ECOWAS pushes regional biometric ID card adoption to bring down travel, business barriers

Members of some women groups in border communities between Senegal and Guinea Bissau (the sene-Gambia zone) have received biometric national ID cards as part of a socio-economic empowerment drive.

The women received the ECOWAS Biometric National Identity Card (ENBIC) in a move that is fronted by the ECOWAS Commission and supported by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).

According to a news release, the exercise which is in its pilot phase, seeks to facilitate movement and business …

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