{"id":32192,"date":"2024-05-21T18:10:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=32192"},"modified":"2024-05-21T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:10:15","slug":"africas-digital-id-advancements-in-spotlight-at-id4africa-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/21\/africas-digital-id-advancements-in-spotlight-at-id4africa-agm\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s Digital ID Advancements in Spotlight at ID4Africa AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Representatives from across Africa convened at the 2024 ID4Africa annual general assembly in Cape Town to share experiences and insights into the continent’s digital identity journey. Despite significant progress in implementing legal and digital identity systems, numerous challenges remain.<\/p>\n

Government officials from Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, and other nations showcased their respective digital ID initiatives, offering lessons learned and highlighting ongoing efforts to overcome obstacles.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia’s National ID program executive director, Yodahe Zemichael, discussed the scaling up of the Fayda digital ID and its various applications, emphasizing its role in facilitating access to services.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Immigration and Citizen Services, Prof Julius Bitok, reflected on the country’s journey towards implementing the Maisha digital ID system, acknowledging past failures and current challenges, including legal hurdles.<\/p>\n

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) director general, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, outlined the agency’s recent achievements in expanding the digital ID number (NIN) issuance and emphasized the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach.<\/p>\n

Representatives from South Africa, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Liberia shared successes and challenges with their digital ID systems, including reforms, biometric enrollment, and linkage to public services.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs representative, Sihle Mthiyane, discussed reforms aimed at establishing a new identity management policy and enhancing digital identity’s role in the country’s digital transformation.<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s ID authority head, Josephine Mukesha, provided updates on the country’s progress towards launching a digital ID system and digitizing civil registration processes, emphasizing the system’s integration with government services and inclusivity.<\/p>\n

Sierra Leone showcased its digital ID’s role in accessing public services, while Liberia highlighted its digital ID experience despite encountering low public interest.<\/p>\n

The assembly concluded with discussions on gender-neutral ID policies and explored practical uses of digital ID in the Philippines, India, and Tunisia. The agenda for Day 2 includes plenary sessions, expositions, and networking, with the highlight being the announcement of the host country for the ID4Africa 2025 AGM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representatives from across Africa convened at the 2024 ID4Africa annual general assembly in Cape Town to share experiences and insights into the continent’s digital identity journey. Despite significant progress in implementing legal and digital identity systems, numerous challenges remain. Government officials from Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, and other nations showcased their respective digital ID […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":32193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32199,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32192\/revisions\/32199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}