Representatives of ID authorities from Benin, Malawi, Mauritania, Tanzania, and Somalia explained their respective journeys, challenges faced, lessons learnt and ambitions for the future. Through country progress reports, they demonstrated how they are already tackling some of these challenges which range from limited infrastructure and funding, weak or inexistent regulatory and governance frameworks, concerns about data privacy and security, and poor awareness or scepticism among citizens about the ID programs, to cite these few. These hurdles notwithstanding, their ID progress has been significant with all of them announcing bold ambitions.