Ghana to lift visa requirement for visiting Africans by 2024: president

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Ghana to lift visa requirement for visiting Africans by 2024: president

STORY: Ghana to lift visa requirement for visiting Africans by 2024: president SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of the airport (file) 2. Shots of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo/conference 3. Various shots of the China-built port expansion project (file) 4. SOUNDBITE (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, President of Ghana 5. Various shots of Accra Central Business (file) 6. Various shots of the port expansion (Movement of goods) file 7. Various shots of conference participants STORYLINE: Ghana is about to implement a policy to grant visa-free entry to all Africans visiting the country by the end of this year, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced on Thursday. Akufo-Addo pledged while opening the 2024 Africa Prosperity Dialogue in Ghana's Eastern Region, saying the gesture is in line with the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to create a seamless single mark

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