ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS 2025
DAY
01
PS1: DIGITAL IDENTITY PROGRESS IN AFRICA
PS2: DIGITAL IDENTITY: SUCCESS, STANDARDS & SCALE
Sidi Ali NAFEE, Director & CEO, National Agency for the Population Register and Secure Titles (ANRPTS); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Edson GUYAI, Director, ID Management, National Identification Authority (NIDA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Aristide ADJINACOU, Director General, National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP)
SOMALIA
Abdiwali Ali ABDULLE, Director General, National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Mphatso SAMBO, Principal Secretary, National Registration Bureau and ID4Africa Ambassador​​
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Beyond ID: Building universal citizen-centric DPI
Dr. Pramod VARMA, Co-Chair, Center for DPI​​​
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DAY
02
PS3 : THE SOLUTIONS FORUM: DIGITAL IDENTITY IN USE (PART I)
PS4: THE SOLUTIONS FORUM: DIGITAL IDENTITY IN USE (PART II)
PS5A : FROM DATA TO DIGNITY: GUARDRAILING DIGITAL IDENTITY
PS5B: DPI FOR DEVELOPMENT
In Partnership with Government: Industry's role in building inclusive scalable digital identity
Agnès DIALLO, CEO, IN Groupe (former Executive Director of EU-Lisa)
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Enabling Financial Inclusion by Leveraging Digital Identity
Yared WOLDESENBET, Cluster Head, Eastern Africa & Country Manager, Ethiopia, Visa
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Enabling Digital Transformation in Africa with Inclusive Digital IDs and Integrated Payments
Rahul PARTHE, Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO, TECH5
Binding Humans to Identity Data & Privileges: An introduction to UR Codes
Owen McSHANE, Vice President, Government Relations, FaceTec
Digitally TRUSTED Uganda: The UGPASS way
Ramamohan REDDY, Founder & CEO, DigitalTrust Technologies
Dr. Hatwib MUGASA, Executive Director, National Information Technology Authority (NITA), Uganda
Digitizing Identities: From vision to reality
Kalkidan AREGA, CEO, Toppan Security Ethiopia
Maximizing the Potential of Tourism, Travel, and Commerce with Digital Identity
Andy SMITH, Senior Director of Industry and Innovation, SITA AT BORDERS
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Unlocking the Future of Travel: Mobile ePassport services
Xavier PROST, Managing Director & Regional Head of Sales, MEA, Veridos
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Unlocking the Power of Digital Identity: The Ghana Card’s impact on healthcare
Moses Kwesi BAIDEN Jnr, CEO & Founder, Margins ID Group
Tomas ANTOLIK Sales Director, EMEA, Innovatrics
Eric NGUENTI Sales Director, Akieni
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Thulani MAVUSO, Deputy Director General: Operations, Department of Home Affairs
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Dr. Jean AHOLOU, National Coordinator, WURI-Benin
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Brice Gabin KAMDEM KOUAM, Head, Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Civil Decentralization and Local Development (MINDDEVEL)
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Dr. Lourinho CHEMANE, Board Chairman, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador​​
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Strategies for Inclusion-By-Design
Saniya ANSAR, Economist, The World Bank
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The Economic Costs of Identity Exclusion: Evidence from across the identity supply chain
Prof. Edgar WHITLEY, Professor of Information Systems, Department of Management, London School of Economics
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Digital Public Infrastructure: Unlocking value accelerating development
Chahine HAMILA, e-Gov Senior Advisor & Technologist, UNDP
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THE AFRICAN DIGITAL IDENTITY HACKATHON
Andrew MUSOKE, Research Engineer, Upanzi Network, CMU (Carnegie Mellon University)
Assane GUEYE, Associate Teaching Professor, CMU; Co-Director, Upanzi Network & CyLab-Africa
Anshul PACHOURI Senior Manager, MicroSave Consulting
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DAY
03
T1-P1: DIGITAL IDENTITY:
GLOBAL ADOPTION LANDSCAPE & FOUNDATIONS FOR ROBUSTNESS (PART 1/4)
T1-P2: DIGITAL IDENTITY: DATA SHARING & INTEROPERABILITY– INTERAGENCY & WALLETS (PART 2/4)
T1-P3: DIGITAL IDENTITY: DIGITAL CREDENTIALS
T2-P1: LEGAL IDENTITY:
PROGRESS IN BIRTH REGISTRATION & DIGITALIZATION
(PART 1/4)
T2-P2: LEGAL IDENTITY:
UNLOCKING THE POWER OF SYNERGIES-CR, HEALTH & ID
(PART 2/4)
T2-P3: LEGAL IDENTITY:
IN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION AND MOBILITY (PART 3/4)
T3-P1: DIGITAL PUBLIC GOODS IN USE (PART 3/4)
T3-P2: UNIVERSAL DPI SAFEGUARDS IN ACTION
T3-P3: IDENTITY IN FINANCE:
EMPOWERING INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES
