Hihihi, doesn't work like that!
Sisi tulichonunua kutoka pakistan ni printing machines pekee,ndio Maana tukatumia $5m. software system ya immigration ambayo unalink na smart chip ya passport tayari tulikua nayo inhouse. Juzi nilikua nimesafiri kidogo, niliporudi napiga laini immigration desk, ikifika wakati wangu muhudumu ananiambia nipite ameshaniona, kawaida hua angalau unaweka kidole kwa machine na anapiga muhuri document... Nikabaki nimeshangaa nitajulikanaje nimerudi kenya? Sije badae nikafywatwa na polisi wakanishika na kunishtaki kwa kuingia kenya kinyume na sheria bila kupigwa muhuri, nikatafuta ofisi flani hapo jkia kabla sijatoka nikamueleza, akaanza kucheka, akaniambia ile camera iko hapo mbele ya immigration desk iko na face recognition software, ikikuscan na ipate picha yako inaconnect na profile yako ya immigration na tayari inajua huyu ni mkenya anarudi kutoka nchi flani,sura yako ikitokea kwa screen kazi yake ni ku click 'yes' na umemalizana immigration,details zote wako nazo. Unavyo zidi kupita pita airport ukisafiri software inaendelea kukujua vizuri mpaka mwishwe ukiingia ndani ya airport terminal kabla hata ya kutoa documnt yoyote, jamaa wa immigration/emmigration wanajua flani ameingia au anatoka. Hii ndo technolojia tuko nayo hata kabla ya smart passport, that means kama uko wanted na INTERPOL facial recognition inakutambua hata kabla hujapeana passport yako
Tanzania has implemented facial recognition technology from Vision-Box at two of its largest airports.
The Tanzania Immigration Department is improving its border control procedures with Facial Matching Systems, which matches information from a travel document with the live capture image of the passenger. The software integrates document authentication and biometric technology to identify fraudulent documents.
The Vision-Box technology is in place at the country’s busiest airports: Kilimanjaro International Airport, in northern Tanzania serving the cities of Arusha and Moshi, and Julius Nyerere International Airport in the largest city, Dar es Salaam.
“We need more of its kind for all our land, air and maritime entry points to combat irregular migration, which is becoming rampant along our borders,” said Commissioner for Border Management and Control Samuel Magweiga.
Vision-Box operates 2,500 Automated Border Control and traveler experience solutions in more than 80 countries, including Rwanda and Angola as well as Tanzania. “It’s a great pleasure to be able to contribute with state-of-the-art technology with a real impact in creating efficiencies, security and an innovative edge for Tanzania and to address the specific challenges of government authorities of the region,” said CEO Miguel Leitmann.
https://www.hstoday.us/briefings/industry-news/tanzania-implements-facial-recognition-airports/
www.ippmedia.com/en/news/govt-introduces-facial-recognition-technology-main-airports
January 28, 2018
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Guardian On Sunday
Govt introduces facial recognition technology at main airports
THE government has begun using state-of-the-art facial recognition technology at the country's two busiest airports -- Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) and Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) -- to improve border control procedures and enhance security.
The new facial matching systems (FMS) were supplied by Vision-Box, a multinational technology company headquartered in Portugal.
According to Vision-Box, the desktop solution integrates advanced document authentication and biometric recognition features to identify fraudulent travel documents and to detect identity fraud by travelers.
The solution matches the information contained in passports and other travel documents against the live face image capture of the traveler.
Miguel Leitmann, CEO of Vision-Box stated: “Together with other African countries like Rwanda and Angola, Tanzania is now in a reinforced position by adopting Vision-Box automated biometric technology at border controls."
"It’s a great pleasure to be able to contribute with state-of-the-art technology with a real impact in creating efficiencies, security and an innovative edge for Tanzania and to address the specific challenges of government authorities of the region.”
In October last year, the UN Migration Agency (IMO) announced that it has donated four facial matching systems to the Tanzania Immigration Services Department.
The technology is used to identify fraudulent travel documents such as passports, visas and identity cards and to detect identity fraud by travelers trying to enter or stay in the country illegally.
Two other systems were donated to the Holili Taveta One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at the land border between Tanzania and Kenya.
“The donated system is aligned with the current International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, recommended practices and specifications on traveler identification management and related inspection systems,” Qasim Sufi, IOM Tanzania Chief of Mission, said last year while donating the technology.
“This system is of paramount importance for an international airport like KIA in today’s increasingly mobile, interdependent and interlinked world, as it will boost its capacity to manage the processing of travel documents efficiently and securely,” he added.
The donations aim to strengthen the technical capacity of immigration officers in Tanzania at both land and air entry points in the country, to address irregular migration and enhance border security, while also adhering to data protection standards, officials said.
MY TAKE
In the two reports above stated aside Tanzania, only Rwanda n Angola is mentioned! Where is the evidence that Kenya has facial recognition technology? Kwenda danganya nyanyako...
