FaydaVerse Digital Solutions Enterprise
Turning national digital public infrastructure into accessible services that connect citizens to the digital economy.
ABOUT THE ENTERPRISE
Strategic Mandate & Scale
Fayda is being built as foundational digital identity infrastructure for Ethiopia, enabling secure identity verification, authentication, and eKYC across public and private services.
The platform is now a national-scale digital layer with millions of registrations and transactions alongside a growing nationwide registration infrastructure.
For innovators, this is an opportunity to build on infrastructure that is already operating at scale - developing and validating services around identity, authentication, financial inclusion, digital onboarding and digital public goods.
KEY FACTS
39M+
CITIZENS ENROLLED
2M/day
DAILY AUTH TRANSACTIONS
130+
INTEGRATED ENTITIES
3,500+
REGISTRATION KITS
COHORT 1 CHALLENGES
Designated Challenges for Startups
Select one of the strategic problem statements below to co-develop, pilot, and validate your solution directly within FaydaVerse Digital Solutions Enterprise's operational infrastructure.
How might a citizen's complaint about their Fayda record be acknowledged and resolved in hours, through any channel?
Citizens raise grievances about Fayda national ID records across call centers, social channels, email, or in-person service centers, experiencing multi-day resolution delays. Automate omnichannel grievance intake, deduplication, and resolution tracking.
How might a partner institution integrate with Fayda in days — and our own staff find any answer in minutes?
Private and public institutions applying to integrate with the Fayda eKYC API currently undergo lengthy onboarding cycles. Build automated sandbox environments, self-service developer documentation, and AI-assisted support for enterprise onboarding.
How might a verified identity become the credit history that people without collateral do not have?
Smallholders, gig workers, and micro-entrepreneurs are excluded from formal credit due to lack of traditional collateral. Transform verified national digital ID into verifiable alternative credit histories and digital public infrastructure (DPI) for inclusive lending.
Have another solution for FaydaVerse Digital Solutions Enterprise?
If your innovation addresses a critical operational inefficiency, technological gap, or commercial opportunity for FaydaVerse Digital Solutions Enterprise outside these designated challenges, you can submit an open proposal under Track 1.