Co-Develop sets sight on new DPI milestones with DPGA affiliation
Nonprofit fund, Co-Develop, has announced its membership of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), saying it will use the platform…
SDG 16.9
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
UNHCR lauds role of Fayda digital ID in facilitating life for Ethiopia refugees
Thanks to the Fayda digital ID, access to services for refugees hosted by Ethiopia has become much easier, a development…
DCI launches digital identity interoperability standards for social protection
In financial development initiatives, the aim is to ensure benefits reach the right people while reducing duplication and fraud. Authorities…
ID4Africa reveals biggest ever Ambassadors Class Amid growing DPI momentum
Identity movement ID4Africa has published its largest ever Ambassadors Class made up of 130 senior officials working to expand the…
Gates Foundation financial inclusion exit raises questions for DPI ecosystems
The Gates Foundation will end its global financial inclusion work by 2030, saying the sector has made sufficient progress. “Our…
Mozambique seeks expert services to support mass birth, ID registration
Mozambique’s Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs has launched an international call to tender for services to support the…
Build digital ID systems that address underlying causes of statelessness: Caribou
Digital identity systems that do not concretely address the legal and institutional causes of statelessness only risk reproducing or even…
New World Bank data shows 800M people worldwide still lack legal identity
An estimated 800 million people around the world still lack official proof of identity with many of them children whose…
Malawi eyes SDG 16.9 target with universal legal identity blueprint
Malawi doesn’t want to be left behind in terms of meeting the 16.9 target of the UN Sustainable Development Goals…
Mobai wins Norwegian Research Council grant for user-controlled shareable biometrics
Facial biometrics company Mobai has won a 12.3 million Norwegian kroner (US$1.2 million) grant from the Research Council of Norway…
