On September 16th, Voice of America spoke with Dr. Atick on International Identity Day and what it means for the world. Learn more about ID-Day: https://www.id-day.org/ Learn more about ID4Africa: https://id4africa.com/

ID4Africa kickstarted Season 3 of its much-awaited LiveCasts with commemorations for International Identity Day (16 September) and an exciting new series called “i-On-Africa”. Each i-On-Africa episode will provide an in-depth report and analysis of progress made by two African countries towards their goal of identity-for-all and will feature a Director-General from each country who will engage with Dr. Joseph Atick to extract best practices and lessons learned. In this series premiere, we hear progress reports from Nigeria and Rwanda. In commemoration of #Identityday, this episode highlighted the 5 Top winners of our ID-Day competition with a Live vote to allow LiveCast attendees to vote for the official winner. It also spotlighted country-level updates on Identity Day activities taking place in Nigeria, Namibia, DR Congo, Angola, Niger and Lesotho. On 16 September (in recognition of SDG 16.9), ID4Africa wishes everyone a very Happy, International Identity Day! Stand with us and share our ID-Day 2021 campaign video: https://youtu.be/enD8gI7T-6M Also: please consider VOTING FOR ID4AFRICA in this year's #GoodID Awards (under the Inclusion category) to recognize our steadfast dedication to the cause of identity for all in Africa: https://bit.ly/2Yupcqx Outline: 00:00 Opening remarks by Executive Chairman Dr. Atick 12:25 ID-Day Design Competition Vote for Grand Prize 42:16 I-ON-AFRICA Launch 43:34 The Nigeria Report with DG Aliyu Aziz & Hadiza Dagabana (NIMC) 1:16:41 The Rwanda Report with Josephine Mukesha, Stephen Bugingo, Jean Claude Niyokwizerwa (NIDA Rwanda) 1:50:25 ID-Day Celebrations with ID4Africa Ambassadors 2:18:19 Conclusion

We are proud to share a message by African influencers and ID4Africa Emissaries on why YOU should stand for identity day. Become a Friend of the Coalition here: https://www.id-day.org/friends Learn more about ID-Day: https://www.id-day.org Learn more about ID4Africa: https://id4africa.com/

Identity management has always played an indispensable role in facilitating citizen participation in the democratic process by making possible trustworthy electoral systems based on unique verifiable identities. However, in recent times these systems have suffered unprecedented political attacks seeking to undermine their credibility, and have been under stress, as they had to function under difficult conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World's current reality calls for reexamining the electoral processes end-to-end to ensure their resilience, and to make them withstand political attacks by demonstrating that they are built on processes that are highly resistant to fraud. This episode of our LiveCast seeks to develop a holistic understanding, and a set of recommendations, for how to design and execute trustworthy elections based on robust identification and data practices that are secure, transparent, and acceptable to all parties. Outline: 00:00 Introduction 14:02 Electoral Commissions with Sy Mamabolo (IEC, South Africa), Chidi Nwafor(INEC, Nigeria), Djenabou Camara-Touré (CENI, Guinea), & Michael Ouma (IEBC, Kenya) 55:46 Industry Innovators with Vincent Bouatou (IDEMIA) and Lyle Charles Laxton (Laxton Group) 1:20:12 Biometrics in African elections with Taona Mwanyisa (The Carter Center, Liberia) + Community Voices 1:40:37 Digital identity and disruption with Amber Sinha (CIS, India), Lucy Purdon (Privacy International, UK), and Isaac Rutenberg & Grace Mutung'u (CIPIT, Kenya) 2:32:08 Conclusion Learn more: https://id4africa.com/livecasts/ Episode details: https://id4africa.com/livecast-episode-18-democracy/

Parts 1 & 2 of our trilogy on Vaccination Certificates & Identity Management have set the pace for discussions on policy deliberations and innovative solutions in the development of COVID verifiable credentials. Both events continue to be praised as being our best series yet! In this Part 3 series finale, ID4Africa Executive Chairman and LiveCast host, Dr. Joseph Atick, gives a tour de force coverage on COVID-19 credentials where he shifts gears with a league of domain experts in a live collaboration searching for a framework for harmonizing national, regional and international efforts in this domain. Outline: 00:00 Introduction 14:17 The CEO Roundtable - Chris Justice (BLOCK BioScience), Adriaan Kruger (nuvoteQ), Rami Kaminer (Pangea), Gary Parish (HD Barcode) & Community Voices 1:19:51 The EU Green Pass - Geert Peters (Zetes) & Pavlina Navratilova (Idemia) 1:46:24 COVID end-to-end digital solution - Rob Lubeck (BurstIQ) 2:01:31 Financial inclusion in emerging economies - Mitchell DeYoung (SPENN) 2:14:20 COVID-19 vaccination certificate solution - Ilja Hofmann (OVD Kinegram) 2:27:38 Standardizing COVID test results & vaccination status - Hilda Karashani & Louisa Petra 2:43:51 Conclusion More details about the panel & this episode: https://id4africa.com/livecast-episode-17-vaccination-certificates/ About ID4Africa LiveCasts: https://id4africa.com/livecasts/

