Africa Business Radio

Seychelles took a step forward toward introducing electronic biometric passports after signing a contract with the French company IN Groupe.The contract was signed by the Minister for Internal Affairs, Errol Fonseka, and the Vice-President for Internal Sales of IN Groupe, Walter Groppi.Fonseka says that the introduction of an electronic biometric passport in Seychelles is expected to raise the level of security at borders.Fonseka says it will help in ensuring visitors and ourselves, movement of people through our border is enhanced, is faster and sleeker, but above all the security element of the biometric passport allows us to enhance our border control