Mosaic — A DPI Alliance for the Global South
Across the Global South, the same problems are solved from first principles in one country after another. Mosaic works on one at a time. It documents the problem, assembles the institutions that can answer it, pilots the answer in a real service, and publishes the result openly — so the next country begins from evidence.
Use cases
Each has been documented with the evidence behind it, a design for what shared infrastructure would replace, and the questions that remain unresolved. Open one to see where it stands and what it still requires.
Micro-enterprises prove the same eligibility facts over and over to dozens of disconnected subsidy, credit and grant programs.
See how it could work
Clinical notes have to be hand-translated into medical codes before a health record can reach Indonesia's national exchange — and most facilities can't do it.
See how it could work
Millions of disability cards are issued, but almost no counter can check one without demanding sensitive personal data in return.
See how it could workHave a stake in one of these, or a fourth problem worth incubating?
Propose a new use caseWhat is Mosaic
Mosaic designs the process and runs the pilot. The infrastructure itself is built by the institutions in the room.
Whatever a pilot produces belongs to the institutions running it and to the commons.
Mosaic designs and evaluates. It never sits in the path of anyone's records.
Verifying who someone is. Checking a qualification. Moving a health record between two providers. These are the same problems in every country, and each country solves them alone. Mosaic works on one at a time, from idea to proof, and publishes the result for the next country to use.
A steering committee decides which problems Mosaic takes on. A small secretariat runs the working groups and does the coordination that no single institution is funded to do — between the institution that owns the problem, the team that can build the answer, and the funder prepared to underwrite the attempt.
How we work
Move your cursor over a stage.
An institution brings a problem it needs to solve. Mosaic documents it with evidence and maps what shared infrastructure could replace.
Mosaic assembles the institution that owns the problem, the team that can build the answer, and the funder prepared to underwrite it. They agree what would count as success before anything is built.
A working version is tested in one real service, before anyone commits to it as policy or as a standard.
The design, the evaluation and the result are released openly, including where the approach failed, so the next country starts from evidence rather than from scratch.
The components validated in one sector are built to be reused, not rebuilt. Mosaic shapes them into a shared framework other sectors can adopt directly, so growth means extending the same rails instead of laying new ones.
Propagate becomes the next Identify — the cycle repeats.
Why Mosaic exists
Mosaic exists because shared digital infrastructure — identity, payments, data exchange — too often gets built as somebody's product instead of everybody's foundation. When it stays closed, it serves whoever owns it. When it stays open, it serves everyone who builds on it.
That conviction shapes how Mosaic works: standards that let different systems talk to each other without forcing them to look alike, and nothing recommended as policy until it has been tested in a real service and published as proof.
Digital identity, payments, and data exchange are foundations every person and institution should build on. Open infrastructure serves everyone. Closed infrastructure serves its owner.
The Global South is not a monolith. Mosaic seeks shared standards that let different systems talk — not uniformity. A mosaic is coherent because its pieces are distinct.
Mosaic pilots and incubates what it recommends. Every standard it endorses has been tested in a real service. It publishes the results — including where the approach failed.
Updates
Each session, publication and announcement is listed here.
October 2026
The first session brings problem owners, builders, and funders together around the three open use cases. The objective is to fill all three roles on at least one of them, and to agree what a pilot would have to demonstrate.
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Who can join, and what do you get?
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Governments, institutions, and the people the problem affects.
Team
From problem design to pilot delivery, each person steers a different stage of the work.
Executive Director
Over 10 years of experience in AI, data, and government digital transformation. He focuses on translating public sector priorities into practical technology solutions, building transparent, citizen-centred services, and helping institutions become more agile, inclusive, and accountable in delivering public services.
AI & Digital Advisor
Over 15 years of experience in AI and machine learning across research, government, and industry. He focuses on developing language models for Southeast Asia, making AI more accessible across diverse languages and translating research into practical applications.
AI & Product Specialist
Experience in AI product development in banking/private sectors, digital strategy, and technology consulting. He focuses on translating business and policy needs into practical digital solutions that help organizations improve services.
Executive Partnership
8+ years of experience managing funded digital programmes for the UK Government (British Embassy Jakarta) in Indonesia. She focuses on translating strategic priorities into effective delivery, building trusted partnerships, ensuring inclusive, and also accountable program implementation.
Digital Specialist
Works at the intersection of digital technology, public policy, and strategic transformation. Focuses on shaping AI policy, strengthening data governance, and guiding digital public service development, helping institutions translate complex priorities into practical solutions that respond to people’s needs.
Ready to get involved?
Bring a real problem, an engineering team, research capacity, or funding — whatever your organisation does best. Every pilot is tested in the open before it becomes policy.