Ghana’s outgoing president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has this week granted an executive order allowing visa-free access to his country by all Africans.
The move is in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the African Union Agenda 2063.
The order will come into effect early next year, when Ghana will become the fifth African country to open borders for all Africans.
Countries that have made strides towards visa-free access so far are Rwanda, Seychelles, Benin, and The Gambia.
Ghana was the first African nation to gain independence in 1957 and one of the earliest to call for the dismantling of arbitrary borders created by European colonial powers.
Through the Abuja Treaty signed in 1991, Africa cemented its borderless vision and established the African Economic Community (AEC).
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