Early and proactive public engagement needed for DPI projects: panel

Digital Public Infrastructure has become a hot topic in the development and identity communities, but as with any technology, will only deliver the promised benefits if properly implemented, said panelists discussing insights from an ID4Africa 2023 workshop.

Workshop 1 on “User-Centric Digital Public Infrastructure” was chaired by the World Bank at the May event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Julia Clark of the World Bank started the livecast segment with a definition of Digital Public Infrastructure as the platforms that …

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