(PART 1/2)
T3-P4: IDENTITY IN FINANCE: BUILDING THE FINANCIAL STACK
(PART 2/2)
THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY ADOPTION
Adam COOPER, Technical Consultant, European Commission and The World Bank
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BIOMETRICS: THE CORNERSTONE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY
Patrick GROTHER, Chair, ISO/IEC JCT SC 37 Subcommittee—Biometrics; and Biometric Testing Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
LIVENESS DETECTION AND ROBUSTNESS AGAINST FRAUD
Prof. Stephanie SCHUCKERS, Distinguished Professor in Computing & Informatics, University of North Carolina
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Data Sharing and Interoperability: Lessons learned from Practice and
Real-World Implementation
Dr. Nizar BEN NEJI, ICT Expert and Strategist & Former Minister of ICT, Tunisia
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Marc-André LOKO, Director General, Information Systems and Digital Agency (ASIN)
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Alberto MOUNGUENGUI MOUDOKI, Director General, National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF); and ID4Africa Ambassador
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Togbe AGBAGLA, Technical Director, Togo Digital Agency (ATD)
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Connie FRANCIS, Director, Management Information System, NIDA​​
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USER-CENTRIC DATA SHARING PLATFORMS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Ott SARV, Chairperson / Senior eGov & Digital Identity Wallets Advisor, GovConsult
DIGITAL CREDENTIALS: DIVERSITY, UNDERPINNINGS & THE LATEST ADDITIONS
Dr. Peter WAGGETT, Chair, ISO/IEC JCT SC 17 Subcommittee --Identity Credentials; and UK Director of Strategic Relationships, IBM Research Europe
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DTC, eVisa, eTA Visible Digital Seals (VDS): More than travel credentials
Christopher HORNEK, Facilitation Subject Matter Expert, ICAO
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Assessing the Matching Accuracy of VDS-Stored Face Data
Patrick GROTHER, Chair, ISO/IEC JCT SC 37 Subcommittee—Biometrics;
and Biometric Testing Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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The VDS in Ethiopia’s Fayda Program
Kassaye Tafesse BELEW, Head of Cybersecurity, National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia
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Decentralization of Trust: Bhutan’s digital identity project
Tshewang CHOJAY, Dy. Chief ICT Officer, GovTech Agency, Bhutan
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W3C and the Opportunities and Challenges of Decentralization
Ott SARV Chairperson / Senior eGov & Digital Identity Wallets Advisor, GovConsult​​​
Nankali MAKSUD, Regional Child Protection Adviser, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), UNICEF
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Achieving Universal Birth Registration
Bhaskar MISHRA, CRVS & Legal Identity Specialist, UNICEF
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Aliou Ousmane SALL, Director General, National Civil Status Agency (ANEC); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
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Brahim ALI SEID, Coordinator, Cooperation & Civil Registration Unit, National Agency for Secure Titles (ANATS)
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Dr. Abdoulaye ALKADI, National Director, Civil Status, National Directorate of Civil Status; and ID4Africa Ambassador
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Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI, Director General & Chief Registration Officer, NCRA; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Patricia MPUYA, Registration Manager, Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA)
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Noël-Richelieu LUENDA MAMBUENE, Head, Office in Charge of Civil Status and Population, Kinshasa Urban Division, Ministry of the Interior
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Lamin FATTY, Registrar, Births and Deaths, Ministry of Health; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Nelson GONÇALVES, Head, Legal Identity Unit, IOM
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Maarouf ISSAKA-TOURE, Senior Coordinator, DIMA: Data, Identity Management & Analysis, Regional Bureau for the East, Horn and Great lakes, UNHCR
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LEGAL IDENTITY & STATELESSNESS
Monika SANDVIK, Senior Statelessness Coordinator/ Head of Section, UNHCR
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LEGAL IDENTITY & STATELESSNESS
Obwogi Jonathan OMBATI, Legal Officer, Office of the Legal Counsel, African Union Commission
