This week, MasterCard joins more than 1,000 business leaders, heads of state and government, as well as representatives from academia, development organisations, non-profits and media in Abuja, Nigeria for the 24th World Economic Forum(WEF) on Africa. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Forging Inclusive Growth; Creating Jobs”. In this article, Sami Lahoud, VP of Communications for Mastercard, explains the role that biometrics and other new technologies can play in financial inclusion in Africa.