Addressing Food Security with Digital Public Infrastructure
Fixing demand and supply side issues of DPGs
Digital Public Goods can accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, many gaps in the ecosystem need to be fixed before this vision translates into reality.
Investing in the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
By Robert Karanja
Co-Develop is excited to announce an investment in the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in a program called the Co-Develop Africa DPI Journalism Fellowship Program. MFWA is an independent non-governmental media development and freedom of expression organization with a network of national partner organizations in all 16 countries in West Africa.
Investing in Mojaloop: Accelerating the adoption of an open-source instant payment solutions in Africa
By Robert Karanja
Co-Develop is excited to announce a new investment in Mojaloop Foundation (Mojaloop), an innovative catalyst designed to empower organizations to create interoperable payment systems that enable inclusive digital financial services. Mojaloop is an open-source software that can be used to build interoperable, digital payment systems connecting users, banks, government entities, and other financial service providers in order to accelerate instant payment system adoption.
Investing in OpenCRVS: recognizing civil registration as foundational to digital public infrastructure
By Christine Kim
Co-Develop is thrilled to announce a new investment in OpenCRVS, an open source software (OSS) that enables governments to establish and maintain a comprehensive record of important life events such as births, marriages, adoptions, divorces, and deaths - collectively known as Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) data.
A robust CRVS system is essential to DPI, playing a crucial role in issuing legal documents often required for enrolling in schools, receiving healthcare, conducting legal transactions, exercising inheritance rights, enabling immigration, and accessing other public and private services.