Birth registration emerges as foundation for digital public infrastructure
Governments and development partners are increasingly pushing to make birth registration and vital statistics (CRVS) a foundational layer of digital…
Articles By Ayang Macdonald
Ayang Macdonald is a freelance journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He boasts 10 years of professional experience in journalism in which he has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Buea in South western Cameroon. He is a versatile reporter with interest in ICTs, innovation, digital entrepreneurship, defense and military, politics, economy, health and environment, humanitarian issues and sports.
Benin draws lessons from Ethiopia to shape its DPI development roadmap
A Beninese delegation recently visited Ethiopia to learn how the Horn of Africa nation is pursuing its digital transformation, specifically…
Mozambique’s digital humanitarian response system set for October launch
Mozambique says it has completed the validation of a digital system dubbed Beneficiary and Humanitarian Assistance Management System (SGBAH) to…
India’s farmer ID scheme expands as issuance surpasses 100M
The Indian government says its Digital Agriculture Mission which seeks to build the “AgriStack” as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)…
India continues APAAR student ID rollout as adoption campaign expands
An Indian state minister has reiterated the importance of owning the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) student digital ID,…
Cameroon: When birth certificates represent children who do not exist
In the world of legal identity, it is said that a child without a birth certificate does not exist, but…
Laos advances digital identity with electronic household registration
The government of Laos is replacing its traditional household registration books with a digital population registration system, marking another step…
EES faces more operational constraints at checkpoints
The biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) which is live at several airports across the Schengen zone is said to be facing…
Sierra Leone consults private sector on trusted digital ID framework
Sierra Leone is consulting the private sector and other stakeholders as it develops the governance framework for a trusted digital…
UNDP pushes blockchain from DPI pilots to deployment
UNDP is stepping up efforts to move blockchain from pilot projects to production digital public infrastructure (DPI), arguing that the…
