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> The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is a strategic partner and funder of the MOSIP technology platform. Because of course it is.
by 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...