Digital ID, Bill Gates vaccine record, and payments system combo to be trialed in Africa
A potential to raise eyebrows for privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Africa is now becoming the testing ground for a biometric digital identity platform developed in a partnership between Mastercard, Trust Stamp, and Bill Gates’ GAVI Vaccine Alliance. While Trust Stamp provides identification authentication through AI, GAVI is an international organization created by tech mogul Bill Gates for supposedly helping underprivileged children access new as well as “under-used” vaccines.
The digital identity platform was first launched in 2018 and is now going to be implemented in the “remote” and “low-income” communities in West Africa. GAVI and Mastercard have created a digital vaccination record known as “Wellness Pass”. Now the platform will be integrated with this Wellness Pass.
https://reclaimthenet.org/gates-digital-id-vaccine-record-and-payments-system-tested-in-africa/
'We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccine/we-are-not-guinea-pigs-say-south-african-anti-vaccine-protesters-idUSKBN2426RY
Protest Against Africa’s First Covid Vaccine Test Underscores Fears
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/protest-vs-africa-s-1st-covid-19-vaccine-trial-shows-fears
First African trial of a COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/first-african-trial-covid-19-vaccine
#africa #covid19 #vaccine #biometrics #digitalID
A potential to raise eyebrows for privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Africa is now becoming the testing ground for a biometric digital identity platform developed in a partnership between Mastercard, Trust Stamp, and Bill Gates’ GAVI Vaccine Alliance. While Trust Stamp provides identification authentication through AI, GAVI is an international organization created by tech mogul Bill Gates for supposedly helping underprivileged children access new as well as “under-used” vaccines.
The digital identity platform was first launched in 2018 and is now going to be implemented in the “remote” and “low-income” communities in West Africa. GAVI and Mastercard have created a digital vaccination record known as “Wellness Pass”. Now the platform will be integrated with this Wellness Pass.
https://reclaimthenet.org/gates-digital-id-vaccine-record-and-payments-system-tested-in-africa/
'We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccine/we-are-not-guinea-pigs-say-south-african-anti-vaccine-protesters-idUSKBN2426RY
Protest Against Africa’s First Covid Vaccine Test Underscores Fears
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/protest-vs-africa-s-1st-covid-19-vaccine-trial-shows-fears
First African trial of a COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/first-african-trial-covid-19-vaccine
#africa #covid19 #vaccine #biometrics #digitalID
Reclaim The Net
Digital ID, Bill Gates vaccine record, and payments system combo to be trialed in Africa
A potential to raise eyebrows for privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Vodacom partners with China's Alipay to create 'super app' in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group (VODJ.J) plans to create a ‘super app’ in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China’s Alibaba group (BABA.N), to allow consumers in South Africa to shop online, pay bills and send money to family from next year.
The app will also help small to medium enterprises (SME) access financial services such as lending and insurance, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Vodacom and other mobile operators in South Africa are seeking to expand their mobile payment apps into online market places to leverage their network and customer base.
They are also looking to tap more than 11 million South Africans who do not have bank accounts, to offer lending and other financial services.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodacom-grp-alipay-safrica/vodacom-partners-with-chinas-alipay-to-create-super-app-in-south-africa-idUSKCN24L1LY
#africa #southafrica #vodafone #alipay
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Vodacom Group (VODJ.J) plans to create a ‘super app’ in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China’s Alibaba group (BABA.N), to allow consumers in South Africa to shop online, pay bills and send money to family from next year.
The app will also help small to medium enterprises (SME) access financial services such as lending and insurance, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Vodacom and other mobile operators in South Africa are seeking to expand their mobile payment apps into online market places to leverage their network and customer base.
They are also looking to tap more than 11 million South Africans who do not have bank accounts, to offer lending and other financial services.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vodacom-grp-alipay-safrica/vodacom-partners-with-chinas-alipay-to-create-super-app-in-south-africa-idUSKCN24L1LY
#africa #southafrica #vodafone #alipay