CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY GIANT payment processing firm Mastercard has begun a push for public-private partnerships with African governments to leverage its digital ID infrastructure - Community Pass - as digital identities become a key way to include even the most remote communities in a global digital economy. During a recent US Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to Zambia, Mastercard's Division President of Sub-Saharan Africa, Mark Elliott, called for a rethink in national financial inclusion strategies, to close the digital divide. "To date, we have enabled 2.4 million individuals in Africa – mostly smallholder farmers – to participate in…