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Ethiopia is in the process of implementing a nationwide digital ID program called Fayda ID. Fayda ID is an implementation of the open source platform MOSIP [1].
by tinfoilhatter 8mo ago
Ethiopia is in the process of implementing a nationwide digital ID program called Fayda ID. Fayda ID is an implementation of the open source platform MOSIP [1].
The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is a strategic partner and funder of the MOSIP technology platform. [2]
The digital ID is required by citizens for access to banking, obtaining a drivers license, obtaining SIM cards, and other essential services citizens rely on. [3]
The government of Ethiopia is now receiving funding from NGOs such as the World Bank to implement their national digital ID program. [4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayda_ID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayda_ID
[2] https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/mosip-digital-id-systems https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/mosip-digital...
[3] https://id.et/benefits https://id.et/benefits
[4] https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/12/13/world-bank-supports-afe-ethiopias-digital-id-project-to-increase-access-to-services-and-economic-opportunities https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/12/13/w...
- seanw444 8mo ago> The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is a strategic partner and funder of the MOSIP technology platform. Because of course it is.
- alephnerd 8mo agoMOSIP is Indian [0][1][2]. India is exporting multiple different stacks for Digital Public Infrastructure. This project in Ethiopia is itself being pushed by the Indian government [3][4] and is part of India's larger "Global South" strategy [5]. I guess the question you should be asking is why the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has becoming intertwined with Indian geopolitical power projection. [0] - https://www.mosip.io/mosip_project https://www.mosip.io/mosip_project [1] - https://www.mosip.io/governance https://www.mosip.io/governance [2] - https://www.iiitb.ac.in/projects/mosip-2 https://www.iiitb.ac.in/projects/mosip-2 [3] - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-elevates-ties-with-ethiopia-modi-pitches-for-shared-global-south-vision/ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-elevates-ties-... [4] - https://pulseofafrica.info/innovation/119 https://pulseofafrica.info/innovation/119 [5] - https://ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/DPI_Handbook.pdf https://ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/DPI_Handb...
- mdni007 8mo agoIs it impossible for white billionaires to stop using Africa as a playground for their sick and depraved experiments?
- alephnerd 8mo agoIt's an Indian government project though - the entire MOSIP project was developed in an Indian public university [0] and is directly tied with India's "global south" strategy [1]. Plus the majority of it's governance board is associated with the Indian government or Tata Group. Digital Public Infrastructure in the "Global South" is India's attempt at building a digital version of OBOR [2]. [0] - https://www.iiitb.ac.in/projects/mosip-2 https://www.iiitb.ac.in/projects/mosip-2 [1] - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-elevates-ties-with-ethiopia-modi-pitches-for-shared-global-south-vision/ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-elevates-ties-... [2] - https://ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/DPI_Handbook.pdf https://ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/DPI_Handb...
- senkora 8mo agoSince I had to look it up, OBOR = One Belt One Road = Belt and Road Initiative, which is China's project for building infrastructure in developing countries to promote tighter economic integration with China. It's a more literal translation of the Chinese name "一带一路".
- throquejejn 8mo agoIndian Govt. has been hijacked by the Anglo-American elites though by bribing all politicians/bureaucrats/capitalists. This is just a wolf in a sheep's clothing.
- IncreasePosts 8mo agoDigital IDs are sick and depraved?
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- tinfoilhatter 8mo agoThe downvotes for simply mentioning the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation are quite amazing.