EP40: ID4AFRICA 2023: THE DEMAND-SIDE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY

Simulcast Live on May 23, 2023 Plenary Session 2 at ID4Africa 2023 titled "The Demand-Side of Digital Identity" begins with a segment on lessons learned from the use of India's Aadhaar for public service delivery. It then analyzes the economic value of identity, based on a very recent field study from Africa, followed by four African country experiences on how sectoral agencies, namely social protection, finance and health, are using digital identity to deliver their services. On the agenda: 00:00 Introduction: Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa 01:02 S1: Designing Effective Digital IDs: Lessons from Aadhaar with Nidhi Parekh, Project Director, Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) - J-PAL 32:23 S2: The Economic Value of Digital ID in Africa: A multi-country field study with Yiannis Theodorou, Head, Digital ID, Tony Blair Institute 53:52 S3: Digital Identity for Service Delivery 55:30: Focus on Tanzania: Ismail Hassan Rumatila, Director General, National Identification Authority (NIDA) & Josephine J. Temba, E-Payment Coordinator, Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) 1:17:45: Focus on South Africa: Fanie Sethokga, General Manager, Grants Operations, South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) 1:36:36: Focus on Sierra Leone: Michala MacKay, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) & Philip Bangura, Deputy Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Sierra Leone 1:46:49: Focus on Ghana: Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, former CEO, National Health Insurance Authority 2:00:03 S4: Federation, Decentralized Identity & Interoperability of Trust 2:01:27: From Federation to Decentralization: The approach to digital identity in the USA with Gail Hodges, Executive Director, OpenID Foundation 2:22:10: The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet: Enabling the ecosystem for interoperability of trust with Didier Trutt, Chairman, Secure Identity Alliance