Edward Duffus

Co-Founder and Managing Director at New Legacy Digital. Views my own.

[OpenCRVS @OpenCRVS]

@OpenCRVS and @ID4Africa are giving countries the opportunity to make new models of civil registration a reality. Countries can register their interest in participating in the OpenCRVS Country Hackathon by 10th March 2023. Click the link ⬇️ to learn more https://t.co/x9UD3FLcPn

[OpenCRVS @OpenCRVS]

Attention all system integrators, ID vendors & DPGs! Join the OpenCRVS Interoperability Hackathon, and showcase the power of interoperable #civilregistration for equitable government service delivery. Register to attend the briefing session on March 9th https://t.co/CNvHQTbN9I

[OpenCRVS @OpenCRVS]

We are excited to announce that @DigitalSQR has recognised OpenCRVS as a Digital Square Global Good! We are committed to helping countries have adequate #civilregistration systems that enable them to provide #equitable and #inclusive #services to their citizens.

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

#DPIs may hold the key to #highquality #sustainable #digitalgovernment but they can only do so with the necessary funding! Expectations can only be realised with appropriate (= a lot!) Resources @downey @heatharensen @EDuffus @jonmarsk @BillGates @NandanNilekani @OpenCRVS

[OpenCRVS @OpenCRVS]

Our new website is now live. Go to https://t.co/zmKoxqFQvJ and check out the newly added sections on ✅#productfeatures ✅#community ✅#resources and so much more on how OpenCRVS can help you achieve your #CRVS #goals.

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

@OpenCRVS Oh dear, what a sad face I had on! 😂
It completely belies the extreme feeling of excitement that I was feeling, but maybe reflects the long hours getting the product ready for launch.

[JustMePam @PamelaApostolo1]

Hmmmm...North Carolina...WTF is going on over there????
🙃👇😶

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

Amazing opportunity for a Product Manager at https://t.co/ar0KOc5rq1

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

Are you passionate about digital products and want to help fix a global development challenge? Come and join the OpenCRVS team as Product Owner and help us create a world-class digital solution for civil registration in low resource settings. #productjob

https://t.co/HsgVwnsz8T

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

@PlanWACA_Alumni So great to see the Sponsorship Alumni programme scaling. Great job @juliusdoeGh @PlanWACA

[Digital Public Goods Alliance @DPGAlliance]

We support @antonioguterres that COVID-19 vaccines be global public goods.

To efficiently get vaccines to everyone, today we call for digital solutions for immunization delivery management to be #DigitalPublicGoods by becoming #OpenSource

Read more https://t.co/ZX2KLqqOQO

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

Check this out: paying tribute to phenomenal African female figures through sculpture.
https://t.co/JpmXEhKpq4

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

#CRVS and #birth registration is critical to ensure that we #leavenoonebehind. New models of #CRVS that 1. Take services to communities 2. Support evidence based decision making through better #dataquality and #datavisualisations are enabled by #OpenCRVS. https://t.co/WIJ5LtQHbZ

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

Real progress on modernising civil registration in Bangladesh through user-centric digital technology, OpenCRVS, a #DigitalPublicGood @digiprinciples @DIAL_community @DPGAlliance @dhis_2 @ID4Africa @ID2020

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

What if we could use existing health systems to notify a #CRVS system of new births and deaths? We are delighted to share that #OpenCRVS and #DHIS2 have been integrated using open #FHIR standards to ensure that we #LeaveNoOneBehind #Bangladesh @a2i_bd @anirchowdhury @DigitalSQR

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

@Youngys1974 @MattHancock @Conservatives @theresa_may Maybe @theresa_may can show us her leadership qualities by rolling up her sleeves and lending a hand down at the local test centre...

[Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social @phat_controller]

Come work with me in the Digital and Technology research team at @IDS_UK. We're expanding! Join @Becky_Faith @pedropm_ids & @khernandez225 kickkng up a fuss in #digitalrights #gendertech #citizenship and #innovation in #globaldev. https://t.co/Ji9o7OUjBc

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

Open-source software in support of the @UN_SDG 6 remarkable features of the United Nations open source initiative https://t.co/dQwlqcvTP9 via @opensourceway by @fkarlitschek https://t.co/Yec8qRtgq3

[Savita Bailur @SavitaBailur]

ID is particularly important for women in the digital age so they can be paid directly. See this and other findings from our research in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka https://t.co/Q0ungBD4ue @HeleneSmertnik @dfat_iXc @dfat @BigBlueComms @cariboudigital

[Edward Duffus @EDuffus]

Well done the Equality Accelerator (https://t.co/qPiYxto7ca) team from @PlanGlobal, providing funding opportunities and tools for youth activism, advocacy and campaigns. They have been voted one of the 30 Most Inspiring Digital Innovations of 2020 https://t.co/6vvC40M38E

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

Access to #socialprotection programmes is going to be critical in the #COVID19 world. Investment in universal databases such as #CRVS can build resilience for the future and ensure that we #LeaveNoOneBehind #OpenCRVS #ID4D @EDuffus @JonPyeFinch

[Annina Wersun @AMWersun]

How can we understand or respond to #COVID19 if #deathregistration doesn't take place? It is CRITICAL that #CRVS gets investment now! Check out https://t.co/TnWS1wLzq8 to see how digital CRVS could help. Who's in?! @NandanNilekani @melindagates @DFID_Digital @georgesoros @dfat