Visas, Policy & Infrastructure

The world is eating Africa. Not the sanitised, stripped-down version sold in novelty pop-ups, but real, layered, ancestral food, smoky suya skewers, slow-simmered egusi, fermented injera stacked high with doro …

Every year, thousands of people board flights to Accra, Dakar, Lagos, and Ouidah carrying something heavier than luggage, a hunger to find themselves in a place they have never been. …

Every December, something remarkable happens in Lagos. The city’s population swells. Flights from London, Houston, Toronto, and New York fill up weeks in advance. Hotel rooms vanish. And across the …

Morocco is writing Africa’s boldest airport modernisation story, and it is doing so with public money, development finance, and a clear deadline.  North Africa Post reports that the European Bank …

The Republic of Congo has made a historic announcement that will reshape travel across the continent. From 1 January 2027, all African passport holders will be able to enter the …

The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom wants a deal with the European Union, and it came prepared. Through its prime minister, Andrew Byakutaga, the historically significant western Ugandan kingdom recently made a …

On May 18, 2026, Togo made a clean break from the status quo. The country’s Ministry of Security announced that all African nationals holding a valid passport can now enter …

On April 29, 2026, Ethiopian Airlines and Visa inked an expanded agreement to grow co-branded payment card products across Africa and beyond. The Ethiopian Airlines-Visa partnership builds on a long-standing …

Tanzania received 5.36 million international visitors in 2024, broke its own arrival record a full year ahead of schedule, and was named the World’s Leading Safari Destination at the 2025 …

Visa-free travel in Africa is no longer just an aspirational policy talking point. In 2026, more African countries than ever before will fully, conditionally, or on-arrival open their doors to …