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The concept of an African passport has been around for 25 years. But nations that worry about the rise in terrorism, illegal immigration, smuggling, disease outbreaks, and adverse effects on domestic labour markets have not adopted it, making it difficult to travel for trading with an African visa.

Aliko Dangote, at the just concluded Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, complained that as an investor, he has to apply for different visas on his passport. In his words, "I still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have to apply for 35 different visas on my passport, and I told Mr. President, I really don't have the time to go and be dropping my passports in embassies to get a visa."

According to him, having a French passport allows the user to gain access to African countries. This means the holder of such a passport would not need to apply for 35 different visas, making movement free for such a person.

He also went further by explaining that "We cannot have a very promising continent, and our intra-trade rate is less than 16 percent. Okay, so we Africans will have to do it. If we are waiting for foreigners to come and do it, both for the development of Africa, it's not going to happen."

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