Food safety in the cross hairs of COMESA’s Business Council
COMESA TEAMS UP WITH THE KAMPALA SERENA TO HOLD TRAINING WORKSHOP ON FOOD SAFETY (Posted 25th November 2014) COMESA, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, together with the COMESA Business Council, sought the assistance of the Kampala Serena Hotel to provide an appropriate venue for their capacity building partnership workshop dedicated to the […]
East African cooperation? NOT in the aviation industry it seems.
KCAA RISKS TO BECOME EAST AFRICA’S OUTCAST REGULATORS AS WHISTLEBLOWER SPILLS THE BEANS (Posted 25th November 2014) This site has gained some level of notoriety of telling things the way they are, even if it means to step on toes as ministers, cabinet secretaries, government functionaries and others can well attest to. Conservation issues receive […]
Lilian Gaitho today talked to Waturi Matu about the single tourist Visa for (parts of) East Africa
East Africa Single Visa: “One Step in the Right Direction” – Waturi Matu Recognized as a successful global location for mobile payments and showing great growth in development of travel apps and online platforms, East Africa is embracing technology advancement as part of its growth plan for diverse sectors. The newly recently launched East Africa […]
No 275 Wildlife Trade News 24th November 2014
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world, covering poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Prioritise action over perfection: RSPO chief (NA comment:: If only the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committee would say such a thing – and then do it, instead of holding more and more meetings and […]
The long awaited bypass road to the South coast of Mombasa, is it really going to happen this time?
DONGO KUNDU TO START IN JANUARY – LETS WAIT AND SEE (Posted 25th November 2014) The announcement by Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure that the long overdue construction of a bypass road from the international airport and the Nairobi to Mombasa highway to the South coast will commence in January was met with […]
KCAA under fire for sitting on traffic right applications from EAC airlines
DENIED RECIPROCITY RISKS GOODWILL IN THE REGION (Posted 24th November 2014) ‘It is really a very simple issue. We have agreements in the East African Community about aviation. Fifth freedom rights and even cabotage rights are embedded and enshrined in these agreements. Any member country sitting on applications, like Kenya has been doing for a […]
10 days to #SFW2014
The countdown towards the 7th Swahili Fashion Week is now on … 10 days and counting and expect live reports from behind the scenes of what is going on at the Sea Cliff Hotels in Dar es Salaam SWAHILI FASHON WEEK 2014 For the SEVENTH year in a row, we are all set to bring […]
TAA gets more money for Mwanza airport upgrade
AIRPORT EXPANSION IN MWANZA RESUMES AFTER GOVERNMENT RELEASES FUNDS (Posted 24TH November 2014) Following a recent visit to Mwanza, a small, friendly but nevertheless quite provincial airport, perhaps no longer able to cater for too much longer for the sharp rise in passenger numbers and aircraft movements, were behind the scenes questions asked of regular […]
Want a Steers’ burger at JKIA – not quite yet as court ruling leaves passengers hungry for some more time
WIN ONE – LOSE ONE AS KENYA AIRPORT AUTHORITY SEES ANOTHER CONTRACT AWARD OVERTURNED BY THE HIGH COURT (Posted 24th November 2014) Travelers using Kenya’s main international airport Jomo Kenyatta International will have to wait a lot longer before they can sink their teeth into a Steers’ burger, after the Kenyan High Court sided with […]
No 274 Wildlife Trade News 23rd November 2014
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world about poaching, land grabbing, wildlife and environmental crimes Please note: For newsletter subscription and circulation details see message at the end of this newsletter. in the spotlight today …………………… Tanzania’s Maasai prefer death to eviction Maasai tribe’s eviction is part of a larger land-grabbing trend […]
RwandAir – an African aviation success story
RWANDAIR – WHAT NEXT AFTER IOSA (Posted 24th November 2014) When RwandAir recently announced that they attained the coveted IATA Operational Safety Audit Certification it made more than a few heads turn across the region and the national pride in Rwanda certainly got a boost that the national airline of the Land of a Thousand […]
Another B737-8HX joins the Kenya Airways fleet
KENYA AIRWAYS TAKES DELIVERY OF A SECOND BRAND NEW B737-8HX (Posted 24th November 2014) Kenya Airways’ board, management and staff, as well as invited guests and the media, yesterday afternoon witnessed the arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport of the second of five Boeing B737-800NG SkyInterior the airline has on order. Several staff this correspondent […]
Turkish plans to double new Africa destinations in Africa in 2015
TURKISH MOVES 2015 TARGET FROM FIVE TO TEN NEW DESTINATIONS IN AFRICA (Posted 23rd November 2014) As an airline which arrived on the world stage almost by stealth and has become THE carrier with the widest international network, beating the likes of Emirates to that present title, has Turkish Airlines progressively pushed into Africa and […]
No 273 Wildlife Trade News 22nd November 2014
