A Nigerian billionaire needs 35 visas to travel his own continent. A European does not. This is the indignity — and the contradiction — at the heart of modern Africa.

African citizens still require visas to travel to nearly 45% of other African countries. In April 2026, that same hostility turned deadly, as a resurgence of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa claimed the lives of Nigerian nationals. Afrophobia is not just a social crisis. It is an economic one — and the answer lies in the very integration its perpetrators fear.

On Africa Union Day, the Africa Prosperity Network (APN) convenes policymakers, economists, business leaders, and civil society advocates for a bold, high-level conversation on dismantling the barriers — visa regimes, xenophobia, and political inaction — that are holding Africa back.

Join us to:

• Confront the root causes of Afrophobia and link them to the case for economic integration
• Examine why the AU Free Movement Protocol — adopted in 2018 — has only 4 of the 15 needed ratifications
• Hear from government ministers, airline CEOs, and regional integration experts on the path forward
• Contribute to an Advocacy Communiqué and a continental Call to Action

This is more than a webinar. It is a reckoning — and a rallying call. APN’s “Make Africa Borderless Now” campaign is mobilising signatures to be presented to AU Heads of State at the 40th Assembly in February 2027.

Register today. Africa cannot wait.

Moderated by Prince Moses (APN) and Larry Madowo (CNN International). Featuring Sir Sam Jonah (Chancellor, University of Cape Coast), AU Commissioner H.E. Amma Twum-Amoah, Ministers from Rwanda, Ghana and Uganda, the Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, and more.