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Hong Kong passport: visa requirements for African countries (2026)
Travelling to Africa on a Hong Kong passport? You can enter 16 African countries visa-free and 12 with a visa on arrival. 14 offer an e-visa or eTA, and 12 need a visa arranged in advance (January 2025 data).
Data snapshot: January 2025. African countries add and remove e-visa and visa-on-arrival schemes often. Confirm with the destination's embassy or official immigration site before you book.
Visa-free (16)
Benin (14d)Botswana (90d)Cabo Verde (90d)Egypt (90d)Lesotho (90d)Malawi (30d)Mauritius (90d)Morocco (30d)Namibia (90d)Niger (14d)Seychelles (90d)South Africa (30d)Tanzania (90d)Tunisia (90d)Zambia (90d)Zimbabwe (180d)
Visa on arrival (12)
AngolaBurkina FasoBurundiComorosDjiboutiEthiopiaGhanaGuinea-BissauMadagascarMauritaniaMozambiqueRwanda
e-Visa (12)
CameroonDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGuineaLibyaNigeriaSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth SudanSão Tomé and PríncipeTogo
Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) (2)
Visa required in advance (12)
AlgeriaCentral African RepublicChadEritreaEswatiniLiberiaMaliRepublic of the CongoSenegalSudanThe GambiaUganda
All 54 African countries
| Destination | Entry requirement |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Visa required in advance |
| Angola | Visa on arrival |
| Benin | Visa-free, up to 14 days |
| Botswana | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Burkina Faso | Visa on arrival |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival |
| Cabo Verde | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Cameroon | e-Visa |
| Central African Republic | Visa required in advance |
| Chad | Visa required in advance |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival |
| DR Congo | e-Visa |
| Djibouti | Visa on arrival |
| Egypt | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Equatorial Guinea | e-Visa |
| Eritrea | Visa required in advance |
| Eswatini | Visa required in advance |
| Ethiopia | Visa on arrival |
| Gabon | e-Visa |
| Ghana | Visa on arrival |
| Guinea | e-Visa |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Kenya | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Lesotho | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Liberia | Visa required in advance |
| Libya | e-Visa |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival |
| Malawi | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Mali | Visa required in advance |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival |
| Mauritius | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Morocco | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Mozambique | Visa on arrival |
| Namibia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Niger | Visa-free, up to 14 days |
| Nigeria | e-Visa |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required in advance |
| Rwanda | Visa on arrival |
| Senegal | Visa required in advance |
| Seychelles | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Sierra Leone | e-Visa |
| Somalia | e-Visa |
| South Africa | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| South Sudan | e-Visa |
| Sudan | Visa required in advance |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | e-Visa |
| Tanzania | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| The Gambia | Visa required in advance |
| Togo | e-Visa |
| Tunisia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Uganda | Visa required in advance |
| Zambia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Zimbabwe | Visa-free, up to 180 days |
Going to Sierra Leone?
For Hong Kong passport holders our data shows: e-Visa. We live in Freetown: read the Sierra Leone travel guide, the airport guide and the Lungi airport hotel page.