Ghana Card fraud crackdown: Digital checks compulsory for national ID - photocopies banned

• All businesses and other institutions in Ghana must now use a biometric app scanner to check national identity cards under new rules aimed at strengthening security and curbing fraud.
• Until now many of them have just visually checked or photocopied the card for their records, which has made it possible for criminals to impersonate someone.
• All Ghanaian citizens and foreign residents in the country must carry a plastic biometric national ID known as the "Ghana Card".