French company leading botched home affairs dept ID project lands big biometrics job at SA airports

16 Dec 2023

William Brederode

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ACSA has defended the procurement process followed when appointing Idemia to provide biometric technology at a host of South African airports.

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Idemia, a French technology company that is being charged penalties by the Department of Home Affairs for repeated delays in delivering a new identity system, has been awarded a new contract to introduce biometric technology at nine South African airports.

In a statement from last week, Idemia announced that it had been awarded a contract by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) that will see nine airports equipped with passenger flow facilitation technology by 2026.

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