Bangladesh plans single digital ID as gateway to public services
Bangladesh is working towards developing a single digital identity that will serve as a gateway to public services amid the…
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Saint Lucia sandbox tests next phase of Caribbean digital ID adoption
Saint Lucia has announced the development of a legal framework for a cross-sector regulatory sandbox that would allow digital ID…
Cambodia studies Kazakhstan’s digital public service model
Cambodia is looking to Kazakhstan’s experience in digitalizing public services as it advances its own modernization agenda. A delegation from…
Malaysia and MyDigital ID: When optional starts to look unavoidable
It’s been a big year for MyDigital ID, Malaysia’s national digital identity system. Once promoted by Malaysia’s cybersecurity chief as…
India’s UPI expands into Central Asia with Uzbekistan deal
Uzbekistan has become the latest international market for India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), in another example of India exporting digital…
Cameroon summit to address digital government interoperability challenges in Africa
A digital government summit dubbed E-Gov’A, scheduled for October 14 to 17 in Yaounde, Cameroon, is expected to discuss how…
Public sector joins digital identity export market as countries package DPI capacity
Countries across the Global South are no longer just building digital public infrastructure (DPI). They are beginning to export it….
Sri Lanka GovTech sandbox puts DPI into practice
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Digital Economy has hosted a GovTech Sandbox Build Day to accelerate development of citizen services on…
The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software
Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. In early…
Nigeria fully digitizes academic credential verification
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has announced that the process to authenticate academic certificates has been fully digitalized, capping several…
