“Apart from the fact that you need connectivity, you also need to have freedom for people to move from one place to the other. I believe we cannot say we have borderless trade when we put up barriers for people to travel.” 1
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina - President, African Development Bank Group
The Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI) tracks visa-openness on the African continent:
How easy is it for African citizens to travel to other African countries?
What visa policies do countries apply to the citizens of other African countries?
Are countries embracing the notion of freedom of movement in the broader context of Africa's integration, by easing the need for a visa or reducing the administrative overheads in obtaining a visa?
By assessing countries' visa policies according to several key metrics - whether a visa is required by the casual traveller, and through which means the visa must be obtained - this report provides a snapshot of where Africa stands this year, and provides a comparison to previous years.
Each country's visa policy is measured, as applicable to the citizens of every other African country, to create a consolidated index.
This year's report sheds further light on latest developments and assesses where countries and RECs are on easing the movement of people through the proxy of visa openness.
1 qz.com
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