Maputo, Oct. 28, 2025 (Lusa) - The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday the entry into force of the visa exemption agreement with Ghana, a measure it justifies with the need to promote tourism and investment between the two countries.

In a statement released today, the Mozambique ministry of foreign affairs and cooperation said that the Ghanaian parliament this month approved the ratification of bilateral visa exemption agreements on diplomatic and service passports, as well as ordinary passports, with Mozambique.

"This ratification and approval for visa exemption, which aims to strengthen cooperation and promote exchange between the two countries and peoples, guarantees the mobility of Mozambican citizens to and from the Republic of Ghana, as well as facilitating commercial and tourist transactions," it explains.

The same note adds that the agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and service passports was signed in 2022 in Ghana, and the proposal for visa exemption for ordinary passports was presented by the Mozambique Embassy in that African country in July this year.

The then Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mozambique, Eldevina Materula, stated in July last year that the Government intended to extend the visa exemption, with a view to “attracting” more tourists, as a result of the “positive” reaction it had received from countries in the southern African region, taking into account the previous decision to facilitate the entry of tourists from 29 countries.

Mozambique introduced the Electronic Visa in December 2022 (e-Visa) and on May 1, 2023 it moved forward with visa exemptions for citizens of 29 countries, including Portugal, in addition to revising the measure for granting investment visas for longer periods to foreign citizens who have investments in Mozambique, simplifying the requirements for granting them.

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