Across Africa, many countries face the challenge of holding passports that rank low on global mobility indexes. Somalia has the least powerful passport in Africa, allowing access to only 35 countries ...

South Africa’s passport has fallen from 48th to 53rd place in the latest global passport rankings, according to the Henley Passport Index. This ranking has remained at 53rd for the past three years, ...

Seychelles has emerged as Africa’s most powerful passport in 2025, according to the latest Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries based on global travel access without prior visa requirements.

Business Insider Africa presents the top 10 African countries that hold the most powerful passport. The list is courtesy of Henley Passport Index. Seychelles holds the most powerful passport in Africa ...

Singapore has the world’s most useful passport, with a total of 195 countries its passport holders can travel to without a visa. This is according to the 2024 Henley Passport Index, published at the ...

Seychelles has emerged as Africa’s most powerful passport in 2025, according to the latest Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries based on global travel access without prior visa requirements.

In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the east coast of Africa published no details of its reasons, ...

The Africa Wealth Report 2023, published by Henley & Partners, the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment, showed that some African countries have much higher economic mobility than ...