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There is a lot more work to be done and plenty of consultations to undertake, but we understand that as we increasingly rely on digital technology as part of our everyday lives, the government has a responsibility to ensure we can offer a digital ID system that is voluntary, efficient and meets peoples needs and most importantly offers the highest security for their personal information
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Another functional question that needs to be resolved concerns how we communicate the value of data stewardship as an ideal, and relatedly the value of data itself. Given the unequal relationships between technology companies and people, the fact that data is a valuable resource that can be used for negotiation is still not necessarily understood.
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Our government is embarking on a journey to create A Digital Strategy for Aotearoa that seeks to respond to the social, economic, education and cultural opportunities from digital technology, along with the risks that these technologies can bring.
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## Explainer
* [What Is a Blockchain (SSI) Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq0MQH4fAgc&t=3s) Blockchain Africa Conference 2022
> What is the value of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) for organisations and citizens? What are the current initiatives and traction of SSI in South Africa? What are the economic benefits and the hurdles to SSI adoption in South Africa?
* [Digital identity can transform Africas economic landscape](https://www.globalbusinessoutlook.com/digital-identity-can-transform-africas-economic-landscape/) 2021-10-25 Global Business Outlook
> In 2018, I was trying to open a bank account in my home town of Mutare, Zimbabwe, having just come back from the 1st world, I was under the impression it would take me at most 30 mins to an hour. I immediately realised I couldnt provide most of the requirements such as my Proof of Residence and many more. It turns out it took weeks and months for some to finish the entire process.
* [Why Self-Sovereign Digital Identity Is A Game Changer For Financial Inclusion In Africa](https://www.africa.com/why-self-sovereign-digital-identity-is-a-game-changer-for-financial-inclusion-in-africa/) 2021-09-14 Africa.com
> This builds on four years of Absas work with BankServ, other banks and multiple local and global forums, to set up an industry-wide governance framework for self-sovereign identity, including collaboration with the South African International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to develop documentation that covers the standards for SSDI management.
## Power - Inclusion
* [Self-sovereign digital identity is a game changer for African financial inclusion](https://it-online.co.za/2021/09/10/self-sovereign-digital-identity-is-a-game-changer-for-african-financial-inclusion/) ITOnline 2021-09-10
> Much like cell phone technology and the internet, the true power of SSDI will only be unleashed when it is embedded across all sectors of society, from education and medical care to telecommunications and retail. And that will require all role players government bodies, regulators, service providers, public and private agencies to take up the SSDI baton and become part of the change.
* [At the Crossroads of Digital Imperialism & Digital Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Yr9hwMm8s) 2021-05-29 Berkman Klein
> This panel examines questions of unequal power in the global digital economy (through U.S corporations, China, and Brussels (i.e. dominance through legal rules), and the ways in which this manifests itself in developing countries in Africa.
## Government
* [3 Stages of a Pan-African Identity Framework for Establishing Self-Sovereign Identity With Blockchain](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2021.631640/full) 2021-11-11 Solomon Darnell, Joseph Sevilla
> Three stages have been identified as necessities to accomplish the development of this system before opening it further beyond the pan-African worldwide community. The three stages are defined by systems that allow for biometric/demographic registration (stage 1), interoperability and security hardening (stage 2), and biometric modality data analysis/organization/association (stage 3).
* [Kiva Protocol, Built on Hyperledger Indy, Ursa and Aries, Powers Africas First Decentralized National ID system](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2021/01/20/kiva-protocol-built-on-hyperledger-indy-ursa-and-aries-powers-africas-first-decentralized-national-id-system) 2021-01-20
> Since the launch of Kiva Protocol, Davie says global regulators have made significant progress in terms of how they are considering digital identity and eKYC verifications. He sees a global movement towards user-owned and -controlled data, better privacy, and more universal access
> *[...]*
> As of today, Kiva is focusing on building additional ecosystem applications and services to make it easier for all stakeholders to access and use Kiva Protocol. Much of this is being contributed upstream into the Hyperledger Indy and Aires projects, with the remaining components hosted in Kivas repository.
