The 50-in-5 Awards celebrate countries and individuals demonstrating advancing safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI. The awards highlight digital cooperation, the positive change driven by digital public infrastructure, and the individuals making a difference — showcasing lessons learned and best practices for other countries globally.
Coordinated by the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat in partnership with Co-Develop
Highlights from 50-in-5 Awards Event
About the 50-in-5 Awards
As 50-in-5 enters its third year, the global conversation has expanded from why DPI matters to how it is being scaled – and the real-world positive impact that is having on people's lives and the economies it is helping to strengthen. To complement this, the 50-in-5 Awards aim to highlight best practices, inspire learning, and recognise achievements that accelerate the adoption of safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI worldwide.
Winners of Inaugural 50-in-5 Awards Recognised for Impact, Collaboration and Leadership in Digital Public Infrastructure
Read the official announcement of the winners of the first 50-in-5 Awards, celebrating the countries and partners advancing safe, inclusive, and interoperable DPI around the world.
Read the press releaseAward Categories
Leadership
Behind every successful DPI initiative are people driving progress, sharing knowledge, and advocating for safe, inclusive, and interoperable systems. This category recognises an individual who embodies the spirit of 50-in-5.
Esther Dweck
Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services — Government of Brazil
Yodahe Zemichael
Executive Director, Ethiopian National ID Program (NIDP) — Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Collaboration
Recognises that collaboration can accelerate DPI implementation and improve outcomes, honouring two or more countries that have worked together to implement, or improve a DPI deployment.
QRIS Cross-Border (QRIS Antarnegara)
Bank Indonesia — Republic of Indonesia
Cross-Border Digital ID (Brazil–Uruguay)
AGESIC - Agencia de Gobierno Electrónico y Sociedad de la Información y del Conocimiento — Government of Uruguay
Impact
Highlights a country where DPI is delivering meaningful improvements to people's lives, celebrating tangible outcomes that show how DPI is driving real-world change, such as expanding access to essential services or reaching more people effectively.
From Identity to Inclusion: Building a Connected Digital Nation
ASIN – Agence des Systèmes d'Information et du Numérique — Republic of Benin
West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) – Phase 2
Ministry of Public Service Efficiency and Digital Transformation — Republic of Togo
Key Dates
50-in-5 Awards launched
Nominations opened
Original nomination deadline (extended to 5 June)
Final nomination deadline
Selection Panel begins reviewing nominations via Nominations Portal
Final selection
Registration to the 50-in-5
Awards Ceremony
Winners announced at 50-in-5
Awards Ceremony
50-in-5 Awards launched
Nominations opened
Original nomination deadline (extended to 5 June)
Final nomination deadline
Selection Panel begins reviewing nominations via Nominations Portal
Final selection
Registration to the 50-in-5
Awards Ceremony
Winners announced at 50-in-5
Awards Ceremony
Selection Panel
A distinguished panel of leaders from across the digital public infrastructure ecosystem will review nominations.
Sanjay Jain
Panel ChairDirector of Digital Public Infrastructure
Gates Foundation
Robert Opp
Chief Digital Officer and Global Director, Digital, AI and Innovation
UNDP
Fui Meng Liew
Chief of Digital Centre of Excellence
UNICEF
Sabine Mensah
Deputy CEO
AfricaNenda
Marika Popp
GovStack Project Lead for Estonia
GovStack
Daniel Abadie
Head of Technology & Partnerships
CDPI
Jonathan Marskell
Senior Digital Specialist, East Asia and Pacific
World Bank
About 50-in-5
50-in-5 is an advocacy campaign that, by 2028, aims to have supported 50 countries to design, launch, and scale components of their digital public infrastructure in a safe, inclusive, and interoperable manner, by bringing them together to share best practices and knowledge on DPI implementation.