ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS 2026
DAY
01
PS3: THE ROLE OF ICT IN SHAPING THE ECOSYSTEM
S2: Emerging ICT Threats to Identity & DPI
Christopher HORNEK, Facilitation Subject Matter Expert, ICAO
Prof. Sébastien MARCEL, Senior Researcher, Biometrics Security & Privacy, Direction, Idiap Research Institute
Tariq MALIK, Technical Advisor, DPI, The World Bank Group; and Former Chairman & CEO, National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Pakistan
DAY
02
PS4: THE SOLUTIONS FORUM (PART I)
PS5: THE SOLUTIONS FORUM (CONT'D)
PS7: THE FRONTLINE
Powering Digital Public Ecosystems through PPPs & Decentralized Digital IDs
Rahul PARTHE, Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO, TECH5
Monetizing Digital Trust: Revenue Strategies for Africa’s Decentralized Identity Revolution
Shashank KUMAR, Head of Sales, Digital ID and Digital Government, TOPPAN Security
Digital Identity: The Engine of Trust Ecosystems
Hassan MAAD, Founder & CEO, iDAKTO
Ramamohan BOMMIREDDI, Founder & CEO, DigitalTrust Technologies
Vision, Execution and Results: Paving the Strategic Path to Success
Xavier PROST, Managing Director, Veridos FZE, Veridos
Digital Identity as a Key Growth Driver: Why Scale, Sustainability and Value Creation Matter
Agnès DIALLO, CEO, IN Groupe
Achieving Interoperability: Linking the Ghana Card Across National Identity Systems & Platforms
Moses BAIDEN JNR., CEO, Margins ID Group
Digital Identity & Cybersecurity: How Safe Is My National Identity System?
Reda CHENNAOUI, Director, Cyber Services, MEA, Thales
Jay MEIER, Chief Identity Technology Strategist, FaceTec
Jakub OLSZOWIEC, Director, R&D and PMO, PWPW
Identity & Digital Frontiers: Verifiable credentials & Interoperability
Priya Patil, Director, UIDAI Technology Centre
From Talent to Pipeline: The African Digital Identity Hackathon Year 2 [VIDEO]
Andrew MUSOKE, Research Engineer, The Upanzi Network, CMU (Carnegie Mellon University)
Moise BUSOGI, Co-Director, The Upanzi Network & CyLab-Africa
Anshul PACHOURI, Senior Manager, MicroSave Consulting
Paula BRENES, Deputy Director, Red GEALC
Beyond The Laws in Data Protection & Privacy
Drudeisha MADHUB, Data Protection Commissioner, Data Protection Office (DPO), Mauritius; and President, Francophone Association of Personal Data Protection Authorities (AFAPDP)
The Human Rights Challenges of Digital ID
Thandeka CHAUKE, Director, Catalysts for Change (C4C); and HR4ID Consortium
Mustafa MAHMOUD YOUSIF, Director, Citizenship Rights Program, Namati; and HR4ID Consortium
The Unique Identity Number: The Case, For and Against
Adamou IRO, President, High Authority for Personal Data Protection (HAPDP), Niger; and President, African Network of Personal Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE, Chairperson, Africa PKI Consortium & Director General/CEO, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Nigeria
Solomon RICHARDSON, Director, Technical Services, National Information Technology Agency (NITA); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Ghana
DAY
03
T1-1: COUNTRY
PLAYBOOKS
T1-2: COUNTRY
PLAYBOOKS
T1-3: COUNTRY
PLAYBOOKS
T2-1: SECURING IDENTITY AS CII: Policy & Legal Frameworks
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)
Ago Christian KODIA, Director General, National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Karidja KONE Epse BAMBA, Director of Affiliation, National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE, Director General/CEO, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Gilbert KITIYO, Secretary, National Registration Bureau, Ministry of Interior and National Administration; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Anderson CHEBII, Deputy Director, ICT, National Registration Bureau, Ministry of Interior and National Administration; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Mary KEREMA, Secretary, ICT, eGovernment and Digital Economy, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Mouhcine YEJJOU, Director, Morocco eID Project, General Directorate for National Security (DGSN); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Loubna KIKOU, Manager, IT Project Monitoring, General Directorate for National Security (DGSN)
Yodahe ZEMICHAEL, Executive Director, National ID Program (NIDP); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Rahel ABRAHAM YITBAREK, Deputy Director & COO, National ID Program (NIDP)
Aristide ADJINACOU, Director General, National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Herbert ASSOGBA, Head, Policy, Partnerships & Multichannel Communication, National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP)
Rosemary KISEMBO, Executive Director, National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Baker BIRIKUJJA, National Data Protection Director, Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO), and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Lillian NAMUKASA, Programs Manager, National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD)
Vincent SSOZI, Assistant Commissioner, Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Ministry of Education
Silété DEVO, Director General, National Identification Agency (ANID); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Togbe AGBAGLA, Technical Director, Togo Digital Agency (ATD); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Josephine MUKESHA, Director General, National Identification Agency (NIDA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Bella RWIGAMBA, Chief Digital Officer, Ministry of Education (MINEDUC)
