2025-03-11 –, bUm Box
Join us to explore how the GovStack community is empowering countries to create affordable, customized digital public services—so citizens can easily access things like health records or digital payments. We’ll spotlight the Cloud Infrastructure Working Group and share examples from countries like Djibouti on their digital journeys.
In this session, we'll explore how GovStack supports countries in building cost-effective, customized digital public services. Focusing on the Cloud and Infrastructure Working Group, we'll show how international experts collaborate within a global community to jointly develop technical specifications. We’ll highlight Djibouti as an example, where the country is creating an open source sandbox environment for cloud infrastructure as well as making use of GovStack’s capacity development offerings. Djibouti's digital transformation provides a real-world example of how GovStack's support and its specifications, in this case from the Cloud and Infrastructure Working Group, are being practically applied. Lastly, we’ll demonstrate how GovStack’s open-source, community-driven approach promotes collaboration between countries, allowing them to learn from one another, share best practices, and continually enhance their digital services.
Nora is a digital transformation expert dedicated to building inclusive and sustainable technology ecosystems. As partnership lead for GovStack at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), she focuses on global advocacy, sustainability, and open-source digital public infrastructure. She has implemented projects at the intersection of human rights, education, refugee assistance, and digitization in Germany, Jordan, and Uganda.
Karsten is Founder of VanillaCore, Serial Entrepreneur and Architect. Jointly with a diverse set of teams he implements products and solutions around Cloud-Native Technologies, AI, and ESG, with a strong focus on Open-Source, Data Control, and Avoidance of any Vendor Lock. Karsten has been working in the Cloud ecosystem for more than 15 years, loves sharing knowledge and his experiences, and lives the Cloud-Native dream.