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More about AfCFTA

Rules of origin under the AfCFTA Rules of origin are criteria that specify how much local working or processing is required on materials and intermediate goods sourced from abroad for a product to…

Regional Economic Communities

The African Union recognizes eight regional economic communities (RECs) in Africa. These communities pursue regional integration as a means of expanding markets and cross-border trade, freeing the…

Latest developments on the AfCFTA

The African Union Latest developments on the AfCFTA The African Continental Free Trade Area The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the largest free trade agreement in the world. It…

Our Findings

The 2021 edition of the AVOI noted several countries back-sliding on their ranking from the previous year. Countries were dealing with global uncertainty around the pandemic’s impacts on health and…

Agenda 2063

African Union’s Agenda 2063 ASPIRATION 2. An integrated continent, politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance. We aspire that by 2063, Africa…

Visa openness progress, 2016-2022

Tracking changes in visa openness 2016–2022 Overall, Africans travel more easily within Africa today than they did in 2016. For 27% of all intra-Africa travel, citizens of African countries can now…

Economic Community of West African States

Member states: Benin, Burkina, Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, The Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Population:…

Visa openness: Scores and rankings

Visa openness in Africa 2022: Scores and rankings

Top performers

Africa’s Top 10 / Africa's Top 20 Benin, The Gambia, and Seychelles are 2022’s top performers. All three countries offered visa-free access to all African visitors in 2022, as they did in 2021. …

Visa openness in Africa by category

Visa openness in Africa by category Highlights from the 2022 AVOI The aggregate AVOI score continues its upward trajectory. 36 of 54 countries have improved or maintained their score since…