Ghana announces visa-free access for all African nations

• Ghana becomes the fifth African country to offer visa-free travel to Africans
  

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President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has announced visa-free travel for all African passport holders, three days to the end of his term.

Akufo-Addo made the announcement in his final State of the Nation address to parliament.

President-elect John Dramani Mahama will take over from Akufo-Addo on January 7.

With Friday’s announcement, Ghana becomes the fifth African country to offer visa-free travel to Africans, joining Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia and Benin Republic.

“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,” the 13th president said.

Akufo-Addo noted that these were essential elements to the realisation of the AU’s Agenda 2063, which envisages an integrated and connected Africa by 2063.

Ghana placed fifth last year in an annual African ranking of visa-openness, having already offered visa-free travel to citizens of 26 countries on the continent.