Emmanuel Oloo Khisa is a seasoned leader in technology with over 20 years of experience, prominently focusing on digital financial services and identity technologies for the past 15 years. Currently serving as Africa Director at CDPI creating a support pipeline for DPI in Africa for the global south-south collaborative initiative in ID, Payments, Data Exchange and Digital credentials. He previously led groundbreaking initiatives at the Smart Africa Secretariat, overseeing Digital ID, Digital Payments blueprints and projects, and Digital Trade projects across the continent. He has extensive experience in implementing Digital Financial Services, Digital Agriculture solutions where he has led payments and digitization projects across Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe