Asia-Pacific digital identity rollout reveals widening regional divide
Asia-Pacific is building one of the world’s largest digital identity ecosystems, but not through a single model. A new regional…
digital inclusion
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Self brings identity verification to universal basic compute initiative
As governments begin treating AI compute as a public resource, identity verification is becoming the mechanism for allocating it. UNICEF…
Digital identity’s next phase is about trust, not technology
As digital identity programs mature around the world, the biggest challenges are shifting from technology deployment to governance, interoperability and…
India’s DPI export strategy evolves beyond identity and payments to AI
India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI) ambitions are entering a new phase. While the country’s identity and payments architecture is now…
Ethio Telecom, Huawei partner to expand Ethiopia’s digital infrastructure
Ethiopia’s state-run telecommunications company, Ethio Telecom, which is one of the biggest players in the country’s digital transformation landscape, is…
As Canada’s digital ecosystem matures, trust is becoming economic infrastructure
If data is the currency of the twenty-first century, the true measure of value is trust. So says new evidence…
UK ministers lay out strategy for government’s approach to digital inclusion
The UK’s Ministerial Group for Digital Inclusion has updated the summary of its third meeting, as it aims to set…
World Bank outlines practical roadmap for digital wallet trust frameworks
The World Bank has released the second in a series of policy notes focused on digital wallets, this time outlining…
Madagascar’s last-mile civil registration strategy closing digital ID inclusion gap
Madagascar is achieving a foundational inclusion milestone with a growing number of digital ID enrollments, thanks in large part to…
Colombia’s biometric migrant program offers model for inclusion
Colombia’s policy to integrate Venezuelan migrants is a model in how biometric systems and long-term planning can contribute to inclusion…
