register on Mansa?

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Mansa is for every trustworthy company in Africa, including Corporations, Organizations, Small Medium Enterprises (SME’s), Institutions, to name a few. The information on the platform about your company will be provided by you. This platform will allow users to make inquiries on any African company they wish to find out more about. Overall, Mansa is an online tool that one can use to effectively conduct corporate due diligence not just for investments but also for purchases of goods and services.

Why should my company be on Mansa?

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Mansa is one of the biggest sources of information on trustworthy companies in Africa which means it is the go-to source of credible information for global investors and other stakeholders when analyzing companies in Africa. Mansa is the future-proofing due diligence platform for your company to get deserving visibility. Companies on the Mansa platform will be able to lower their risk perception and drive investors’ confidence in them.

In addition, once registered on the Mansa platform, your company will have an Africa Entity Identifier to carry out inter-Africa transactions via the PAPSS platform and to access any intervention funding from Afreximbank.

What are some of the benefits of Signing up on the Mansa Platform?

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By delivering transparency to global investors for any African company, the Mansa platform will help them assess the true perception of these companies– amid the fake judgments — and boost their confidence to harness the potential of these companies.

Among millions, here are some of the benefits of getting your company on the Mansa platform;

Create visibility for your company to global investors and other foreign organizations looking to partner.
Increase demand for your company’s offerings and grow your company’s wealth.
Enable your company with an Africa Entity Identifier necessary for inter-Africa transactions via the PAPSS platform and to access any intervention funding from Afreximbank.
Foster trustworthy relationships with foreign organizations as a verified and trusted business safe to work with.
Play a significant role in reducing the cost of compliance, which could reduce the cost of trade finance in Africa.
Boost the African economy when global businesses are able to form trustworthy relationships with African businesses.
Promote confidence in the African identity across global organizations.

Who is Afreximbank?

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African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) is a pan-African trade finance institution established by the African governments and investors to expand trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Its primary role will be financing trade within Africa, particularly the purchase of supplies by its members for export production or to serve their customers who are also based in Africa.

Mansa by Afreximbank is useful for investors, stakeholders, and anyone who needs reliable information on any company in Africa for the purpose of due diligence. The need for a platform like this stemmed from a lack of a single, referenceable repository of primary CDD/ KYC data of companies in Africa, and the increasing cost of due diligence checks on African companies for global brought on by this lack.

How is Seamfix related to this?

In keeping up with our mission to ensure inclusion for all Africans through identity verification and seamless due diligence processes, Seamfix is officially partnering with Afreximbank to get all African businesses listed on the Mansa due diligence platform.

We at Seamfix believe trustworthy African companies can and should be drivers of their own destiny. We want to help them get on the map and be recognized. For this reason, we partnered with Afreximbank to fix this ‘risk’ narrative for African companies through the Mansa platform.

How can I register my company on Mansa?

Seamfix has set up a dedicated and responsive team ready to onboard any interested company on the Mansa due diligence platform.

Here is what a typical onboarding will be like and what we’ll need from you;

Your CAC Incorporation Certificate (Mandatory)
Your company logo. (Mandatory)
A brief description of what your company does, 4 – 5 lines (Mandatory)
Contact Information – Address, email, phone number, website (if any) (Mandatory)
Signed copy of the Mansa Contributor Agreement. (Mandatory)
Particulars of directors, shareholders and shareholding structure are usually found on Form CAC 7A and 10A of corporate affairs documents (If it applies)
Copies of the IDs of Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) showing name, nationality, source of wealth, and passport (If it applies)
Category of the industry your company belongs to (Mandatory)
Management report/ audited statement/ company bank statement within the last 4 months (Mandatory)
Tax clearance or any of the most recent tax information (If it applies).
Signed copy of Administrator Appointment Letter – presenting someone from your company to manage your profile on the Mansa platform (Mandatory)

All set with the above documents? You can contact our team using these details:

Email: rokaro@seamfix.com

Live chat: https://seamfix.com/

What if I don’t have a company?

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That’s okay! You can refer any African company owner you know to be enlisted on the Mansa platform … and there’s more… you will get paid for every company you get to sign up on Mansa. No T&C attached.

Seamfix is looking to reward anyone who is interested in propelling this initiative and promoting the acceptance of African companies worldwide.

Are you an account officer with any African bank?

Are you in contact with any company committed to improving Africa’s due diligence process?

Do you work with any African company that will benefit from a central data repository?

We invite you to earn some money by getting these companies to enlist on the Mansa due diligence platform.

Before you go, here’s Mansa, The Due Diligence Platform That Promotes Faith In African Companies…

Mansa features a unique due diligence process that brings together information from an extensive network of businesses in Africa.
The Mansa Standard offers potential investors a comprehensive and transparent overview of a company’s structure and prospects.
With the assurance that each company has passed Mansa’s review process, investors and global stakeholders can confidently do business with African companies listed on the platform.
Through MANSA, trustworthy companies like yours can get their stories heard and validated.
Mansa is changing the game by helping African companies get certified and be discoverable in a highly competitive market
Mansa’s goal is to connect Africa’s authenticated and trusted companies to investment opportunities with the aspiration to promote African economic growth.

