What Is A Digital Passport And How Is It Changing Travel?

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The African Union released its first electronic passport and hopes to have them widely available by 2018. So how does an e-passport work?

Learn More:
Homeland Security: e-Passports
https://www.dhs.gov/e-passports

The Guardian: As the UK shuts itself off, Africa rolls out a welcome mat across the continent
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/jul/12/as-the-uk-shuts-itself-off-africa-rolls-out-a-welcome-mat-across-the-continent

The Telegraph: Passport swap couple beat face scan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8329274/Passport-swap-couple-beat-face-scan.html

Government of Canada: The Canadian ePassport
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/multimedia/video/e-passport/e-passport.asp

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