Contest seeks visa-free Africa

#VisaFreeAfrica (VFA) (www.VisaFreeAfrica.com) recently introduced the 55 Voices for a Visa-Free Africa (https://bit.ly/2J73JLR) (55Voices4Africa) writing competition, inviting all African youth to share stories about the challenges they faced with intra-continent travel.

VFA is a global campaign to facilitate mobility in Africa driven by the Kigali Global Shapers in partnership with National Aviation Services (NAS) (www.NAS.aero), the fastest growing aviation services provider in the emerging markets.

KGS, a community whose vision is to create a platform that engages with the youth to inspire innovation and change, launched the competition to build further awareness on the importance of achieving a visa-free Africa.

The “55Voices4Africa” competition is open to all African nationals between the ages of 18 to 30 years based in any African country.

To participate, submit a story that’s a narrative based on an experience the writer or someone they know has faced when traveling to or from an African country that involved a tedious process to acquire a visa.

The essay should be no more than 1,000 words in a narrative nonfiction style written in English, French, Arabic or Portuguese.

Deadline for submissions is 15 April 2019 at 11:59 PM GMT.

The submitted story must be an original work, entirely owned by the entrant, and doesn’t infringe on the copyright, trademark, intellectual property privacy or other rights of any third party under applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Winners will be announced by 30 April 2019.

To submit your entry visit: www.VisaFreeAfrica.com