The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that participants of the upcoming Diaspora Summit 2025 will be granted free visas to attend the event, which takes place from December 19 to 20, 2025, at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).

The initiative follows a pledge made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, at the media launch of the summit.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, December 2, the Ministry urged all prospective participants to visit the nearest Ghana Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate in their country of residence to obtain their visas before travelling to Ghana.

The gesture, the Ministry explained, is rooted in the spirit of Pan-African solidarity, intended to enable Africans and people of African descent to participate in a forum designed to advance cooperation, strategic partnerships, and collective development.

Online registration for the summit remains open until Monday, December 8, 2025.

The Ministry also reminded the public that some nationals do not require visas to travel to Ghana due to existing reciprocal arrangements.

These include citizens of: All passport holders from Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, São Tomé and Príncipe, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Rwanda, Morocco, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Malawi, and Grenada.

Others are Diplomatic, Official, and Service Passports from 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.

The Ministry added that it looks forward to welcoming attendees from around the globe and encouraged all registered participants to proceed swiftly to Ghana’s Missions abroad to process their travel documents.

Read the full statement below