Le président sortant Nana Akufo-Addo announced on Friday, January 3, 2025, that all nationals of the African continent who hold a passport will be able to travel to Ghana without a visa “from the beginning of this year”. This is a new step forward towards the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA

Lors de son dernier Speech to the nation, the outgoing president said he was proud to have agreed to visa-free travel for all African passport holders, with effect beginning at the beginning of this year acute;. For the latter, “this is the logical step towards the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the functioning of the largest trading block in the world. These are essential elements in the achievement of the AU (African Union) Agenda 2063, which envisions an integrated and connected Africa by 2063

Ghana joins Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia and Benin which already allow African travelers to enter their countries without a visa. In reality, the visa exemption policy builds on Ghana's efforts to strengthen its international reputation, including through initiatives such as the Year of Return in 2019, which celebrated the African diaspora and commemorated 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade

As a reminder, Nana Akufo-Addo is leaving power on January 6 after two successive terms of office. John Mahama, the opposition candidate who won the presidential election in December, succeeds him