With these objectives driving our efforts across 4 core domains — the Conference, Symposiums, Exposition and Workshops — the AGM serves as a vital platform for Africa to maintain a comprehensive and sustainable voice on identity issues. It achieves this by facilitating the trusted exchange of usable knowledge, fostering innovative solution-building processes, promoting collaboration, and enabling invaluable networking opportunities – all aligned with advancing the ID4D agenda.
ABOUT ID4AFRICA 2025
- 20-23 May 2024
- Ethiopian Skylight Hotel
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Organizer
Founded in 2014, ID4Africa is an Identity-for-All Movement dedicated to helping African nations develop robust and responsible identity ecosystems for socio-economic advancement, digital development and humanitarian action. The Movement serves as the voice of Africa, ensuring that the Continent’s needs and realities are well represented in the global discourse on development. It champions Identity-for-All both as a legal right (consistent with SDG 16.9) and a practical necessity for empowering people in their daily lives. The Movement believes inclusive identity schemes, built on the respect of human rights and privacy, are crucial for economic growth and for digital development. It unites the global identity community to advance the ID4D agenda, and to explore how digital identity and aligned services can support Africa’s socio-economic development and individual empowerment.
Throughout the year, ID4Africa assesses Africa’s needs and priorities through ongoing engagements with our 48 Member countries and curate our findings into trustworthy knowledge that is disseminated through our convening platforms – the AGM & LiveCasts.
Visit the ID4Africa Institutional website for further details about the organization: www.id4africa.com.
The Host
The Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) serves as Ethiopia’s central executive office, responsible for coordinating and implementing government policies, programs, and national priorities. As a key advisory and operational body, the PMO supports the Prime Minister in leading national initiatives, fostering inter-ministerial collaboration, and driving the country’s strategic vision. It plays a critical role in policy development, national security, and economic planning, ensuring alignment with Ethiopia’s long-term development goals and promoting effective governance for sustainable growth.
Overseeing the cabinet of ministers, several government agencies, the PMO was restructured in 2021 to enhance its efficiency. As part of this restructuring, the National ID Program (NIDP) was re-established under the PMO. The program is spearheading the rollout of Ethiopia’s first digital identity, known as Fayda, with the goal of providing digital IDs to 70 million residents by the end of 2025, enabling inclusive access to basic services across the country.
Overseeing the cabinet of ministers, several government agencies, the PMO was restructured in 2021 to enhance its efficiency. As part of this restructuring, the National ID Program (NIDP) was re-established under the PMO. The program is spearheading the rollout of Ethiopia’s first digital identity, known as Fayda, with the goal of providing digital IDs to 70 million residents by the end of 2025, enabling inclusive access to basic services across the country.
The AGM
The ID4Africa Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the premier platform for knowledge sharing, driving the ID4D agenda across the continent. Held in a different country each year, it unites 2000+ identity stakeholders from around the globe to jointly advance Africa’s ID4D agenda. Since the inaugural event in 2015, this dynamic event has grown to become the largest gathering of its kind, attracting record participation from decision-makers representing African governments, development organizations, industry, civil society and others, from around the globe, all seeking reliable knowledge.
The AGM brings together the brightest minds, boldest innovators, and leading experts under one roof to address Africa’s priorities. It offers unparalleled opportunities for capacity building, problem-solving, networking, and collaboration, fostering active engagement in thought-provoking discussions. These insights empower African governments to inform their decision-making processes, shaping the future of ID4D as a catalyst for socio-economic development across the continent.
The ID4Africa AGM champions diverse, unbiased approaches to all aspects of identity development, empowering countries to explore solutions tailored to their unique contexts, needs and sovereignty. It fosters inclusive dialogue, ensuring all stakeholders are heard and countries can choose strategies that fit their realities.
The AGM brings together the brightest minds, boldest innovators, and leading experts under one roof to address Africa’s priorities. It offers unparalleled opportunities for capacity building, problem-solving, networking, and collaboration, fostering active engagement in thought-provoking discussions. These insights empower African governments to inform their decision-making processes, shaping the future of ID4D as a catalyst for socio-economic development across the continent.
The ID4Africa AGM champions diverse, unbiased approaches to all aspects of identity development, empowering countries to explore solutions tailored to their unique contexts, needs and sovereignty. It fosters inclusive dialogue, ensuring all stakeholders are heard and countries can choose strategies that fit their realities.
Previous AGMs
(2015-2024)
2015
Dar es Salaam
June 2-4
2016
Kigali
May 24-26
2017
Windhoek
April 26-28
2018
Abuja
April 24-26
2019
Johannesburg
June 18-20
2022
Marrakesh
June 15-16
2023
Nairobi
May 23-25
The 2025 edition of this premier conference and expo is expected to attract over 2,000 attendees from 95+ countries, including representatives from 50+ African countries. It is built on a dynamic program, shaped by an ever-evolving annual theme, reflecting Africa’s identity priorities and the global ID4D agenda. What sets this program apart is its unique development process which spans over 10 months and is driven by crowd-sourced insights from highly credible authorities and practitioners in identity matters, which makes it very responsive to the African Continent needs at a granular level. The program is meticulously curated by the renowned authority on ID4D — ID4Africa’s Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Atick — and is informed by extensive research, and dialogues with thought leaders and key players within the identity community.
The 2025 AGM Program is designed to deliver the following outcomes:
Workshops & Symposiums at the AGM
The ID4Africa AGM workshops and symposiums allow attendees to engage in deep and meaningful dialogue through discussions, brainstorming and ideological networking around key problems in the context of 4-8 specialized tracks. They leverage the expertise of development partners, stakeholder experts and associations who typically organize and chair the meetings.
The Exposition at the AGM
Held concurrently and collocated with the AGM conference, ID4Africa’s expo is the largest identity marketplace in Africa, showcasing the latest innovations, products, solutions and services for identity systems development and management from over 100 multinational, regional and local companies. The expo creates an open and competitive marketplace to serve the diverse and specific needs in Africa..
Who Should Attend?
The ID4Africa AGM welcomes participation from all stakeholder groups. Our dynamic program ensures that every delegate derives substantial value from attending the event.
Government Institutions
Identity Authorities
Civil / Population Registration
ICT / Digital Transformation Ministries
Finance / Planning/Budget
Immigration/ Asylum / Borders
Health Ministries / Insurance Schemes
Police / Driver Licensing Agencies
Data Protection & Privacy Commissions
Public Administration & Decentralization
Social Protection & Services
Electoral Commissions
Statistical Institutes
President/VP/PM’s Office
Justice/Regulatory/Legal & Human Rights
Foreign Affairs Ministries
Members of Parliament
Intergovernmental/Inter-African Organization
Others….
International Development & Humanitarian Agencies
Representatives from:
International Development Organizations
UN Agencies
Regional & International Humanitarian Organizations
Solutions Providers & Domain Experts
Leading providers of solutions for identity management in the public and private sector, including:
System integrators
International & Regional Technology and System Providers
Value-added resellers
Suppliers of identity consumables and identity documents
Registration and enrollment service providers
Consulting firms
Subject matter experts
Civil Society, NGOs & Others
Civil Society
Academics
Not-for-Profits
NGOs
Media
Why Attend?
This is the most important event for ID4D worldwide and represents the foremost gathering focused on identity-related matters in Africa. It provides an unparalleled opportunity for the identity community to be kept abreast of latest advancements, policies, recommendations, innovations and more. The AGM delivers a distinct value-add and enriching experience for all participants who join with the objective to engage in group dialogue, networking, collaboration, problem-solving and defining their identity priorities going forward.
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