Rwanda progressed the most, after Tanzania, in regional countries that opened to visitors from other African countries as well as African Union initiatives in the last five years.
This is according to authors of the latest Africa Visa Openness report 2021.
Rwanda scored 6th in this year’s rankings and top performers despite the lockdowns necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the breakdown, the top 10 countries’ average score on the Africa Visa Openness Index rose to 0.904 from 0.902 in 2020.
Countries like Benin, Gambia and Seychelles continued to offer visa-free access to all Africans.
“The Covid-19 crisis has made one thing very certain: Africa needs to be more self-sufficient. To get there, we need to boost intra-African trade, and that means fewer visa restrictions,” said Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission,
Nonetheless, visa openness in Africa as a whole dropped slightly over the year.
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