Always inspired by what India has done in Digital Public Infrastructure: National Switch Limited CEO Gertrude Kadumbo

New Delhi, April 12: On the second day of the Carnegie Global Technology Summit, Gertrude Kadumbo, CEO and Board Secretary of National Switch Limited, Malawi, spoke on India's successful adoption of Digital Public Infrastructure and strategies and supportive policy frameworks that can enable wider DPI adoption in nations facing resource constraints.

Speaking to ANI, Gertrude Kadumbo said that she is always inspired by what India has achieved in the digital public infrastructure and continues to learn in order to develop technical capabilities from India. She said that impact of digital public infrastructure and what India is teaching us as a world, especially me in Malawi, is the fact that we are leveraging of the bridge technology from India, the technical capabilities from India for us also to develop our own digital public infrastructure, not only develop but also continue to build upon it.

"We are always inspired by what India has done and has achieved as far as digital public infrastructure is concerned. We continue to learn and also develop our technical capabilities from India. The impact of digital public infrastructure and what India is teaching us as a world, especially me in Malawi, is the fact that that we are leveraging of the bridge technology from India, the technical capabilities from India for us also to develop our own digital public infrastructure, not only develop but also continue to build upon it", she said.

She asserted that they have also implemented the foundational infrastructure for National Identity DPI, and we are working with India under CDPI to help us achieve milestones on the trusted data exchange for the different government ministries, departments, and agencies.

"We have also implemented the foundational infrastructure for National Identity DPI, and we are working with India under CDPI to help us also achieve milestones on the trusted data exchange for the different government ministries, departments, as well as agencies", she further said.

Meanwhile, India has developed some world-class DPIs--UPI, Aadhaar, ONDC, and Digi Locker. Most of these DPIs are open, secure, and interoperable.India has signed MoUs with several countries for cooperation in the field of sharing digital public infrastructure so far.

Among other things, the Indian government has placed a key emphasis on ensuring that the benefits of Indian DPIs are not limited to India only; other countries, too, benefit from them.

Reader Comments

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Rahul K.

This is why I'm proud to be Indian! 🇮🇳 Our digital infrastructure is truly becoming a global model. UPI and Aadhaar have changed how we live - glad to see other nations benefiting too.

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Tanya M.

While I appreciate the praise, I hope we're also learning from Malawi's challenges. Their perspective could help us improve our own systems - technology transfer should go both ways.

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Amit P.

Digital diplomacy at its finest! More countries should collaborate like this. The world becomes better when we share knowledge instead of hoarding technology.

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Sarah J.

As someone who's lived in both India and Malawi, this makes me so happy! Both countries have so much to offer each other. The digital divide is shrinking thanks to initiatives like this.

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Priya N.

I hope they implement better data privacy protections than we have though. Aadhaar has had its share of issues - Malawi should learn from both our successes AND mistakes.

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Karan S.

This is what true soft power looks like! No military might, just sharing technology that improves lives. More of this please 🙏

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