Jean Claude NIYOKWIZERWA, Digital Identity & Trust Services Expert/ RDAP Project Coordinator, NIDA/ RISA SPIU; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Helmi SOLTANI, General Analyst; Asst. Director, IT Equipment & Application, Ministry of Interior; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Mounir SELMI, Director, Innovative Projects, National Center for Information Technology
Abdiwali Ali ABDULLE, Director General, National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Abdikani WEHLIE, Director General, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Authority; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Fahad MOHAMUD, EMIS System Engineer, Ministry of Education
Edson GUYAI, Director, ID Management, National Identification Authority (NIDA); and ID4Africa Ambassador
Brenda Joshua KILEO, Head, District Coordination Unit, National Identification Authority (NIDA); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Abdallah SAMIZI, Manager, ICT, e-Government Authority; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Olga KAVIRA KINYAMUSITU, Director – Head of Department, Office of the Minister, Ministry of Digital Economy; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Richard ILUNGA NTUMBA, Director General, National Office for Population Identification (ONIP)
Tony MUNONGO, Senior Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office
Global Trends in National Cyber Security Legislation and their Implications for Identity
Dr. Albert ANTWI-BOASIAKO, Executive Chairman, e-Crime Bureau; and Immediate Past Director General, Cyber Security Authority, Ghana
The Reliability Problem in AI-Driven Identity Proofing
Dr. Idris ZAKARIYYA, Research Associate, Cybersecurity, Risk Analysis and Management of Identity Systems, The Alan Turing Institute
Ramzi KHLIF, Director General, National Agency for Electronic Certification, Tuntrust, Tunisi
Cloud Security in National ID Systems
Darren LENTZ, Senior Manager & Digital Trust Lead, KPMG South Africa
Dr. Abdoulaye ALKADI, National Director, Civil Status, National Directorate of Civil Status; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI, Director General & Chief Registration Officer, NCRA; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Global Trends in National Cyber Security Legislation and their Implications for Identity
Dr. Albert ANTWI-BOASIAKO, Executive Chairman, e-Crime Bureau; and Immediate Past Director General, Cyber Security Authority, Ghana
The Reliability Problem in AI-Driven Identity Proofing
Dr. Idris ZAKARIYYA, Research Associate, Cybersecurity, Risk Analysis and Management of Identity Systems, The Alan Turing Institute
Ramzi KHLIF, Director General, National Agency for Electronic Certification, Tuntrust, Tunisi
Cloud Security in National ID Systems
Darren LENTZ, Senior Manager & Digital Trust Lead, KPMG South Africa
Dr. Abdoulaye ALKADI, National Director, Civil Status, National Directorate of Civil Status; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI, Director General & Chief Registration Officer, NCRA; and ID4Africa Ambassador
Nelson GONÇALVES, Head, Legal Identity Unit, IOM
Maarouf ISSAKA-TOURE, Senior Coordinator, DIMA: Data, Identity Management & Analysis, Regional Bureau for the East, Horn and Great lakes, UNHCR
LEGAL IDENTITY & STATELESSNESS
Monika SANDVIK, Senior Statelessness Coordinator/ Head of Section, UNHCR
LEGAL IDENTITY & STATELESSNESS
Obwogi Jonathan OMBATI, Legal Officer, Office of the Legal Counsel, African Union Commission
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
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)
Applications of OpenG2P in Ethiopia
Puneet JOSHI, CTO, OpenG2P
Girum KETEMA, Director, Digital Agriculture and Finance Program, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute
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
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
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
Krisstina RAO, Research Fellow, UCL & Consultant, Co-Develop
Raja CHANDRASEKHARAN, DPI Safeguards Advisor, UNDP
Digital Identity in Africa’s Financial Sector: Findings from recent research
Barry COOPER, Technical Director, Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
GHANA
The Ghana Card: The PPP-enabled platform for eKYC
Dr. Settor Kwabla AMEDIKU, Director & Head, Payment Systems Department, Bank of Ghana
NIGERIA
The NIBSS Strategy for eKYC in Nigeria
Premier OIWOH, Managing Director & CEO, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS)
MALAWI
The Impact of the National Digital Identity on the Financial Sector
Gertrude KADUMBO, CEO & Board Secretary, National Switch Limited; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
LESOTHO
Streamlining KYC in Lesotho
Mothetsi SEKOATI, Director, Payments & Settlements, Central Bank of Lesotho
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
Vera NEUGEBAUER, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
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
E-Signatures, PKI and Consent Management: Enabling high-trust digital transactions
Additional Resources:
- E-Signatures
- PKI
Victor MARGALL VON HEGYESHALMY, Governance Procurement Lead, Office of Procurement, UNDP
Chahine HAMILA, e-Gov Senior Advisor & Technologist, UNDP
Procurement Strategies for Digital Identity: Build, Buy, and Beyond
Dr. Emrys SCHOEMAKER, Senior Director, Advisory & Policy, Caribou Digital
Designing Identity Systems In Uncertain Times
