SPEAKERS
- 12-15 May 2026
- Parc des Expositions d'Abidjan
- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
DAY 1 SPEAKERS
Dr. Joseph J. Atick
ID4Africa
Tiémoko Meyliet KONE
Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria
Ago Christian KODIA
National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI), Côte d’Ivoire
Fred BEDZRAHW
National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana
Mouhcine YEJJOU
Morocco eID Project, General Directorate for National Security (DGSN)
Aristide ADJINACOU
National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP); Benin
Yodahe ZEMICHAEL
National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia
Rosemary KISEMBO
National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA), Uganda
Dr. Belio KIPSANG
State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, Kenya
Thulani MAVUSO
Department of Home Affairs, South Africa
Edson GUYAI
National Identification Authority (NIDA), Tanzania
Baker BIRIKUJJA
Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Uganda
Silvère Cauffi ASSOUA
Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI), Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Djibril OUATTARA
Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Salimah MONORMA BAH
Ministry of Communications, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI), Sierra Leone
Dr. Hatwib MUGASA
National Information Technology Authority (NITA), Uganda
William KADIO
Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority of Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI), Côte d’Ivoire
Percy CHINYAMA
Smart Zambia Institute
Eng. John KIPCHUMBA TANUI
State Department of ICT & the Digital Economy, Kenya
Christopher HORNEK
ICAO
Prof. Sébastien MARCEL
Idiap Research Institute
Tariq MALIK
The World Bank
DAY 2 SPEAKERS
Engr. Aliyu AZIZ
Integrated Engineering Associates
Rahul PARTHE
TECH5
Shashank KUMAR
TOPPAN Security
Hassan MAAD
iDAKTO
Ramamohan BOMMIREDDI
DigitalTrust Technologies
Xavier PROST
Veridos FZE, Veridos
Seyni Malan FATI
Ministry of Finance and Budget, Senegal
Agnès DIALLO
IN Groupe
Moses BAIDEN JNR.
Margins ID Group
Prof. Dr. Engr. Lourino CHEMANE
National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (INTIC), Mozambique
Reda CHENNAOUI
Thales
Jay MEIER
FaceTec
Jakub OLSZOWIEC
R&D and PMO, PWPW
Stela MOCAN
The World Bank
Andrew MUSOKE
Upanzi Network, CMU (Carnegie Mellon University)
Moise BUSOGI
The Upanzi Network & CyLab-Africa
Anshul PACHOURI
MicroSave Consulting
Paula BRENES
Red GEALC
Florent TOURNOIS
France Identité, France Titres
Drudeisha MADHUB
Francophone Association of Personal Data Protection Authorities (AFAPDP)
Thandeka CHAUKE
Catalysts for Change (C4C); and HR4ID Consortium
Mustafa MAHMOUD YOUSIF
Citizenship Rights Program, Namati; and HR4ID Consortium
Adamou IRO
High Authority for Personal Data Protection (HAPDP), Niger; and African Network of Personal Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Solomon RICHARDSON
National Information Technology Agency (NITA); Ghana
Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria
DAY 3 SPEAKERS
Ago Christian KODIA
National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI), Côte d’Ivoire
Karidja KONE Epse BAMBA
National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Côte d’Ivoire
Engr. Abisoye COKER-ODUSOTE
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria
Gilbert KITIYO
National Registration Bureau; Ministry of Interior and National Administration
Anderson CHEBII
National Registration Bureau; Ministry of Interior and National Administration
