5. Ghana
Estimated referral wait: 12-24 months
Adoptive parents must be at least 25 years of age and at least 21 years older than the adoptive child. Parents over 50 years could also get into consideration if one parent meets the requirements. However, this depends from case to case. Married couples are eligible to adopt, without limits of the years of marriage. Preferences for adoption are however, smaller families with less than 5 children. And now, let’s see what else we have in our list of easiest African countries to adopt from.