Development agencies want DPI bridges over Africa’s financial inclusion gender gap
The conversations around Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) fostering growth and promoting social inclusion is ongoing. However, while DPI offers opportunities…
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Turing extends digital ID research to DPI with $4M Gates Foundation grant renewal
The Alan Turing Institute is getting another $4 million over 3 years from the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
DPI critical to effective digital transformation in government
Robert Opp, chief digital officer of UNDP emphasizes the importance of viewing DPI as the digital equivalent of physical infrastructure,…
Nigeria’s President talks tax reform, digital ID and MOSIP with Bill Gates
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates discussed the use of digital identity as a tool for improving tax collection…
Futronic biometric scanners distributed to micro-merchants in Bangladesh
In Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, Bank Asia Limited announced it has given out phones and Futronic FS80H fingerprint scanners to 800 women…
Gates Foundation exec says DPI will expand Nigeria’s economic growth opportunities
Rodger Voorhies, President for Global Growth and Opportunities at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has challenged Nigeria’s federal government…
11 countries pledge to establish inclusive DPI as 50-in-5 campaign launches
Eleven first-mover countries have expressed their readiness to share experiences, best practices and even resources and infrastructure with one another…
UNDP launching inclusive digital public infrastructure development initiative
The United National Development Program will on November 8 roll out a program tagged 50in5 meant to advance the conversation…
Kenya’s digital ID boosted by Gates Foundation but govt struggles to convince citizens
Kenya’s digital ID project, known as Maisha Namba, will receive advice from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The global…
Stakeholders debate how to improve financial inclusion with digital public infrastructure
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects, including digital IDs, are gaining more ground as part of the fight against poverty. During…
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