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Building Legal and Digital Identity Foundations for Inclusion and Mobility
Florian HÖFLE, Co-founder & CEO, TRUSTFELLOWS; and Expert Consultant, Digital ID, IOM
Aijan BORONBAEVA, Project Officer, Legal Identity Unit, IOM
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Innovative Solution for Regularizing Migration Using VDS
Ago Christian KODIA, Director General, National Agency for Civil Registration and Identity (ONECI); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Côte d’Ivoire
Diakalidia KONATÉ, Executive Secretary, National Border Commission (CNFCI), Côte d’Ivoire
THE DPGA AND THE 50-IN-5 INITIATIVE
Bolaji AYODEJI, DPG Evangelist & Technical Coordinator, Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)
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Applications of OpenG2P in Ethiopia
Puneet JOSHI, CTO, OpenG2P
Girum KETEMA, Director, Digital Agriculture and Finance Program, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute
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Empowering Morocco’s system for identifying and targeting social programs beneficiaries
Nagarajan SANTHANAM, Chief Dissemination Officer, MOSIP & OpenG2P
Dr. Omar EL ALAMI, Project Director, National Population Register, Department of Information Systems and Telecommunications, Ministry of Interior; and ID4Africa Ambassador, Morocco
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Powering Cameroon’s Long-Term Vision for Universal Health Insurance
Saurav BHATTARAI, Team Lead, openIMIS, Global Alliances for Social Protection, GIZ
Emmanuel BATOUM, Head, IT Department, Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon
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Enhancing Agricultural Subsidies through Digital Public Infrastructure and Interoperability
Jeremi JOSLIN, Executive Director, OpenSPP
Janaki AMARATUNGE, Additional Secretary, Development (Fertilizer
Division), Government of Sri Lanka
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Krisstina RAO, Research Fellow, UCL & Consultant, Co-Develop
Raja CHANDRASEKHARAN, DPI Safeguards Advisor, UNDP
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Digital Identity in Africa’s Financial Sector: Findings from recent research
Barry COOPER, Technical Director, Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
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GHANA
The Ghana Card: The PPP-enabled platform for eKYC
Dr. Settor Kwabla AMEDIKU, Director & Head, Payment Systems Department, Bank of Ghana
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NIGERIA
The NIBSS Strategy for eKYC in Nigeria
Premier OIWOH, Managing Director & CEO, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS)
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MALAWI
The Impact of the National Digital Identity on the Financial Sector
Gertrude KADUMBO, CEO & Board Secretary, National Switch Limited; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
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LESOTHO
Streamlining KYC in Lesotho
Mothetsi SEKOATI, Director, Payments & Settlements, Central Bank of Lesotho
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BURUNDI
Digital Identity as a Catalyst for Financial Inclusion and Formal Economy Access
Irene KABURA MURIHANO, First Deputy Governor, Bank of the Republic of Burundi; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
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Vera NEUGEBAUER, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
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DAY
04
Workshop 1:
E-Signatures, PKI and Consent Management: Enabling high-trust digital transactions
The World Bank
Workshop 4: Procurement Strategies for Digital Identity: Build, buy & beyond
UNDP
Workshop 5: Designing Identity Systems in Uncertain Times
Caribou Digital
Nay CONSTANTINE, Legal Expert and Data Governance Specialist, ID4D Initiative, Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank
Christopher TULLIS, Senior Digital Development Specialist, The World Bank
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E-Signatures, PKI and Consent Management: Enabling high-trust digital transactions
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Additional Resources:
- E-Signatures
- PKI
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Victor MARGALL VON HEGYESHALMY, Governance Procurement Lead, Office of Procurement, UNDP
Chahine HAMILA, e-Gov Senior Advisor & Technologist, UNDP
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​Procurement Strategies for Digital Identity: Build, Buy, and Beyond
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Dr. Emrys SCHOEMAKER, Senior Director, Advisory & Policy, Caribou Digital
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​Designing Identity Systems In Uncertain Times
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