Interoperable digital ecosystems next frontier of Africa’s digital transformation
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Salima Monorma Bah, says African countries must move beyond isolated national digital…
Features and Interviews
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Cloud Signature Consortium sees decade of work reflected in EUDI Wallet rollout
The arrival of a European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet has been hailed as one of the most ambitious digital infrastructure…
Governance can keep DPI working for people when other stakeholders turn against them
The promise of digital public infrastructure is in the scale and efficiency that allows governments to improve inclusion and service…
Digital identity must be built for interoperability from day one, says Margins CEO
Prominent Ghanaian entrepreneur and Margins ID Group founder and CEO Moses Kwesi Baiden Jnr. has argued that national digital identity…
ID4Africa’s Joseph Atick on why Africa is setting the pace for digital identity
At the ID4Africa 2026 AGM in Abidjan, digital identity leaders focused on a common theme: building sustainable digital identity ecosystems…
Indicio, Idemia PS see opening for reusable digital identity after Treasury endorsement
Indicio and Idemia Public Security strategically partnered to bring globally interoperable biometric identity verification software to markets around the world….
Liberia restructures national ID deal with OSD, plans issuance restart
Liberia has agreed on a concession arrangement with Austrian identity company OSD International, paving the way for the resumption of…
There’s no digital ID without data protection: Mauritius privacy chief
Drudeisha Madhub, the Data Protection Commissioner of Mauritius, has emphasized that technologies like digital identity systems cannot operate in a…
Trust inevitable in building human rights-sensitive digital ID systems
Some digital rights advocates who spoke at the recent ID4Africa 2026 AGM in Abidjan emphasized that for African governments to…
Biometric Update Podcast: Claire Ma explores the next phase of government digital identity
Governments around the world are moving toward digital identity systems, but not all are taking the same path. On the…
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