ChamCity, a network of digital malls arm of Cham Plc has began move to provide a comprehensive biometric database for the country.
The company which commenced business at its Ikeja mall and Abuja has over 2,000 biometric enabled and multimedia systems available with a capacity to create unique identities and online testing and learning services for over 10,000 people on a daily basis.
Mr. Olusola Bickersteth, general manager, ChamCity, said that the digital malls will create a platform that can be used to capture fingerprints and pictures of each individual which is tied to their mobile phone numbers. This according to him will substantially eliminate incidences of impersonations that are prevalent in the country today. “Because each system has an inbuilt camera, it is possible to record the activities of each individual as they conduct an exercise” he said.
ChamCity he said is building extensive digital infrastructure for the benefit of public and private institutions to use to either large manage crowds that need to access their services. He explained that schools and universities can register as a merchant on ChamCity to create biometric database of their existing or incoming students for the provision of entrance tests, continuous online learning, examinations, fees payments, students and teacher activity management among others.
Bickersteth added that individuals can register as Chams citizen, which requires the individual’s fingerprint and some amount of money to access an unlimited array of facilities starting from basic internet browsing, self improvement, online certifications testing, elearning, and web conferencing.
He noted that ChamCity presently has six data centres in different locations across the country and is collaborating with Federal government to provide a national identity scheme.
“A new era of digital service and public identity management as well as online services has started in Nigeria. Instead of spending huge amounts of monies trying to build their own infrastructure, organizations only need to register as a merchant at ChamCity digital mall and they immediately have access to first class facilities and solutions, instantly eliminating a lot of headaches they presently face in providing services to large members of the public,” he said.