Even though my own Liberia has only rectified the Agreement, we’ve made no effort to sign it. Of the 51% of countries, Africans can access more freely, 26% offer visas on arrival while 25% do not require prior visas from African travelers. We must inaugurate a visa upon arrival program and introduce a visa-free entry to economically viable African countries like Mauritius, Ethiopia, South African, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Morocco, etc. It will accelerate and influence intra-regional investments, “territorial competition” and an enforce geopolitical prosperity of economic growth. Liberia has a huge untapped potential we can utilize to further expand economic activities, and stop being a spectator as “African countries stand to gain substantially from intra-regional trade“.

Source: Front Page Africa January 13, 2020 07:18 UTC