Ghanain president have done the marvelous by opening up visa-free travel to all Africans continent 

Now African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said.

He announced the plan last month but in his final state of the nation address on Friday he said that the policy had come into effect at the beginning of the year.

Visa-free travel within the continent has long been an aspiration many Africans because it will help inpromoting pan-African values and is seen as vital for economic cooperation.

Ghana is now i among the fifth African country to offer this to travellers from the rest of the continent, Seychelles, Benin, The Rwanda and Gambia are the others.

Ghana president (Akufo-Addo) said "I am proud to have approved visa-free travel to Ghana for all African passport holders, with effect from the beginning of this year,"  while addressing the lawmakers in his last  parliament before he steps down after eight years in office.

"This is the logical next step to the African Continental Free Trade Area and the workings of the largest trading bloc in the world," he said referring to the zone that came into effect four years ago. In an annual African ranking of visa-openness, Ghana was placed fifth last year as it already offered visa-free travel to citizens of 26 continental countries.

Ghana in recent years has been promoting itself as a destination for people from the continent and the African diaspora to visit. In 2019, Akufo-Addo launched the Year of Return - an initiative to encourage those with African roots to invest in the country.

The president used his last state of the nation speech to review his two terms in power. Despite him overseeing tough economic times for most Ghanaians, he said that "growth has returned to the pre-Covid trajectory" adding that he leaves behind a country "that is thriving". Having served two terms already, Akufo-Addo was unable to run for re-election last month.