Upgrade Your company’s ‘Trust’ Visibility Today.

Contact us to get On Mansa!

Email: rokaro@seamfix.com

Live chat: https://seamfix.com/

Phone number: +44 7756 238056, +234-1-342-9192

Understanding Identity in this Digital Age

First the big question – What is Identity?

In simple terms, identity is ‘being who or what a person or thing is — an attribute or sets of attributes a person ascribes to themselves or a thing. The global trend will permit me to say, identity can also be seen as the fact of being who or what a person wants to be seen as.

For example, any device with a bitten apple logo can be identified as a product of Apple inc. A man is identified as a man until he puts on a marine corps uniform and he is identified as a male marine officer, the logo on his uniform further identifies his country, the shoulder ranks go even further to identify his rank in office. A Flag serves as an identity for a country … and so on.

In this digital age, the idea of identity has vastly transitioned into Digital Identity — an equivalent of the real identity designed for the modern web, to gain access or authorization into systems. From signing up to Gmail to setting up a social media account, to making payments on your Netflix account, your digital identity can vouch for your claim to access into any digital space. Just like real identity, digital identity proves an entity’s history, possession, and authority.

It is one thing to have an identity in all its forms, and it is another for the entity to prove ownership of that identity. And that is why ….

We Can’t Talk Identity Without Talking Proof Of Identity.

Proof of identity as the clause goes is any document that can prove a person’s identity. It is important that as individuals/entities, wherever and whenever, we have on our proof of identification — either a photo ID, birth certificate, or our digital identity in our subconscious digital wallet.

The general rule of thumb here, however, is that government-approved proofs of identity carry more weight than their counterparts. Although, in a lot of developing countries, a large number of her citizens do not have a single government-approved proof of identity for all the wrong reasons, which limits or even completely blocks them from receiving certain basic services, such as health care, and also struggle with gaining economic opportunities and financial inclusion.

This brings us to another big question….

Why Do We Need Our Identity?

It should be noted that our identity is way more important to other entities than it is to us (the owners) as we already know who and what we are. The identity construct is necessary for other entities to see and place us accordingly.

So why do we need our identity, digital or otherwise?

One reason, the most obvious of all, is for Identification. Identifying a person by their name, country, state, and so on. Identifying a product by its logo. Basically, recognizing a person or thing as who and what they present as.

Another reason is for Authentication. This is to prove that the identity attributed to the entity or thing is owned by them. This usually would need a physical presence like matching a photo ID with the face of the person presenting it, or, best practice, authenticating a digital ID against an existing database.

And finally Authorization. This is to gain access to any service, be it a location, health services, travel services, web, systems, and also to determine the level of access we get. Like gaining access into a building using an RFID code tied to our digital identity, viewing our result after an exam using a unique number tied to our identity, or Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for enterprise systems.

Moreover, with the emergence of digital identity came several identity issues. The need to solve these rampant but uniquely emerging identity-related issues birthed the concept of identity security only achieved through Identity Management.

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So Let’s Talk Identity Management …

Basically, this is the authentication and authorization of an entity to gain access to certain services and systems (digital id) using an established identity.

Identity management in ancient times was as easy as someone having to vouch for another with word of mouth. This method served as the approved means of identification and authentication, while authorization was just based on status. Now with the rise in the use of digital technologies and the interconnectivity that the Internet of Things promises, the identity environment is constantly becoming complex, which means identity management will have to keep up with the changes.

Some of such changes include Blockchain Technology, Digital Wallets, a shift towards Decentralised Identities, Self-Sovereign Identities, and Distributed Identity - all aimed at strengthening identity management and mitigating against the increasing issues with identity and access control. Now, identification requires a proof, authorization requires passwords and other predefined Access Control List (ACL), and authentication requires verifying against a stored database.

Since Identity in all its forms is a key, identity management is necessary not just to protect the key but also where the key can be used and how. Issues of privacy and identity theft have driven companies all over the world to consider the use of identity management solutions to address these concerns.

Identity management as a whole sits well on the foundation of Data Management. This is the process of creating and managing a database for identities. Digital identity management, especially, will not be possible without first a capture process that collects and collates these identities in a database to be queried for authorization and to be matched side by side for authentication. So, it is safe to say that data capture is the chief cornerstone of identity management.

On the other hand, is Identity Validation. Normally, except a company is directly connected with Identity and Access Management (IAM), identity validation should not come up. However, with the increasing risk of identity fraud and data breaches, identity validation has become a general topic and should never stop being one. In this world where digital identities serve as access to almost everything - a fraud with few pieces of critical information can wreak devastating havoc. Hence validation is a necessary factor in identity management.

Seamfix As A Holistic Identity Management Company…

Identity management, data management, and validation are trends that are sure to stay as long as people still care about security - either in terms of identity or data - and that is why as a forward-thinking technology company, we chose holistic identity management as our core focus.

