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A national communications regulator in Africa builds the root of trust for its country's digital economy

Government PKI Africa
Case Study

Client Overview

1 national

root of trust for the digital economy

4

certificate types supported: individuals, organisations, devices and servers

Scales

with adoption on user-based licensing

CA-grade

technology from a licensed CA operator

The customer is the national regulator for communications in its African market. Its mandate includes enabling secure electronic transactions, which depends on a trusted national public key infrastructure. It selected eMudhra's emCA platform to provide the certificate authority technology behind that national PKI.

The Challenge

Digital signatures, secure e-government and trusted online commerce all depend on a national root of trust that citizens and businesses can rely on.

A national root of trust

The country needed its own trusted CA hierarchy to issue certificates for people, organisations and systems.

Scale for a whole country

The platform had to grow from early adoption to national use without re-architecture.

Licensed trust services

Certificate services had to meet the standards expected of a national trust framework.

The goal
A national root of trust that can scale from launch to nationwide adoption.

The Solution

eMudhra licensed its emCA certificate authority platform to the regulator on a user-based model, as the foundation for national PKI.

emCA platform

Enterprise-grade CA software for root and issuing CA hierarchies, built by a licensed CA operator.

National PKI foundation

Supports certificates for individuals, organisations, devices and servers.

User-based licensing

Licensing grows with the number of certificate holders, matching national adoption.

Standards-based

Built to recognised PKI standards so certificates are trusted across systems.

What the customer neededHow eMudhra delivered
Establish a national root of trustemCA root and issuing CA hierarchy
Serve every type of certificate holderCertificates for people, organisations, devices and servers
Scale with the countryUser-based licensing
Meet trust-service expectationsStandards-based CA platform from a licensed CA

Results

What changed for the customer

  • The country has CA technology for its own national root of trust.
  • The regulator can issue and manage certificates for citizens, organisations and systems.
  • Licensing scales with adoption, from launch to national use.
  • National PKI can now underpin secure electronic transactions and digital services.

Why eMudhra

  • Built by a licensed CA
    eMudhra runs its own CA operations and builds the software it uses.
  • National PKI experience
    emCA powers national and sector PKIs in several countries.
  • Scalable licensing
    User-based model that grows with adoption.

Customer name withheld for confidentiality.

About eMudhra

eMudhra is a globally trusted provider of digital trust services, offering eSignatures, PKI, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Multi-Factor Authentication and Identity & Access Management solutions. Licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), India, eMudhra serves 1,000+ enterprises across 40+ countries, helping organisations build secure, compliant and paperless digital ecosystems.

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