Following the recent launch of the new Nigerian international electronic passport, Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa takes a look at travel documents across the continent.
Here is how much it costs to get a passport in Africa
We look at passport fees across the continent.
Passport fees of African passports
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Here is how much it costs to get an e-passport in nine African countries:
Kenya
- Fee - 32 Pages for $44, 48 pages for $59 and 64 Pages for $74
- Validity - 10 years
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Ethiopia
- Fee - $90 for 32 pages and $165 for 64 Pages
- Validity - 5 years
Gambia
- Fee - $61
- Validity - 5 years
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Morocco
- Fee - $50
- Validity - 5 years
Somalia
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- Fee - $150 for Somalis outside Somalia and $100 for Somalis
- Validity - 5 years
South Africa
- Fee - $14
- Validity - 10 years
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Tanzania
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- Fee - $67.5
- Validity - 10 years
Tunisia
- Fee - $20
- Validity - 5 years
- Note: Not an e-passport
Zimbabwe
- Fee - $53
- Validity - 10 years
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Nigeria
- Fee - $90
- Validity - 5 years (32-page)
* Effective February 2019
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