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Digital Public Infrastructure — Foundations, Design & Implementation

This course equips Kenyan government officials with a practical foundation in Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), including digital identity, payments, interoperable data exchange, registries, governance, and implementation. Learners will examine global and African examples, assess risks such as exclusion and cybersecurity, and produce a conceptual DPI design for a real public-service problem.

32 lessons · includes a quiz · Free

Syllabus

Module 1: DPI Foundations and Public Value

  1. 1What DPI Is and Is Not
  2. 2Why DPI Matters for Public Service Delivery
  3. 3The Core Building Blocks of DPI
  4. 4Digital Public Goods and Reusable Infrastructure

Module 2: Identity, Credentials and Trust

  1. 1Digital Identity Basics
  2. 2Identification, Authentication and Authorization
  3. 3Credentials, Wallets and Verifiable Claims
  4. 4Inclusion, Privacy and Identity Risks

Module 3: Payments and Registries as Service Infrastructure

  1. 1Digital Payments as Public Infrastructure
  2. 2Public and Private Roles in Payment Ecosystems
  3. 3What Registries Do
  4. 4Connecting Registries to Services

Module 4: Data Exchange, APIs and Interoperability

  1. 1Interoperability and the Problem of Data Silos
  2. 2APIs, Data Standards and Exchange Layers
  3. 3Access Control, Consent and Secure Sharing
  4. 4Centralized, Federated and Hybrid Architectures

Module 5: Architecture, Digital Public Goods and Technical Choices

  1. 1Reference Architectures for DPI
  2. 2Modular Design, Microservices and Scalability
  3. 3Open Source, Open Standards and Avoiding Lock-In
  4. 4Infrastructure Decisions: Cloud, Data Centers and Networks

Module 6: Privacy, Cybersecurity, Inclusion and Rights

  1. 1Privacy by Design for Public Systems
  2. 2Cybersecurity Basics for DPI
  3. 3Threat Modeling and Failure Planning
  4. 4Inclusion, Accessibility and Human Rights

Module 7: Governance, Economics and Implementation

  1. 1Who Owns, Operates and Oversees DPI
  2. 2Procurement, Standards and Public-Private Coordination
  3. 3Financing and Sustainability of DPI
  4. 4From Strategy to Pilot to Scale

Module 8: Comparative Cases and Capstone Design

  1. 1Comparing National DPI Approaches
  2. 2DPI in Priority Sectors
  3. 3Capstone Workshop: Design the Solution
  4. 4Capstone Workshop: Evaluate, Improve and Present