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Ghana waives visa fees for Diaspora Summit 2025 participants in Pan-African Solidarity

By Joyce Adwoa Animia Ocran, ISD II contributor

The Government of Ghana will waive all visa fees for registered participants of the upcoming Diaspora Summit 2025 from 19^th and 20^th December, 2025 in Accra.

This follows a direct pledge by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to facilitate attendance for Africans and people of African descent to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Accra, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that interested participants should visit the nearest Embassy, High Commission of Ghana or Consulate in their place of residency to receive complimentary visas before departing for Ghana.

“This gesture of solidarity is being extended to participants in the spirit of Pan Africanism to allow Africans and people of African descent to participate in the Summit aimed at fostering cooperation and forging enduring partnerships for the pursuit of our common good,” it said.

It said, the deadline for online registration via www.diasporasummitghana.org for participation in the Summit is Monday, December 2025.

According to the release, participants are to note that in line with reciprocal Visa Waiver Agreements, nationals of the following countries, holding the specified categories of passports, do not require visa to travel to Ghana:

“All Passports: Barbados, Bahamas. Dominica, Mauritius. Seychelles, South Africa, Kenya. Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, Sao Tome and Principe. Uganda, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Rwanda, Morocco, Guyana, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Malawi, and Grenada

Diplomatic Official and Service Passports: Brazil, Colombia, China, Cuba, Germany, Sudan, Türkiye, Namibia, Hungary, Iran, India, Equatorial Guinea, St Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Venezuela, Malta, and the United Arab Emirates”, it added.

It said the Ministry looks forward to welcoming participants to the Diaspora Summit 2025 and encourages all registered participants to promptly proceed to Ghana Missions abroad for visa processing.

“For further inquiries, please visit the official Summit website at www.diasporasummitghana.org or contact the Ministry via [email protected] or through +233 240 913284/+233 240 793,” it noted.

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