Mary KEREMA
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy
Mouhcine YEJJOU
Morocco eID Project, General Directorate for National Security (DGSN)
Loubna KIKOU
General Directorate for National Security (DGSN)
Yodahe ZEMICHAEL
National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia
Rahel ABRAHAM YITBAREK
National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia
Aristide ADJINACOU
National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP); Benin
Herbert ASSOGBA
National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP)
Rosemary KISEMBO
National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA), Uganda
Vincent SSOZI
Ministry of Education, Uganda
Baker BIRIKUJJA
Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Uganda
Lillian NAMUKASA
National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), Uganda
Silété DEVO
National Identification Agency(ANID), Togo
Togbe AGBAGLA
Togo Digital Agency (ATD)
Josephine MUKESHA
National Identification Agency (NIDA), Rwanda
Bella RWIGAMBA
Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), Rwanda
Jean Claude NIYOKWIZERWA
NIDA/ RISA SPIU, Rwanda
Helmi SOLTANI
Ministry of Interior, Tunisia
Sana HAOUARI
Ministry of Communication Technologies, Tunisia
Abdiwali Ali ABDULLE
National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA)
Abdikani WEHLIE
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Authority
Fahad MOHAMUD
Ministry of Education
Edson GUYAI
National Identification Authority (NIDA), Tanzania
Brenda Joshua KILEO
National Identification Authority (NIDA)
Abdallah SAMIZI
e-Government Authority
Olga KAVIRA KINYAMUSITU
Office of the Minister, Ministry of Digital Economy, RD Congo
Richard ILUNGA NTUMBA
National Office for Population Identification (ONIP)
Tony MUNONGO
Prime Minister’s Office
Solomon RICHARDSON
National Information Technology Agency (NITA); Ghana
Guelpétchin Moussa OUATTARA
Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information (ANSSI), Côte d’Ivoire
Dr. Albert ANTWI-BOASIAKO
e-Crime Bureau; and Immediate Past Director General, Cyber Security Authority, Ghana
Francis SITATI
Communications Authority of Kenya
Marc-André LOKO
Information Systems and Digital Agency (ASIN), Benin
Taylor REYNOLDS
The World Bank
Prosper NTETIKA
Think Tank Law &Technologies, DR Congo
Dr. Nizar BEN NEJI
Minister of Communication Technologies (2021-2024), Tunisia
Prof. Carsten MAPLE
Cyber Security Centre, University of Warwick; and Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute
Dr. Mirko BOTTARELLI
The Alan Turing Institute
Dr. Idris ZAKARIYYA
The Alan Turing Institute
Prof. Jonathan CROWCROFT
University of Cambridge; and Researcher-at-large, The Alan Turing Institute
Prof. Sébastien MARCEL
Idiap Research Institute
Lenah CHACHA
CyLab-Africa, CMU-Africa
Ramzi KHLIF
National Agency for Electronic Certification, Tuntrust , Tunisia
Darren LENTZ
KPMG South Africa
Aristide SOSSOU
National Centre for Digital Investigations (CNIN), Benin
Natalie KIENGA
National Cyber Defence Council, , DR Congo
George WILLIAMS
Margins ID Group
Hicham CHAYA
Directorate of Secure Titles and Documents, Algeria
Barry COOPER
Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri)
Eunice Amewu NYADU
Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS)
Patrick IBRAHIM
Reserve Bank of Malawi
Mothetsi SEKOATI
Central Bank of Lesotho
Dr. Greg. Chola NSOFU
ICT, Bank of Zambia
Gerhard CRONJE
South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
Damola OWOLADE
SADC Financial Inclusion Programme, FinMark Trust
Tunde FAFUNWA
Kitskoo, Inc.
