Papua New Guinea DPI Wallet Launches on Google Play

The SevisWallet app for Papua New Guinea is now available on Google Play, with the project positioned as a digital public infrastructure (DPI) wallet intended to hold multiple government-issued credentials, according to Identity Week.

The Google Play availability comes amid wider work on national digital ID and wallet infrastructure in Papua New Guinea, including reporting on a national digital ID and wallet launch and the rollout of the SevisPass digital ID system. Interoperability discussions around verifiable credentials have also included interoperability standards for ID systems intended to support credential exchange across systems.

Identity Week describes SevisWallet as being built on a “global API model” DPI approach and frames it as comparable to widely cited examples such as Singapore’s Singpass and India’s DigiLocker. The outlet reports the wallet has a roadmap to house a broader set of credentials over time, with the initial availability on Google Play providing a public distribution channel for Android users.

The initiative is tied to Papua New Guinea’s Digital Government Plan and is overseen by the country’s ICT Steering Committee, according to Identity Week. In the report, the publication describes the wallet as part of a push to shift interactions across agencies and services toward digitally verifiable exchanges, with paper-based processes expected to be phased out under the DPI approach.

The launch is positioned as a step toward digital onboarding for services and credential presentation for public interactions. The wallet and related components represent infrastructure to support multiple credentials across agencies rather than a single-purpose application.

Identity Week describes SevisPass as a decentralized identity credential intended to support access to basic services, including use cases such as SIM registration.

Interoperability is supported through a component referred to as SevisDEx, which serves as the interoperability platform for exchanging verifiable credentials, a capability that would be required if multiple agencies and service providers are expected to accept and verify government-issued digital credentials within a shared ecosystem.

ICT Steering Committee Chairman Steven Matainaho said “trusted verification is at the source” of interactions across agencies and services, and linked the DPI push to an effort to move away from paper-based processes.

Sources: Identity Week

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By the ID Tech Editorial Team