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COVID-19
Coronavirus vaccine passports: everything you need to know
Vaccine passports for coronavirus could help ease lockdowns. However, lawmakers and civil rights groups have raised multiple equality and privacy concerns.
COVID-19
Coronavirus vaccine passports: everything you need to know
Vaccine passports for coronavirus could help ease lockdowns. However, lawmakers and civil rights groups have raised multiple equality and privacy concerns.
Africa
These young Africans are translating content into local languages to fight the pandemic
The WikiAfrica programme translates online content into nearly 20 African languages, including Twi, Swahili, Afrikaans and Dagbani.
Technological Transformation
7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
The most common demographic variable linked to non-internet users is age; research suggests that older Americans are the least likely group to go online.
GTGS2021
Digital democracy: a Swiss view on digital trust
In March 2021, voters in Switzerland rejected a government backed digital ID scheme. What can other governments and organizations learn from the Swiss?
Cybersecurity
4 principles for securing the digital identity ecosystem
Improved forms and standards for establishing digital identity will shore up trust between service providers, ID services and users that is the foundation of online life
Arts and Culture
NFTs and the environmental cost of owning digital art
NFT stands for 'Non-fungible token' and is a tradeable, digital ownership certificate representing the ownership of a unique asset.
Digital Economy and New Value Creation
How digital solutions can ease the COVID-19 impact on displaced populations
Displaced people, particularly those employed in sectors that have been highly impacted by COVID-19, are having issues integrating into the labor market.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
This country is restarting air travel. Here’s how
The State of Kuwait is showing how digital tools can breathe life back into the global airline industry.
Blockchain
4 predictions for blockchain in 2021 – from cryptocurrencies to art
Even while the world has been wrestling with the pandemic, the pace of work in the blockchain ecosystem has been accelerating and promises to continue.
Gender Parity
Tech can reach the world's unbanked women – but only if they tell us how it should work
With nearly 1 billion women worldwide with no access to financial services, the race is on to make sure they have digital IDs and to consult them about their needs.
The Davos Agenda 2021
How digital identity can improve lives in a post-COVID-19 world
Industries from travel to health to education will recover more quickly if solutions once primarily associated with the finance sector are harnessed effectively.
Social Media
Meet Sirio, the seven-year-old Italian influencer changing attitudes over disabilities
Sirio Persichetti, a 7-year-old Italian boy with a form of cerebral palsy, has become famous on social media as his mother documents his daily life.
Digital Identity
How Bangladesh is seizing the opportunities of e-governance
Digitisation is important for growing economies, as part of their development drives, containing the right infrastructure. It is in governments’ interests and creates a happier citizenry ...
Digital Identity
A billion people have no legal identity - but a new app plans to change that
A billion people in the world have no legal identity. Without an ID they can’t open a bank account, get a loan, or even vote. Now a tech entrepreneur has come up with an answer.