Yesterday ID2020 announced that UK-based ZAKA was only the third digital identity organization to receive ID2020 certification. ZAKA has applications in the developing world but also a COVID-19 solution.
The ID2020 Alliance is backed by big names such as Accenture, Microsoft, the Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard as well non profits including Mercy Corps, Kiva and Gavi, the Vaccines Alliance. Its manifesto acknowledges that over a billion people can’t prove their identity and, as a result, are unable to access basic services.
ID2020 unveiled its certification plan last year, and ZAKA is just the third to achieve the mark of a “good ID” after Kiva Protocol and Gravity were given the same recognition in March.
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