Scale identity through networks people already trust.
The pasby DPA is a collaborative distribution model — institutions become accredited identity gateways, enabling continent-wide digital trust infrastructure through existing channels rather than direct user acquisition.
Overview of the distribution model, partner role, and how pasby scales through institutional collaboration — inspired by national identity ecosystems built through shared trust networks.
Trust is already distributed.
pasby plugs into it.
Digital identity is a trust problem. People already trust banks, telcos, employers, universities, and public institutions — pasby scales by turning those networks into accredited identity distribution channels, not by buying reach from zero.
How does pasby become the default digital identity layer for Africa without spending billions on user acquisition? Distribution — a network of institutional partners who collectively form the identity distribution infrastructure.
An accredited identity distribution channel.
An accredited pasby identity distribution channel. You do not have to consume pasby internally — you become a trusted gateway where people register, onboard, verify ownership, receive credentials, and access identity-enabled services through channels they already use.
Why institutions join the DPA.
Revenue
Identity issuance fees, referral commissions, API revenue sharing, and future identity-based services as the network grows.
User growth
Trusted digital identity attracts users you can cross-sell into banking, savings, credit, insurance, and merchant products.
Compliance
Stronger identity improves onboarding quality, reduces fraud, and strengthens KYC and AML posture across your channels.
Positioning
Early partners are recognized as builders of Africa's shared trust infrastructure — not resellers of a point product.
Collaboration beat fragmentation.
Sweden · BankIDCompeting banks collaborated on a shared identity layer. Adoption exceeded 98% of adults — powering banking, government, healthcare, and commerce. The winners collaborated early.
Belgium · itsmeBanks, telecoms, and public institutions built one trusted identity system across sectors instead of fragmented silos.
One interoperable layer, not another silo.
Nigeria has NIN, BVN, SIM registration, bank onboarding, government programs, and enterprise workforce systems — largely disconnected. The DPA aims for an interoperable trust layer institutions build together, rather than another generation of siloed identity.
Institutions with distribution and trust.
Partners are distribution infrastructure — not only pasby customers. If your users already onboard, verify, or transact through you, the DPA is built for your channel.
Identity issuance is the entry point.
DPA partners co-build Africa's trust infrastructure — the same network later supports authentication, signatures, verification, and cross-border digital commerce.
- Authentication & authorization at scale
- Digital signatures with audit receipts
- Cross-border verification
- Merchant & government service onboarding
- Pan-African commerce and credential portability
From explainer to accredited channel.
Explainer & alignment
Partnership inquiry
Architecture & commercial
Pilot & scale
Become a distribution partner.
Banks, fintechs, telcos, insurers, and institutions with trusted channels — start with a structured partnership inquiry. We align on distribution model, integration footprint, and commercial terms.