Part 1 of our trilogy on Vaccination Certificates & Identity Management, held April 8th, was a phenomenal event! Packed with relevant, factual and insightful information, it was praised for being our best episode yet! In continuation, we are dedicating Parts 2 & 3 in this series to explore 20 national and private sector initiatives that were selected through a competitive merit-based process from over 75 submissions received during our Call for Participation. Such initiatives are among several others that could help implement the policies that sovereign governments adopt within the interoperable frameworks that were discussed in Part 1. Outline: 00:00 Introduction - Dr. Joseph Atick 12:37 Open Source infrastructure for vaccine credentials - Dr. Pramod Varma (DIVOC, India) 27:13 Digital tests and certificates for travel - Steven Koh (GovTech, Singapore) 41:08 Health ID for Covid Monitoring - Dele Atanda (metaMe) 57:39 Vaccination certificates management system in Egypt - Tamer Shafeek (Get Group) 1:15:49 The Good Health Pass Collaborative - Charles Walton (Mastercard), Jim St.Clair (Lumedic), Tony Rose (Proof Market Inc.) 2:02:08 Covid Certificates with W3C Web Authn - Prof. David Chadwick (Verifiable Credntials) 2:12:32 Use of open Standards - Gilles Barré (OTENTIK) 2:27:54 eGovernment Services during COVID-19 - Franziska Muschik (Veridos) 2:27:39 Conclusion Learn more about the panel: https://id4africa.com/livecast-episode-16-vaccination-certificates/ About ID4Africa LiveCasts: https://id4africa.com/livecasts/

A year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the world is challenged more than ever about the road ahead. Economic and social pressures are pushing governments around the world to adopt measures, such as vaccination passports or certificates, to reopen their borders and relaunch their economies. Unfortunately critical health and scientific evidence needed to craft informed policies is still lacking. Under such circumstances, governments risk adopting ineffective or even harmful policies. In this LiveCast, ID4Africa's Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Atick, unites frontline decision-makers from WHO, ICAO, IATA, ISO, IOM, London School of Economics and Center for Global Development for a no-holds-barred debate on the pros and cons, assumptions, range of applications, and the corresponding policy options that governments could choose from as they explore the feasibility of this controversial credential. Outline: 00:00 Welcome message 3:34 Editorial, Dr. Joseph Atick (ID4Africa) 9:59 Panel introductions & scene-setting - Dr. Joseph Atick (ID4Africa), Natschja Ratanaprayul (WHO), Dr. Ciaràn Carolan (ICAO), Rajeshkumar (ISO), Louise Cole (IATA) 26:26 Initiatives Serving Primary Needs - Dr. Joseph Atick, Natschja Ratanaprayul (WHO), Dr. Ciaràn Carolan (ICAO), Rajeshkumar (ISO), Louise Cole (IATA 1:10:07 The enabling & complementary environments & field realism - Dr. Joseph Atick (ID4Africa), Jeremy Springall (SITA), Florian Forster (IOM), Derrick Muneene (WHO) 1:32:09 Broadening Use Cases - Dr. Joseph Atick (ID4Africa), Dr. Edgar Whitley (LSE), Alan Gelb (CGD) 1:51:34 Ethical & legal Considerations - Dr. Joseph Atick (ID4Africa), Dr. Edgar Whitley (LSE), Derrick Muneene (WHO), Florian Forster (IOM), Alan Gelb (CGD) 2:09:27 Technical Considerations - Derrick Muneene (WHO), Dr. Ciaràn Carolan (ICAO), Rajeshkumar (ISO), Louise Cole (IATA) 2:27:50 Final Policy recommendations, heads up on the road ahead - All panelists.

On March 10, 2021, ID4Africa commemorated International Women’s Day (celebrated March 8), with a very special episode dedicated to gender matters in identity systems and the challenges women and girls face in addressing these systems and their services. The objective was to explore gender gaps and inform policy on how to rectify them and manage risks of exclusion especially in a digital world in the Post-COVID era, where women appear to have been disproportionately disadvantaged. Consistent with our commitment to total inclusion, this episode advocates for policy and pragmatic measures to ensure that women and girls are not left behind. Outline: 00:00 Introduction 11:05 Message from Jamie Zimmerman (Gates Foundation) 16:30 Women's identities in the lens of ending world hunger - Cheryl Harrison (WFP) 31:02 NIMC registration progress including women statistics - Hadiza DAGABANA (NIMC) 39:59 Gender equality in ID & electoral systems in Guinea - Djenabou Camara (CENI, Guinea) 55:23 Barriers to the inclusion of Women in Nigeria's ID system - Lucia Hanmer (World Bank) 1:09:57 Financial Inclusion Landscape in Tanzania - Anna Mushi (FSDT Tanzania) 1:23:15 Examining ID systems in 4 African countries - Evelina Martelli (Bravo! Program) 1:37:27 Gotcha Framework for improving Gender-ID inclusion - Arshi Aadil (MSC) 1:51:14 Empowerment of women through mobile platforms - Erdoo Yongo (GMSA) 2:02:28 One-on-one conversation with Fatima Mede on her 35 yrs of civil service in Nigeria 2:13:39 Q&A and Community Voices 2:41:17 Conclusion Learn more: https://id4africa.com/livecasts Meet the panel: https://id4africa.com/livecast-episode-14-gender-matters/

This important and timely LiveCast explores the recent advancements, considerations and present challenges pertaining to infant identity management. We explore policy dimensions and try to establish evidence-driven best practices which deal with entry into legal identity right from the start. Outline: 00:00 Introduction 13:52 In-conversation with Cornelius Williams, UNICEF 38:35 Traceability of Infant Identity in South Africa with Dr. Ramodumo, DHA South Africa 50:21 Namibia's birth ID system with Tulimeke Munyika, Min. of Home Affairs Namibia 1:08:59 The Role and Value of e-notifications with Ms. Forsingdal, IDRC, Canada 1:23:54 Research on Infant-ID with Prof. Jain, MSU 1:41:39 Child Biometrics for Global Health and Development with Ms. Grigore, Simprints 2:00:31 Conclusion & Community Voices Learn more: https://www.id4africa.com/livecasts