Even as governments and other institutions in the region work to clear a comfortable path on which to lay the foundation for enhanced social and business ties between Africa and the Caribbean, countries and institutions continue to take pleasing initiatives in support of further strengthening the foundation on which a more robust relationship can thrive.
Earlier this week, news reached the Caribbean that the Republic of Malawi, formerly known as Nyasaland, a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa, had announced visa waivers for eleven (11) countries in the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as Trinidad and Tobago, a move that provides the Caribbean with opportunity to expand what is now an insatiable appetite to ‘know Africa.’