* [Case Study: Kiva launches Africas first national decentralized ID system with Hyperledger Indy](https://www.hyperledger.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hyperledger_CaseStudy_Kiva_Printable.pdf) 2021-01
> Kiva, a US-based nonprofit organization focused on financial inclusion, has built Kiva Protocol to help enable universal financial access. In 2019, Sierra Leone, a West African nation of about 7 million, launched the National Digital Identity Platform (NDIP) that used Kiva Protocol to enable fast, cheap, and secure identity verification for its citizens.
## Business
* [The vital role of LEI Issuers in facilitating wider adoption of globally recognized business identities across Africa with Alberta Abbey from London Stock Exchange Group](https://www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/blog/number-three-in-the-financial-inclusion-interview-series-the-vital-role-of-lei-issuers-in-facilitating-wider-adoption-of-globally-recognized-business-identities-across-africa-with-alberta-abbey-from-lseg-london-stock-exchange-group) 2021-10-13 GLEIF
> We spoke with Alberta Abbey, LEI Analyst, Data & Analytics, LSEG to discuss how this initiative will support wider adoption of globally recognized business identities, in the form of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs), across Africa and how to encourage more entities across Africa to obtain LEIs.
* [Panel: Self-Sovereign Identity for Economic Empowerment: Lessons from Africa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpLzQk9fmnM) 2021-06-14 HGF2021
> Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a movement that claims digital identity should be just as legitimate and nuanced as a persons human identity, while being accessible to all, privacy-preserving, and not reliant on a single government or corporation. The worldwide adoption of SSI has the potential to increase people's access to goods and services, including for disadvantaged individuals that do not have a government ID. Kiva, DIDx, and Farmer Connect are all using SSI backed by Hyperledger Aries/Indy to economically empower people in Africa. The panellists will specifically focus on the successes and obstacles that each of them have faced in helping to bring SSI to Africa. The speakers will share insights from each of their respective projects which are diverse in industry and use case.
## African SSI Initiatives
* [Remittances Specialist Leverages Biometric Onboarding Via Onfido](https://findbiometrics.com/remittances-specialist-leverages-biometric-onboarding-via-onfido-050604/) 2022-05-06 Find Biometrics
> Chipper Cash has become the latest financial institution to adopt Onfidos identity verification technology. The company currently operates one of the largest money transfer platforms in Africa, and is hoping
* [Creating Social Inclusion Opportunities for African Youth with Lohan Spies](https://northernblock.io/yoma-social-inclusion-for-african-youth/) 2021-09-14 Northern Block
> [Yoma](https://www.yoma.foundation/) is a youth marketplace that is incubated by UNICEF in Africa.  It enables youth to Learn (through Yoma learning partners), Earn (through employers in the ecosystem) and Thrive by completing Impact challenges (e.g., plastic clean-up, reforestation) that benefit our environment and communities.  All of this is enabled through a SSI-enabled digital CV and personalized learning environment.
### Cardano's Ethiopia Project
* [Why a Little-Known Blockchain-Based Identity Project in Ethiopia Should Concern Us All](https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-a-little-known-blockchain-based-identity-project-in-ethiopia-should-concern-us-all/) 2021-12-07 Cigi Online
> Hoskinson, whose ultimate ambition is to build a [national ID system for Ethiopia](https://www.yahoo.com/now/cardano-plans-build-national-id-073828481.html), recently struck a deal with Ethiopias Ministry of Education for a blockchain-based ID pilot involving five million secondary school students. As he [describes](https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/04/28/decentralized-identity-on-the-blockchain-is-the-key-to-iohks-vision-for-africa/) it, “Every one of these students will have a digital identity — a DID. That DID carries with it information — metadata — that will travel with them throughout their academic life, and follow them into the economic world.”
* [Cardano plans to build national ID blockchain system in Ethiopia](https://www.yahoo.com/now/cardano-plans-build-national-id-073828481.html) 2021-08-20 Yahoo
> “Weve got about a million people onboarded,” he said. “Its K through 12, and were going to do the first launch I think, sometime in September or October." "Its our intention to compete amongst others for the whole national ID system, which is about 110 million people.” In relation to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopias, the ADA founder was quick to defend the projects continued assistance to the Ethiopian government.
