KIGALI, 17th July 2016: African leaders on Sunday had gathered in Kigali Rwanda for their biannual meeting where continent’s first ever e-passport was launched.
During the launch the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma presented the first two e-passports to rotating AU chairperson Idriss Deby, President of the Republic of Chad, and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame.
According to AU the first group of beneficiaries of the e-passport will include AU heads of state and government; ministers of foreign affairs; and permanent representatives of AU member states based at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
