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High-level delegations from three African countries visit Nepal to observe openIMIS in operation: South-south cooperation at its best
We travelled to Nepal because we are considering replacing our costly commercial information management system with openIMIS. What we learned here has been tremendous: openIMIS can be used to register clients, collect contributions, pay providers, and more. We have been struggling with these things for some time.…

Celebrating Women in Tech: Karolliny Nayra dos Santos Lima
This series of portraits celebrates young women working with the openIMIS Initiative from across the world in diverse technical roles. Women make up less than a third of the global tech workforce, with even fewer women at senior levels. In line with BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy, openIMIS actively seeks to address this…

openIMIS and private software developers: a mutually beneficial collaboration
IT companies are playing a critical role in the evolution of the Digital Public Good openIMIS. At the same time, the openIMIS community of practice is supporting the development of indispensable digital skills and expertise.
In 2020, the team at 2M Corp, a software company in The Gambia, were working to develop a digital…

Celebrating Women in Tech: Sylvia Mwelu
This series of portraits celebrates young women working with the openIMIS Initiative from across the world in diverse technical roles. Women make up less than a third of the global tech workforce, with even fewer women at senior levels. In line with BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy, openIMIS actively seeks to address this…

Celebrating Women in Tech: Yolande Margaret Goswell
This series of portraits celebrates young women working with the openIMIS Initiative from across the world in diverse technical roles. Women make up less than a third of the global tech workforce, with even fewer women at senior levels. In line with BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy, openIMIS actively seeks to address this…

GIZ-Amref Learning Exchange on AI in Health Insurance
ICT Managers from six countries are gathering for a Learning Exchange to explore AI use cases in health insurance, with a focus on claims adjudication and fraud prevention
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into health insurance represents a pivotal shift from traditional Business Intelligence (BI) systems,…

openIMIS Stakeholder Conference, Nov 2024
The inaugural openIMIS Stakeholder Conference took place on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, and was attended by more than 70 representatives of government and non-government implementing agencies, software developers, bilateral and multilateral development partners, and international organizations working in the fields of…

openIMIS supports the management of activities across the social protection delivery chain
Thanks to enhanced functionalities included in its latest release, openIMIS now offers solutions for the management of activities across the social protection delivery chain. The October 2024 release reflects the significant evolution of openIMIS as a mature digital public good which powers versatile solutions for the…

Germany joins the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty: openIMIS recognized as key instrument to achieve digital transformation in social protection systems
Germany's recent commitment to the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty signifies a powerful step towards strengthening social safety nets and social protection worldwide.
A proposal from the G20 Brazil presidency, one of the alliance’s aims is to “raise resources and knowledge for implementation of public…