{"id":16361,"date":"2016-10-19T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T06:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=16361"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:00:14","slug":"african-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-passport","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Will Soon Be Easier For Africans Thanks To This New\u00a0Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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They are going to be the first beneficiaries of the African passport.<\/p>\n<h2>Promoting trade and integration<\/h2>\n<p>The unified travel document for the continent is an electronic passport that will facilitate\u00a0travel on the continent for Africans. Today, traveling within Africa can be quite challenging. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/fileadmin\/uploads\/afdb\/Documents\/Generic-Documents\/Africa_Visa_Openness_Report_2016.pdf\">Africa Visa Openness Report<\/a>, a mere 13 African countries out of 55 are visa free or allow visas on arrival to all Africans. This initiative will promote\u00a0intra-Africa trade and integration. According to\u00a0Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the African Union Commission chair:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is a steady step toward the objective of creating a strong, prosperous and integrated Africa, driven by its own citizens and capable of taking its rightful place on the world stage.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16363\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/ap592715323833-4ee8155a81cbebe65383c558d4ba631bb1422e32-s900-c85.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/ap592715323833-4ee8155a81cbebe65383c558d4ba631bb1422e32-s900-c85.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/ap592715323833-4ee8155a81cbebe65383c558d4ba631bb1422e32-s900-c85-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/ap592715323833-4ee8155a81cbebe65383c558d4ba631bb1422e32-s900-c85-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2014\/10\/21\/ap592715323833-4ee8155a81cbebe65383c558d4ba631bb1422e32-s900-c85.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The African Union plans to establish a free trade zone across the continent by 2017 and abolish all visa requirements for African citizens visiting any country of the continent by 2018. 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