Ghanian Gov’t Instantly Issues National IDs Using CD800 Printers

Challenge During its first attempt at mass registration, CUSTOMER PROFILE the National Identification Authority (NIA) relied on a centralized card printing system The NIA has been operational in that required Ghanaian citizens to travel since 2003, when a presidential once for program enrollment and again to mandate required the issuance of collect their cards, resulting in over 3 million national ID cards. The Ghana Card, uncollected personalized cards. Ghana’s current national identity card, The institution needed a way to quickly is issued by the NIA to resident and enroll Ghanaian citizens in the national non-resident Ghanaian citizens, as ID program and instantly issue ID cards. well as foreign nationals who reside in Ghana for a period of 90 days Solution or more. The NIA, via Identity Management Systems (IMS), a subsidiary of Margins ID Group and an Entrust partner, deployed almost 2,000 Objectives Entrust CD800 Direct-to-Card ID Printers • Issue ID card at time with Card Lamination Module. of enrollment • Issue millions of cards in Results short time span • Fewer than 30 minutes from program • Improve card security enrollment to card issuance*

• Over 16.2 million cards issued in 12-month Technology timeframe • Entrust CD800 Direct-to-Card ID • ID cards also serve as travel documents Printer with Card Lamination in the Economic Community of West Module African States (ECOWAS) subregion • Entrust DuraShield™ Overlay *Results depend on the program and may vary

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THE TRANSFORMATION Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has Uncollected ID cards present endorsed the program and was the first to receive his new Ghana Card. Other citizens unforeseen security risks can now receive their national ID cards at Ghana’s postal system doesn’t allow for the same time they enroll for the program, ID cards to be distributed by mail. The NIA with the entire process taking fewer than was previously using a centralized card 30 minutes. issuance system, which required Ghanaians The new cards boast a tactile impression to travel to a centralized location to enroll security feature and multiple biometric in the national ID program and then return applications. They can also be used as in two weeks once their card was ready. travel documents within the Economic Many citizens were unable to make this Community of West African States trip twice, and the NIA found themselves (ECOWAS), eliminating the need for with more than 3 million uncollected, additional travel documentation. personalized ID cards, presenting security risks and the potential for cards to be This year, the NIA will issue more than mistakenly issued to the wrong citizens. 16.2 million national identity cards.

They needed a solution that would allow The NIA and NHIA plan to merge the them to instantly issue national IDs, as well NHIA’s healthcare card into the new as include updated biometric features to Ghana Card, eliminating the need for potentially merge the NIA card with other citizens to carry two separate cards. institutional cards, such as the National The custom holographic Entrust Health Identification Authority (NHIA) DuraShield™ Overlay designed for the card used for healthcare credentials. customer will ensure maximum security and durability for this combined card. MEASURES OF SUCCESS The government’s successful implementation of the new Ghana Nearly 2,000 CD800 card Card also makes the creation of an printers deployed across Ghana up-to-date national citizen database a The Entrust CD800 Direct-to-Card Printer reality. This wealth of data could pave with Card Lamination Module was chosen the way for future projects, including for its ability to deliver massive card e-passport issuance. quantities in a limited timeframe, as well as the enhanced security feature of tactile impression and its proven reputation. Nearly 2,000 CD800 Printers will be deployed at more than 500 locations across Ghana.

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