…but doesn’t require smartphones or connectivity to scale
…minded but crafted to exponentially drive private innovation
as a minimalist approach to create national scale - not just an app, platform, or solution
Digital Public Infrastructure is an approach to solving socio-economic problems at scale, by combining minimalist technology interventions, public-private governance, and vibrant market innovation.
Common examples include the Internet, mobile networks, GPS, verifiable identity systems, interoperable payments networks, consented data sharing, open loop discovery and fulfilment networks, digital signatures, and beyond.
boils down to these core building blocks that drive market innovation across sectors
CDPI is a pro bono tech architecture advisory team housed at an academic institute - the International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru.
We are a global team spread across South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
To date, CDPI has collaborated with 40+ countries, with 12 of them actively co-creating pilot projects.
Catalyse countries’ digitisation journeys with high impact DPI to drive inclusive, innovative, and competitive national growth.
Most of you won’t need our help - you know how to design DPI for your country best. But if you want to brainstorm ideas, we can help you design the technology architecture as well as connect you to a network of partners for policy support, project implementation, and funding.
Co-Chair, CDPI
Ex Chief Architect, Aadhaar, UPI & India Stack
Chair, Executive Board
Chair, CDPI
President, Modular Open Source Identity Platform
Chief Strategy Officer, CDPI
DPI Advisor to India’s Ministry of Finance
CTO, CDPI
Chief Architect, G2P Connect
Senior Program Officer
Africa Director, CDPI
Regional Lead, Latin America & Carribean
Co-Lead, West Africa and Country Operations Officer
Tech Architect: Finance, Data and Health
Operations Associate Africa
Senior Technical Advisor and Former Head of Digital Government, Argentina