The main feature of our final solution is to use an individual and organisation SSI wallet or WhatsApp channel for address verification to be issued and received using GPS coordinates or What3Words.
The components of the project will include:
- A comprehensive design thinking sprint incorporating a number of prototype iterations
- An issuer and verifier of the address to test the usage of the solution
- Results of POC will inform next steps
The impact this project will have on the ecosystem is based on the initial target audience which is the unbanked and unaddressed. We are utilising the linkage to healthcare use case to design the address verification concept that can be extended to other industries including financial services, telecoms, recruitment agencies, etc.
In this case, the impact will be:
- for the nurses: a more accurate location of the patient which results in less time being wasted trying to find the patient
- for the patients: a more human to human time to ensure that medication is delivered and taken with adequate emotional support
- for the state: an elimination of waste in their processes thereby rapidly reaching more people in need of care
The accelerate decentralised identity challenge is about defining repeatable use cases that can be applied in various jurisdictions and business processes. Accurate address details is exactly that type of use case as it is used in various business processes such as RICA, FICA, KYC, delivery drop offs and pick ups, patient care services and many other interactional and transactional processes.
Future phase could explore:
- A pilot with at least 100 people to further validate the address verification solution.
- The implementation of a pilot in a region to establish whether the rate of patient contact had increased. This will need the use case to be extended so that before and after confined medication intake rates can be measured.
- Creation and registration of a DAO.
Outcome 1:
Comprehensive design that covers all the essential components and potential methodologies to verify a user address.
Outcome 2:
Prototype tested on a small sample of healthcare users.
Outcome 3:
Report on the prototype testing results.
Risk 1: SSI skills needed to ensure all components of the solution for the POC and beyond are addressed. Mitigation: Consult with SSI consultants or PSG team to flesh out the governance for the solution.
Risk 2: Personal time constraints. Mitigation: Carry out Design sprint over 8 weeks rather than 4 weeks. Clarify the concept, vision and high level plan at the outset.
Risk 3: User acceptance and adoption. Mitigation: Prototype must have low data application for target market to ease acceptance. Engage BCX/Vodacom/MTN to provide data for POC and measure how much data the service uses? Or zero rate the service and assess data usage per transaction.