As its predecessors, CHAIN-REDS and eI4Africa, the Sci-GaIA project fosters the establishment of Identity Federations in Africa. Indeed, one of the tasks of the work plan, i.e. Task 3.2 – Support the creation of an African Policy Management Authority and the establishment of Identity Federations to be connected to eduGAIN, aims to support the expansion of the Identity Providers in the tegion both in terms of number and size and their consolidation into Identity Federations to be connected to eduGAIN.
The table below shows the current status of federated services deployed in Africa, including those developed in the context of Sci-GaIA during its first (Y1) and second (Y2) year.