Circle
Spotlight on DPI
How to advance Digital Public Infrastructure to boost Africa’s economies
Circle: Spotlight on DPI
March 18, 2025
GovTech Campus Deutschland
To advance digital inclusion, the African Union aims for 99.9% of people in Africa to have a digital legal identity by 2030. Implementing digital identity systems at scale requires robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which can connect populations to essential digital services, and consequently drive economic growth on the continent. However, as a relatively new concept, DPI faces implementation challenges, particularly in accessibility and cross-system interoperability.
Our conversation on DPI’s potential for Africa began at the seventh edition of The Africa Roundtable in Nairobi, examining its applications in trade, finance, public administration, and socioeconomic progress. The subsequent Global Perspectives Circle continued this dialogue in Berlin, bringing together German political and business stakeholders alongside African public and private sector representatives to discuss DPI’s importance for the African continent and map out implementation strategies for its core components.
Spotlight on DPI: How to advance Digital Public Infrastructure to boost Africa’s economies
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Stephanie Igunbor, s.igunbor@globalperspectives.org
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