* [FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked](https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/26/zimbabwe-flexid-algorand-funding-decentralized-identity/)TechCrunch
FlexID is giving users a blockchain wallet that stores their verificable credentials. Verification is done on-chain through Algorand, which bills itself as a solution to the [blockchain trilemma](https://www.google.com/search?q%3Dalgorand%2Btrilemma%26oq%3Dalgorand%2Btrilem%26aqs%3Dchrome.0.0i512j69i57j0i390.2391j0j9%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26ie%3DUTF-8)of security, scalability and decentralization. FlexID will also be integrating with other Algorand decentralized apps (dApps).
* [Local digital identity startup FlexID receives funding from Algorand Foundation](https://www.techzim.co.zw/2022/05/local-digital-identity-startup-flexid-receives-funding-from-algorand-foundation/)TechZim
Zimbabwean founded blockchain start-up, [FlexID Technologies](https://www.flexfintx.com/)(formerly FlexFinTx), has signed a Simple Agreement For Equity (SAFE)with the [Algorand Foundation](https://www.algorand.com/), to further develop and scale their Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)platform
* [Q&A with Gravity’s lead engineer: François Guérin](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/q-a-with-gravitys-lead-engineer-fran%25C3%25A7ois-gu%25C3%25A9rin-babb3659be86)
As the Lead Developer, a big part of my role is to build Gravity’s decentralized identity protocol and blockchain architecture on Tezos.
* [Gravity’s Decentralized Identity Protocol, Built on Tezos, To Power DIGID Project in Kenya](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/gravitys-decentralized-identity-protocol-built-on-tezos-to-power-digid-project-in-kenya-a85069f2a027)
This month, Gravity joined some of the largest international NGOs in the world to launch the [Dignified Identities in Cash Programming (DIGID)](https://hiplatform.org/digid)project in Kenya. The goal of this project is to help the Kenya Red Cross leverage Gravity’s decentralized identity protocol on Tezos to provide much-needed cash transfers to vulnerable Kenyan populations.
