AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDigital Identity & Trust: Madagascar is strengthening its national digital ID with new cybercrime legislation and plans for a Digital Protection and Investigation Unit (UPIN), aiming to make security and trust the backbone as enrollment scales. Digital ID Rollouts: Sri Lanka moves toward issuing production digital identities next quarter via SL-UDI, starting with e-NICs for 16-year-olds and expanding through pilots, with an e-Locker app for QR-based credential sharing. DPI Governance: Co-Develop and Caribou released a practitioner guide for multistakeholder governance in digital public infrastructure, focusing on building trust to unlock adoption for IDs, payments, and data-sharing. Payments + Identity: Socure is integrating Aeropay into RiskOS to link identity verification with bank account connection and payment risk decisions in one flow. Rare Earths Finance: The U.S. DFC announced financing for Madagascar’s Ampasindava ionic clay rare earth project, targeting magnet-critical elements like neodymium and dysprosium. Biodiversity Discovery: Scientists identified seven new diamond frog species in Madagascar, bringing known Rhombophryne species to 27.
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