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African countries have cut back the number of routes within the continent that require other Africans to seek a visa before setting off on their journey.
The latest African Visa Openness Index by the African Development Bank shows that 47% of intra-Africa travel routes demand a visa before traveling, compared with more than half in 2016.
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Benin, Seychelles, Rwanda and the Gambia are the only countries that do not require visas from any African travellers, but 29 countries require a visa ahead of travel from citizens of at least half the continent’s 54 countries.
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Kenya, whose revised visa rules require online verification, slumped 17 places on the index’s ranking to number 46.
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