Travel and cross-border driving checklist
Short answerChecked 23 September 2026
Print it or keep it on your phone, and go through it with the insurer or broker before you pay. Each point links to the rules for your country below.
- You have a COMESA yellow card before driving into a neighbouring country.
- You verified the yellow card by USSD before leaving.
- You know whether medical cover for the driver and passengers is included.
- Visiting Zanzibar: you hold the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation inbound policy.
- You keep the original card and the police report after any accident abroad.
- You know which national bureau to call in the country you visit.
The rules in your country
- COMESA yellow card insurance in Kenya: cover, where to buy it and how to check itKenya
- Driving abroad from Uganda: the COMESA yellow cardUganda
- Travel insurance in Tanzania: the mandatory US$44 visitor cover and the COMESA yellow cardTanzania
- Travel insurance in Ethiopia: trips abroad, visas and the COMESA yellow cardEthiopia
- Travel insurance in South Africa: Schengen rules, card cover and claimsSouth Africa
- Travel insurance for Botswana: visitors, foreign vehicles and the MVA FundBotswana
- Travel insurance from Ghana: Schengen visa cover and what policies includeGhana
- Travel insurance in Malawi: visitors, residents abroad and the COMESA Yellow CardMalawi
- Travel insurance for Namibia: visitors, drivers and the MVA FundNamibia
- Travel insurance and the ECOWAS Brown Card in NigeriaNigeria
- Travel and cross-border motor insurance in Rwanda (COMESA Yellow Card)Rwanda
- Travel insurance for Zambia: health cover and driving inZambia
- Travel and cross-border motor insurance in Zimbabwe: the COMESA yellow cardZimbabwe