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Africa Travel & Visas
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Travelling across Africa often means dealing with a different visa system at every border. Some countries let most visitors in with no visa, some use an online travel authorisation, and some still need paperwork done weeks ahead.
These articles explain the current rules, what they cost, which passports they affect and how they are changing. They also look at the bigger question of why moving around Africa is still harder for Africans than for many visitors from outside it.
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Latest · September 20, 2026
How to Plan a December Trip to Africa: Flights, Visas, Costs and More
Plan a December trip to Africa with practical advice on flights, visas, accommodation, costs, traffic, events and booking timing for Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Zanzibar, Cape Town and Kigali.
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August 15, 2026
East Africa Tourist Visa Explained: Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda on One Visa (2026 Guide)
The East Africa Tourist Visa lets you visit Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda for $100 on one application. Here's how it works, the entry rule that trips people up, and why Tanzania isn't included.
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August 15, 2026
Can Africa Be One Travel Market With 54 Different Borders? Inside the Visa Data Gap
African countries are moving visa approval from the airport counter to online platforms before departure, but the two major indexes used to measure "visa openness" (the Africa Visa Openness Index and the Henley Openness Index) score digitization and restriction almost identically. This investigation compares Nigeria's 2025 e-visa rollout, Seychelles' fall from joint first to last place on the AVOI, Cabo Verde's 2026 visa-on-arrival suspension, and the ECOWAS aviation tax reform, to ask whether Africa's borders are actually opening or just going digital while the numbers say otherwise.
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August 15, 2026
Africa's Electronic Travel Authorizations: A Country-by-Country Tracker
A fact-checked tracker of Africa's electronic travel authorizations: who pays, who's exempt, and how Seychelles, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa compare.
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August 15, 2026
The Missing Africa Passport Ranking: What No Index Measures
A direct explainer on why there is no published ranking of African passport mobility within Africa itself, why the Henley Passport Index and Africa Visa Openness Index each measure the wrong direction for this question, and what a real intra-African passport index would need to track.
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August 15, 2026
Seychelles Visa Openness: Why Africa's Index Ranks It Last While Henley Ranks It Second
Seychelles scores 0 on Africa's Visa Openness Index but ranks 2nd worldwide on Henley's. Both use IATA data. We asked the African Development Bank why.
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August 15, 2026
Mozambique's New Digital Visa System Locks Out Nigerians. So Does Tanzania's.
Mozambique's eVisa portal lets most of the world apply online, but blocks six nationalities, including Nigeria, forcing them into embassy-only applications. Tanzania excludes Nigeria from its Commonwealth visa waiver too. Neither government will explain why, and the continent's main openness index isn't built to catch it.
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August 11, 2026
ECOWAS Air Travel Tax Cuts: Why Nigeria Still Lists $80 Passenger Charge
ECOWAS cut selected aviation taxes and charges from January 2026. Nigeria's published tariff still lists an $80 passenger charge for West Africa.
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August 7, 2026
South Africa Visa Fee: What the New R500 ETA Charge Means
South Africa is proposing a R500 electronic processing fee. Here is what the new ETA charge means for visa-required and visa-exempt African travelers.
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August 5, 2026
Two Indices Looked at Seychelles. One Called It the Second Most Open Country on Earth. The Other Ranked It Last in Africa.
Two major visa openness indices reach radically different conclusions on Seychelles. One ranks it second in the world. The other puts it last in Africa.
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August 4, 2026
Nigeria Visa Changes: Why Travellers Now Need Approval Before Flying
Nigeria stopped issuing visas on arrival in 2025. Here is what changed, how it affected Nigeria's visa openness ranking, and what it means for African travellers.
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July 18, 2026
The Spain Visa Story Everyone Shared. Here's What It Reveals About Africa's Passport Problem.
A viral report about Spain's visa policy sparked conversations across Africa. This analysis explores what the story reveals about passport mobility, country branding, public policy and why national reputation is built through more than tourism campaigns.
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