* [Ethiopia: Innovation - Here's What Cardano (ADA) Has Been Up to With the Ethiopia Project](https://allafrica.com/stories/202108190100.html) 2021-08-19
> "The vision of the company is to improve the systems of the world for everyone everywhere, and the places that need better systems aren't necessarily Berlin or New York City. So you have to go to places that are a little more difficult, and you have to be very careful as you do it."
### Diwala
* [Diwala](https://www.diwala.io/)
> Diwala is a SaaS platform that allows our customers to hold, verify, and issue any digital credential in the world. Built to enable access and optimize data integrity.
>
> Our mission is to build an ecosystem of digital inclusivity by enabling easy issuance and verification of credentials. To enable access, build trust, and optimize how we work.
>
> We are a fully remote, diverse, and skilled team, with members from Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Congo Brazzaville, Norway, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka, and India, 9 nationalities altogether.
* [The Story of Diwala](https://www.diwala.io/post/the-story-of-diwala)
> Thea Sommerseth Myhren had heard about this opportunity and gathered some of her connections to form a team that would take on the challenge. All together, we were 9 people from various backgrounds ranging from blockchain, front-end, humanitarian development, programming, economy, graphic, interaction & human centered focused design.
>
> After 36 hours of intense brainstorming, discussing, hacking, designing and hundreds of post its later the Diwala concept was born and presented to the judges. We were so happy when they announced the top 3 winning solutions; Diwala ,Vipicash and Digital Cash Grab Bag!
### FLexID
* [FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africas unbanked](https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/26/zimbabwe-flexid-algorand-funding-decentralized-identity/) 2022-05-26 TechCrunch
> Theres a general conception that increasing access to financial services in a country leads to improvement in peoples economic welfare. And thats what the Zimbabwean government sought to accomplish when it introduced a [financial inclusion scheme from 2016 to 2020](https://www.rbz.co.zw/index.php/financial-stability/financial-inclusion/financial-inclusion-strategy).
* [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/) 2022-05 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
### Gravity Earth
* [Q&A with Gravitys lead engineer: François Guérin](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/q-a-with-gravitys-lead-engineer-fran%C3%A7ois-gu%C3%A9rin-babb3659be86)
As the Lead Developer, a big part of my role is to build Gravitys decentralized identity protocol and blockchain architecture on Tezos.
* [Gravitys 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 Gravitys decentralized identity protocol on Tezos to provide much-needed cash transfers to vulnerable Kenyan populations.

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"Digital technologies are transforming the way British Columbians live, work and play. To meet their changing expectations, governments transformation is also underway. Its about using modern tools and technologies to deliver the services people want and maximizing the power of data to improve the services people need."
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title: "General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union"
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date: 2020-01-06
title: eIDAS - European Electronic Identification and Trust Services
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The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure aims to deliver EU-wide cross-border digital public services using blockchain technology. The EBSI will materialize as a network of distributed nodes across Europe (the blockchain), leveraging an increasing number of applications focused on specific use cases.
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The preliminary draft of the federal law declared the purpose of the E-ID to be to ensure "secure identification by means of E-ID among private individuals and with authorities". The protection of the personality and fundamental rights of individuals is to be provided by the following principles
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The government is committed to realising the benefits of digital identity, without creating ID cards. Earlier this year we published a draft of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework. This document sets out what rules and standards are needed to protect peoples sensitive identity data when used digitally
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It would establish a task force to bring together key federal agencies with state and local government representatives to develop secure methods for government agencies to validate identity attributes to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification tools in the public and private sectors.
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- The right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information; and
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising their CCPA rights.
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The context of the eSSIF-Lab vision can be found in articles 8-10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), that state the rights of individuals regarding their privacy, and their freedoms to collect, process, store, and express information in a self-sovereign fashion, i.e. in a way that they can decide for themselves.
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