With facial recognition technology having taken on a totally new dimension with its application on smartphones, the landscape has changed from scepticism to acceptance in a large section of the population.
The question however remains: is the technology far enough advanced and secure enough to replace, the decades-accepted fingerprint technology? We invited industry experts to debate the question in our latest panel discussion now available online at www.engineerit.co.za.
Panellists
Eddy Mabuza
Eddy Mabuza is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ndende Technologies; he holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration (GIBS). Ndende Technologies (Pty) Ltd has, over the last 14 years, developed to become Africa’s trusted facial recognition platform. Ndende provides advanced facial recognition technology that can accurately identify, verify and authenticate individuals. Visit https://www.ndende.co.za
Lance Fanaroff
Lance Fanaroff is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of iiDENTIFii, a company specialising in remote digital facial biometric authentication and automated on-boarding. Before this, he co-founded and headed up INTEGR8 Group as joint-CEO, which became one of the largest private ICT companies in South Africa and Africa before the Business Connection Group acquired it in 2012. Visit www.iiDENTIFii.co.za