{"id":2135,"date":"2026-08-05T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:48:26","slug":"ethiopia-launches-state-enterprise-faydaverse-to-drive-digital-identity-and-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/ethiopia-launches-state-enterprise-faydaverse-to-drive-digital-identity-and-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia launches state enterprise FaydaVerse to drive digital identity and economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Addis Ababa (AMECO)<\/b> \u2014 Ethiopia has officially launched FaydaVerse, a new state-owned enterprise established under Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) to advance national digital sovereignty and drive economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh announced.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The state venture expands upon the country&#8217;s flagship National Digital ID Programme. According to official figures, the initiative has registered nearly 50 million citizens, delivered over 160 million identity verification services, and served as a foundational pillar for expanding financial inclusion across the nation.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Classifying digital identity alongside physical utilities, Temesgen emphasised that digital ID represents strategic national infrastructure vital to Ethiopia&#8217;s long-term competitiveness\u2014on par with roads, electricity, and telecommunications.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Under the government&#8217;s broader <i data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"31\">Digital Ethiopia 2030<\/i> strategy, the new enterprise is intended to position the country as a leader in Africa&#8217;s digital transition by sharing technical expertise, capacity, and operational models across the region and the wider continent.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Addressing public implementation, Temesgen Tiruneh noted that the success of the digital transformation will be measured by public adoption and improvements to citizens&#8217; daily lives rather than technical metrics alone. He pledged that the government would maintain strict technology quality standards, ensure robust data security, and actively work to raise digital literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa (AMECO) \u2014 Ethiopia has officially launched FaydaVerse, a new state-owned enterprise established under Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) to advance national digital sovereignty and drive economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh announced. The state venture expands upon the country&#8217;s flagship National Digital ID Programme. According to official figures, the initiative has registered nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[932,48,801,84,53],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}