Aliko Dangote Employs Iris Technology To Check Attendance of Over 30,000 Employees

Aliko Dangote Employs Iris Technology To Check Attendance of Over 30,000 Employees

Aliko Dangote Employs Iris Technology To Check Attendance of Over 30,000 Employees.

Aliko Dangote Employs Iris Technology To Check Attendance of Over 30,000 Employees

The Dangote Group, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Africa, has employed iris technology to check the time and attendance of over 30,000 employees at its Dangote Cement factories in five African countries: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Congo.

According to the Group’s Chief Information Officer, Prasanna Kumar Burri, the company had previously struggled with using traditional time clocks and fingerprint ID systems, which were slow and not accurate.

In order to address these issues, the Dangote Group decided to implement an iris recognition biometric solution, with the first system being installed at the Dangote cement plant in Ethiopia in 2018. The technology is being used to enroll and authenticate employees at the company’s cement factories in the five countries mentioned above.

The system is integrated into employee entry points through the use of turnstiles, each of which includes iris readers. Authentication is completed quickly and easily by simply glancing at the reader. This not only cuts down on long lines but also prevents the spread of bacteria or viruses as the process is contactless. The iris recognition system uses the iris, the colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil, to authenticate employees.

According to Burri, the iris ID software has been seamlessly integrated with Dangote’s payment software, and it can be used across multiple locations. The system can hold up to a million transactions on each unit, which results in reduced costs due to less time spent.

This technology made a major entry into the continent in 2017 when Somaliland became the first country in the world to use an iris recognition-based biometric voting system. The eyes of registered voters were scanned to verify their identity before they were cleared to vote. This was successful and eliminated the problem of double voting faced by many countries, including Ghana, Kenya, and Angola, which use the fingerprint biometric voting system to identify registered voters.

It is worth noting that while this technology has many advantages, it also has some technical disadvantages, such as the breakdown of machines and the running down of batteries, which can sometimes slow the process. However, these problems did not affect the elections in Somaliland.


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