Lessons from Kenya's difficult e-visa policy
A year later, how did e-visa impact Kenya and the region's integration, economic growth and mobility?
Date: 2025-04-15
Time: 11:00-12:30
Venue: Online via Zoom
In January 2024, Kenya introduced Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) and replaced visa-versa-arrival with a digital approval system. It was intended to streamline travel, and instead created many bureaucratic hurdles. Kenya is currently exempt African citizens from winning ETAs, but concerns still remain.
This seminar examines the impact of policies on tourism, trade and regional integration within Africa's broader freedom movement agenda.
The event is co-hosted by the Security Institute (ISS), the Centre for Migration and Development Policy in Africa (AMADPOC), and the Institute of Immigration in Kenya (KIMS).
Moderators: Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head, Special Projects, ISS
Panelists:
Kenya's Amadopok, Executive Director, Professor Linda Oucho, Dr. Gabriel Levare, Coordinator, Kims, Kenya Dr. Nancy Adssi, Independent Immigration Expert
