ID4Africa Joins the Secure Identity Alliance as Advisory Observer
Dr Joseph J. Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa, will represent ID4Africa
Paris, November 15th, 2017 – The Secure Identity Alliance, the global identity and secure eServices advisory body, today announces that ID4Africa, a multi-stakeholder movement that promotes the transparent and responsible adoption of digital identity in the service of development in Africa, has joined the Association as an Advisory Observer.
ID4Africa will support the Association’s work championing the role of trusted digital identities for all in Africa and will provide valuable knowledge transfer and insights on the real-world experiences and best practices that underpin the launch of successful and sustainable identity programmes across the continent.
ID4Africa’s presence as an Advisory Observer is set to further transform the individual expertise and experience of SIA members into collective knowledge that will be utilized to benefit the identity community in Africa. The digital identity movement in Africa aims to deliver against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.9 – to provide legal identity for all including free birth registrations by 2030.
Dr Joseph J. Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa, will represent ID4Africa, lending his considerable expertise to the Alliance’s workgroup programs. A founding member of the identity industry more than 25 years ago, Dr Atick has played an instrumental role in many of the world’s leading identity programs and is an active partner of many international organizations in identity for development initiatives around the world.
“The social and economic impact of e-ID for African countries is significant and is vital to ensuring that ordinary citizens will be able to claim their rights and benefit from the fruits of development,” says Dr Atick. “The Secure Identity Alliance is perfectly placed to help us enable governments and other organizations in Africa understand the positive impact of digital identity in socio-economic and political development and implement digital identity systems that work for all.”
Welcoming ID4Africa to the Association, Frédéric Trojani, President of the Secure Identity Alliance, said: “Dr Atick is a strong advocate of privacy and the responsible use of identity technology, and brings with him a wealth of hands-on knowledge and expertise in this field. He has been and is involved in a great many programs in Africa. This knowledge will prove invaluable as we continue to evolve programs that support governments in the region become part of the Digital Identity Revolution.”
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Note to Editors: About the Secure Identity Alliance
The Secure Identity Alliance is dedicated to supporting sustainable worldwide economic growth and prosperity through the development of trusted digital identities and the widespread adoption of secure eServices. The Alliance offers support and expertise to allow government agencies and other public bodies to implement their digital ID projects and realize the wide range of economic, public health, electoral and sustainability opportunities offered by the shift to digital service provision.
The Alliance brings together public, private and non-government organizations to foster international collaboration on Digital ID challenges and the issues of data security and citizen privacy. The Alliance plays a key role in sharing best practice and uncovering the new generation of eIdentity and eDocument technologies crucial to building the trusted framework on which to drive eGovernment, and global economic growth, forward.
Its Board Members are De La Rue, Gemalto, Idemia, Imprimerie Nationale and Veridos.
For more information on the Secure Identity Alliance, visit: www.secureidentityalliance.org
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About ID4Africa
ID4Africa is a multi-stakeholder movement that promotes the transparent and responsible adoption of digital identity in the service of development in Africa.
It convenes an Annual Meeting in a different African country each year. It’s upcoming Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 24-26, 2018 in Abuja Nigeria, where over 1200 delegates, representing African governments, development agencies and the private sector will be in attendance.
For more information about ID4Africa, visit: www.id4africa.com
Follow ID4Africa on twitter @ID4Africa
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