ECOWAS seeks consultant for regional biometric ID card transition roadmap

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is calling for expressions of interest from consulting firms to develop a roadmap to transition foundational identification (fID) systems to an ECOWAS national biometric identification card (ENBIC) over the course of three months.

The firm would be hired using grant funding from the World Bank to implement the West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI).

The roadmap will support the effective implementation of an ID card system …

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