A simple web application designed to address digital inclusion challenges across East Africa.
# AnchorID
AnchorID is a privacy-first digital identity platform designed to help refugees, stateless persons, and displaced populations securely store and present verifiable credentials without relying on centralized identity databases.
The platform enables humanitarian organizations and authorized partners to issue digitally signed credentials that individuals can securely hold in their own digital wallet. These credentials can be verified by service providers such as banks, healthcare facilities, employers, aid agencies, and telecommunications providers while protecting sensitive personal information.
AnchorID is built around the principles of user ownership, security, accessibility, and portability. The platform supports offline credential access, QR-based verification, local biometric authentication, credential revocation, and multilingual accessibility, making it suitable for low-connectivity and resource-constrained environments.
## Problem
Millions of displaced people lack reliable access to identity documents, making it difficult to access essential services such as healthcare, financial services, education, employment, and humanitarian assistance. Traditional identity systems often depend on centralized databases, creating challenges related to accessibility, privacy, and cross-border portability.
## Solution
AnchorID provides a secure and portable digital identity system based on verifiable credentials. Individuals maintain control of their credentials while trusted organizations can issue and verify them through cryptographic signatures rather than centralized record lookups.
## Key Features
* Digital humanitarian identity wallet
* Verifiable credential issuance and verification
* Offline-first Progressive Web Application (PWA)
* QR code credential presentation and verification
* Local biometric authentication using WebAuthn
* Credential revocation and audit tracking
* Multilingual support
* Mobile-first responsive design
* Privacy-preserving ar …