Analysis
The Promise of Ghana’s Visa-Free Policy
Ghana’s decision to implement a visa-free policy for African travelers aligns with a growing continental push for regional integration.
Oluwabukola Kuteyi
January 8, 2025
Ghana’s decision to implement a visa-free policy for African travelers aligns with a growing continental push for regional integration.
Despite its good intentions, the law has been poorly implemented, and its provisions consistently flouted. Having failed to deliver on its promises, PWDs face continued discrimination and marginalisation.
Over the past eight years, 39 African countries significantly improved in their visa openness scores, indicating substantial progress in facilitating easy travel among the affected nations.
Oluwaferanmi Bello, a 2024 Journalism for Liberty Fellow with the Liberalist Centre, pointed out in the publication that the policy contradicts the core principle of merit-based access to education, as enshrined in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Nigeria’s education minister is asking the country’s future to wait.
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