Ghana has offered visa-free entry to all African passport holders.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the outgoing President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has announced visa-free travel to the country for all African passport holders from the start of 2025.
This Nigeria news platform understands that Akufo-Addo disclosed this during his address to the parliament on Friday.
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With the President’s declaration, Ghana joins Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia and Benin in offering visa-free entry to African travellers.
Akufo-Addo said: “I am proud to have approved visa-free travel to Ghana for all African passport holders, with effect from the beginning of this year.
“This is the logical next step to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the workings of the largest trading bloc in the world.
“All these are essential elements to the realisation of the AU’s Agenda 2063, which envisages an integrated and connected Africa by 2063.”
