Ghana prints 31k new chip-embedded biometric passports in one month
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has commended the passport production team for printing 31,935 new chip-embedded passports…
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Ghana upgrades to chip-embedded passport for enhanced security
Ghana has rolled out an upgraded version of its passport which is embedded with a microprocessor chip containing the holder’s…
Seychelles expands, Ghana plans for chip biometric passport issuance
The Seychelles biometric passport scheme will expand to Australia and Canada through a contract with IN Groupe, allowing nationals who…
Ghana, Kenya facilitate biometric passport services for compatriots in Canada, China
The Ghanaian High Commission in Canada recently undertook what has been described as an innovative process to facilitate passport issuance…
Ghana hints at biometric passport fee hike; Nigeria nears fully digitized applications
A rise in the cost of production could lead to an increase in the fee for obtaining biometric passports in…
Ghana opts for new biometric passports, Taliban resumes issuance in Afghanistan
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has informed Parliament it plans to begin issuing passports with biometrics-embedded chips…
Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement
The recent claim by Ghana’s vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the country’s national biometric ID card (the Ghana Card)…
Ghana Card to function as full biometric passport under government plan
Ghanaians may soon be able to use the national biometric ID card as an international travel document, even beyond the…
Biometric passports made an election promise by Ghana’s incumbent party
Ghana could be getting biometric passports soon, as the incumbent New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) 2020 policy platform includes a plan…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Huduma Namba to become virtually compulsory, Ghana gets PKI, Liberia runs out of biometric passports
It’s been two steps forward, one step back for biometrics in Africa this week. Liberia has issued a cancellation notice…
