About
Richard Chirchir leads Digital Solutions at DT Global, with more than 24 years of experience leading the design, development, and implementation of digital technology solutions for social protection, digital government, and public sector transformation. Since beginning his software engineering career in 2002, he has worked across more than 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific, supporting governments and development partners to modernise and scale national social protection systems. In his current role, Richard provides technical leadership on the design and delivery of social registries, integrated beneficiary management systems, payment systems, digital identity integration, interoperability frameworks, cybersecurity, and emerging AI-enabled solutions.
His work includes Uganda’s Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) Management Information System and National Single Registry, Kenya’s Consolidated Cash Transfer Programme MIS and Enhanced Single Registry, and advisory support to Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme and Indonesia’s Unified Beneficiary Registry. Richard’s expertise spans enterprise architecture, social registries, interoperability, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and data governance. He is currently leading teams embedding AI capabilities within Somalia’s Unified Social Registry and Kiribati’s Social Protection Management Information System. Richard holds a First-Class Honours degree in Information Sciences (Information Technology) and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He is also a recognised author and thought leader in digital social protection, having co-authored several influential publications on social protection information systems, registries, and digital transformation.