Albert SIAW-BOATENG
Free Movement of Persons, Migration and Cross-Border Cooperation, ECOWAS Commission
Dr. Vincent O. OLATUNJI
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Nigeria
Gail HODGES
OpenID Foundation
Stéphanie DE LABRIOLLE
Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) and OSIA
Dima POSTNIKOV
OpenID Foundation, FAPI WG; Ecosystem Support CG
Elizabeth GARBER
OpenID Foundation
Clare ROWLEY
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Jeremy GRAY
Cenfri
Maria FERNANDEZ VIDAL
CGAP
Adedeji OLOWE
Lendsqr; Paystack; Open Banking Nigeria
Michael EGANZA
Banking & Payments Services, Central Bank of Kenya
Rose MOSERO
East African Communities (EAC)
DAY 4 SPEAKERS
Bhaskar MISHRA
UNICEF
Alexandre AMARD
The World Bank Group
Ago Christian KODIA
National Agency for Civil Registration & Identity (ONECI), Côte d’Ivoire
Edson GUYAI
National Identification Authority (NIDA), Tanzania
Mohamed Mubashir MASSAQUOI
National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), Sierra Leone
Aristide ADJINACOU
National Agency for the Identification of Persons (ANIP); Benin
Vânia PEREIRA
nstitute for Justice Modernisation and Innovation (IMIJ) ; and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Cape Verde
Dr. Aristides MARQUES
National Directorate of Identification, Registration and Notary, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Angola
Matar NDAO
National Civil Status Agency (ANEC), Senegal
Alexandre Marie YOMO
National Civil Status Registration Office (BUNEC), Cameroon
Anette BAYER-FORSINGDAL
Forsingdal Consulting
William MUHWAVA
African Centre for Statistics, UNECA
Dr. Patrick Michael EBA
UNHCR HQ
Marie EICHHOLTZER
The World Bank
Tulimeke MUNYIKA
Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security; and ID4Africa Ambassador, Namibia
Yussuf BASHIR
Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya
Benedicte VOOS
UNHCR
Breye GOULOUA
National Agency for Secure Documents (ANATS); Chad
Mamadou HAIDARA
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MATD) Mali
Rosemary KISEMBO
National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA), Uganda
Julia CLARK
The World Bank
Theresa ESON-BENJAMIN
National Identification Authority (NIA); and ID4Africa Ambassador, Ghana
Karidja KONE Epse BAMBA
National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Côte d’Ivoire
Steven MATAINAHO
Ministry of ICT, Papua New Guinea
Anthony CARMOY
France Identité Program
Hudson MESQUITA
Ministry of Public Service Management & Innovation, Brazil
Mateo GARCIA SILVA
The World Bank
Prakhar BHARDWAJ
The World Bank
Drudeisha MADHUB
Francophone Association of Personal Data Protection Authorities (AFAPDP)
Adamou IRO
High Authority for Personal Data Protection (HAPDP), Niger; and African Network of Personal Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP); and ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador
Lorpu PAGE
Independent Information Commission (IIC), Liberia
Luciano HOUNKPONOU
Autorité de Protection des Données (APDP), Benin
Dr. Zhijun William ZHANG
The World Bank
Muthoni MATU
Ukombozi Social
Mariam JAMAL
Pan African Nationality Network (PANN); and HR4ID Coalition
Christy CHITENGU
Impact Law Africa / Global Movement Against Statelessness
Susan MWAPE
Common Cause Zambia; and HR4ID Coalition
Matthew McNAUGHTON
Inclusion, Safety & Civil Society Engagement, Co-Develop
Angella KASULE NABWOWE
Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER); and HR4ID Coalition
Ibrahima KANE
Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)
Shruti TRIKANAD
Centre for Internet and Society; and HR4ID Coalition
Kimei Yasah MUSA
Legal Empowerment and Partnership, Nubian Rights Forum; and Pan African Nationality Network (PANN); and HR4ID Coalition
Shuchi PUROHIT
Global Movement Against Statelessness; and HR4ID Coalition
Danny MTENDELA
Vision des Filles Leaders pour le Développement (VIFILED ASBL)
Jaume DUBOIS
ID30
Silété DEVO
National Identification Agency(ANID), Togo
Rahel ABRAHAM YITBAREK
National ID Program (NIDP), Ethiopia
Abdikani WEHLIE
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Authority
Holy Volana RAKOTONIRINA
National Centre for Civil Status and Identity (CNECI), Ministry of Interior, Madagascar
Pamod AMARAKOON
HISP Sri Lanka
Dr. Kanwaljit SINGH
Gates Foundation
Daria LAVRENTIEVA
The World Bank
Ramesh NARAYANAN
MOSIP (Modular Open-Source Identity Platform)
Edward DUFFUS
OpenCRVS
Henock ALI
National ID Program (NIDP)
Mouhamed Tidiane SECK
Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Technology, Senegal
Stela MOCAN
The World Bank
Yared TAYE TOLOSA
National ID Program (NIDP)
Ott SARV
GovConsult Foundation (GCF)
French 