{"id":33729,"date":"2021-11-01T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=33729"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:48:35","slug":"assessing-socio-digital-identity-ecosystems-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/assessing-socio-digital-identity-ecosystems-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing socio-digital identity ecosystems in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research ICT Africa and <a href=\"https:\/\/cis-india.org\/\">the Centre for Internet and Society <\/a>(Delhi, India) partnered in 2021 to examine the design, development, governance, and implementation of evolving socio-digital identity ecosystems in ten African countries. (We explained the background to and reasons for this work in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaportal.org\/features\/introducing-digital-id-dispatches-africa-series\/\">previous blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>With support from the Omidyar Network, the joint team worked with local researchers in <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-ghana-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-kenya-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-lesotho-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Lesotho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-mozambique-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-nigeria-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-rwanda-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-south-africa-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-tanzania-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-uganda-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Uganda<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/digital-identity-in-zimbabwe-case-study-conducted-as-part-of-a-ten-country-exploration-of-socio-digital-id-systems-in-parts-of-africa\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a> to extract a snapshot of the state of digital identity, using an <a href=\"https:\/\/cis-india.org\/internet-governance\/blog\/governing-id-a-framework-for-evaluation-of-digital-identity\">evaluation framework<\/a> specifically designed by CIS for assessing digital identity ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The ten case studies arising from this project were published individually this past week, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/conclusion-assessing-socio-digital-identity-ecosystems-in-africa\/\">this comparative report<\/a> in which the RIA and CIS teams analyse similarities, differences, policy windows, and concerns highlighted in the reports.<\/p>\n<p>Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/conclusion-assessing-socio-digital-identity-ecosystems-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/researchictafrica.net\/publication\/conclusion-assessing-socio-digital-identity-ecosystems-in-africa\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Research ICT Africa and the Centre for Internet and Society (Delhi, India) partnered in 2021 to examine the design, development, governance, and implementation of evolving socio-digital identity ecosystems in ten African countries. 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