Seamfix takes identity management to the max by building platforms that enable businesses in every industry to capture the digital identities of their customers, and validate these identities against all national databases (we are connected to) all in one suite.

Right now, Seamfix enables the verification of unique identifiers such as Bank Verification Numbers and National Identity Numbers (for Nigerians only) to ensure that organizations collect only clean data to be gleaned for insights.

Read more about Seamfix identity management solutions HERE…

Are you, or your organization passionate about data? collecting it? collating it? analyzing it? then you are the kind of people we write for. Follow our publication, and you would gain knowledge on everything data, from the process of easy capture to the end goal of making data-driven decisions. Find out about our company SEAMFIX and how we solve big organizational issues with third-generation solutions HERE.

Improving your Data Capture Process on BioRegistra with OCR for Biometric ID Cards

Considering that there are a lot of digital forms out there, a lot is expected from creators to stand out. Like, features that can help form users do more in their data capture operations. One of these is the data capture OCR feature.

As the need for data capture continues to rise, there is also the need to make the process as fast as possible. Data capture OCR is one of those features that help you hasten the process. Optical character recognition enables you to scan documents and fill them in your fields without having to manually fill the forms.

The OCR engine recognizes and extracts the information you need from a particular form and transfers it to a digital form.

This is one of BioRegistra’s many features.

How BioRegistra’s OCR Feature Works

data capture

While your agents are out there in the field collecting data for your KYC operations or something similar, it becomes a requirement to collect a valid means of identification. One of these is often a biometric ID card most likely issued by a government agency.

Most times, we discover that a lot of business digital forms do not enable you to digitize this information like the rest of the data being collected. BioRegistra’s data capture OCR feature makes this work by scanning such cards during capture and picking the information required, before placing them in the relevant fields.

Why You Need BioRegistra’s Data Capture OCR Feature?

Have you realized how redundant it is to manually process the details of a form? From human errors during transfer to the painful amount of time, it takes to do so. Using our data capture OCR feature ensures that you do not have to deal with all these anomalies.

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Use Cases: 5 industries that will benefit greatly from a Mobile Device Management System

Organizations across industries use mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets to carry out their day-to-day tasks effectively. These devices are spread across staff and stakeholders in the organization, and sometimes, in remote locations (with staff working from home) or in the field (in use by field workers and contingent staff).

These devices cost money and sometimes hold important data, and that is why organizations need to get smarter with managing mobile registration devices to prevent the risks that come with losing them.

Mobile Device Management Systems, like SmartMDM, offer the best solution for organizations to monitor, track and secure mobile registration devices wherever they are. This system will offer benefits to organizations spread across diverse industries, like the following

Telecommunications

Mobile devices serve as a key enabling factor for a successful data capture project like SIM registration — which is a key activity for telecoms in performing their core duties. These devices are handled by agents spread across multiple locations to capture subscribers’ data. Mobile devices for SIM registration cost money, hold sensitive data and propel the capture project. MDM will ensure that these mobile devices do not get missing or into the hands of the wrong person (agents), saving the telecom security threat that can arise from bad handling of sensitive data which could lead to compliance issues.

Healthcare

With the rise in digital transformation in the health industry, most healthcare organizations are moving towards digital health records also known as Electronic Health Records (EHRs) which are captured on a digital form built on a mobile device. As always, data of this nature is sensitive and should be guided. MDM will ensure that the personal health information (PHI) stored on mobile devices is secure from unauthorized access and mobile device handlers are compliant with the industry regulations as regards handling data.

Government

Government agencies are top handlers of sensitive data as they are mandated by the law to operate and manage databases that carry important details of individuals in the nation. These agencies carry out enumerations, like census, or nationwide enrolment to get useful data to store in the database. MDM will ensure government agencies comply with even stricter data security standards and regulations by securing the devices in the field. MDM checks and balances will also ensure increased operational efficiency.

Transportation and Logistics

The transportation and logistics sector is on the fast rise as shop-from-home becomes a necessary convenience. This means more devices will be issued across multiple locations to propel the supply chain. MDM will allow transportation and logistics companies to track corporate devices; set policies and configurations remotely to protect the devices and prevent misuse of devices.

Retail and service

Mobile devices play a huge role in the retail and service sector to serve specific needs, like retail census or customer enumeration, or to be used as point-of-sale (POS) terminals and self-service checkouts. These devices have multiple users and management can be tricky. With MDM, management is simplified to a central platform for doing everything that ensures these devices and the data they hold are secured.

Introducing Smart MDM

Seamfix Smart Mobile Device Management (SmartMDM) offers a centralized platform for organizations to assign, map, authenticate, identify, track, and manage all mobile devices, seamlessly, from a centralized platform.

SmartMDM will eliminate the manual tasks of managing multiple devices across diverse locations, reduce human errors, ensure work efficiency, productivity, and better security. This solution will not just protect your mobile devices, but your data and your organization’s name. Smart MDM offers a robust platform to greatly save IT costs, manage risks, and ensure you are compliant with data protection laws.

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