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world … in the spotlight today …………………… Ivory responses: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing extract: At another CITES meeting, in 2011, the Chinese delegation successfully had NGOs expelled from the conference room for the discussion about elephants. Dr […]
Baptism by fire for new Kenya Airways CEO as AGM reveals shareholder unrest
KENYA AIRWAYS HOLDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Posted 23rd November 2014) New CEO Mbuvi Ngunze underwent a baptism by the proverbial fire, when , following the announcement of an H1 12.5 billion Kenya Shillings loss two weeks ago, he had to face searching questions by shareholders who saw their fortunes dwindle when shares hit 8.60 KShs […]
Uniglobe choses Uganda for next EMEA retreat
UNIGLOBE BRINGS 2015 ‘EMEA’ RETREAT TO UGANDA (Posted 23rd November 2014) The Uniglobe retreat for Sub Saharan African countries’ franchisees will from 06th to 08th of February next year take place at the Lake Victoria Serena Resort outside Uganda’s capital city of Kampala. Last year’s retreat was held on the Spice Island of Zanzibar and […]
SUBIOS – The Seychelles’ Festival of the Sea
SEYCHELLES ‘FESTIVAL OF THE SEA’ SHOWCASES A COLOURFUL WORLD UNDERWATER (Posted 22nd November 2014) Tourism ministers from the Indian Ocean Rim Association, presently assembled in the Seychelles, can at the end of their meeting witness firsthand how the archipelago’s tourism promoters have successfully tapped into the festival and events market segment to bring more tourists […]
Europe’s top media houses head to Reunion
REUNION BRINGS SOME OF EUROPE’S TOP MEDIA HOUSES TO COVER MEGAVALANCHE (Posted 22nd November 2014) This year Reunion Island welcomes the twentieth edition of the Mégavalanche, which became the ultimate downhill race for the mountainbike champions. With nearly 500 kilometres of mountain bike trails across the island, which provide that quintessential sense of adventure, biking […]
More Bukoba flights link this lakeside town more closely to the rest of Tanzania
AURIC ADDS MORE FLIGHTS TO BUKOBA MAKING IT THREE A DAY (Posted 22nd November 2014) After upping the Mwanza to Bukoba flights only two months ago to 19 a week has Auric Air yesterday announced that effective 24th of November will two more flights be added to make it three departures every day. This is […]
Condor cancels fourth flight for mid year 2015 season
CHALLENGES FOR KENYA REMAIN FOR 2015 AS CONDOR CANCELS ONE OF THEIR SUMMER FLIGHTS (Posted 22nd November 2014) Due to continued lower than expected demand for holidays in Kenya has Condor announced that one of their four weekly flights, routing from Frankfurt via Nairobi to Mombasa, will be halted between 26th of June until 30th […]
No 272 Wildlife Trade News 21st November 2014
Another daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crime from around the world … in the spotlight today …………………… Has seized ivory disappeared from govt storage? MALAYSIA extract: The public still does not know what has happened to the 2,000 or more ivory tusks supposedly stored safely in Malaysia. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/21/has-malaysias-ivory-disappeared-from-govt-storage/ No 272 […]
Save these dates!
Interested in aviation ? Normally I would say look no further than this blog but there are always interesting news items to be shares … enjoy! Aviation events to mark in your calendar | View in browser Unsubscribe Forward to a friend November 21, 2014 The latest news about Aviation Media’s airport conferences, from the […]
Inaugural Mombasa Hotel Show gets nod for next year already
INAUGURAL MOMBASA HOTEL SHOW ‘A QUALIFIED SUCCESS’ (Posted 21st November 2014) The first ever Mombasa Hotel Show, held under the theme ‘Getting back on Track’ brought together some 35 exhibitors showcasing their services, equipment and foodstuffs they offer to the hospitality industry, all of them local companies and many with franchises of international brand names […]
Holiday Season Shopping @ #SFW2014 Shopping Festival
More updates about the Swahili Fashion Week SWAHILI FASHON WEEK SHOPPING FESTIVAL 2014 For the FIFTH year in a row, we are all set to bring you three days of fashion shopping from Tanzania at the SFW Shopping Festival at Hotel Sea Cliff from 11 AM onwards. Entry is FREE To Display/Sell your products at […]
Visa waivers for Indian visitors to Reunion help increase arrival numbers
REUNION PUBLISHES LIST OF INDIAN TRAVEL AGENCIES FACILITATING VISA WAIVERS (Posted 21st November 2014) New Visa waivers are in effect since August this year for Indian citizens wishing to visit Reunion for a period not exceeding 15 days and insider sources from the island are confirming and upward trend of arrivals from India as a […]
No 271 Wildlife Trade News 20th November 2014
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes, BUT, Interpol is now hot on the heels of these kingpin suspects in the spotlight today …………………… INTERPOL needs your help to catch these environmental crime kingpins http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/interpol-needs-your-help-catch-these-environmental-crime-kingpins.html (NA comment: YOU can make a difference, simply by adding this link to your Twitter […]
Old birds still do the job …
70 AND STILL FLYING – THE AGE OF AN OLD BIRD MATTERS LESS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK (Posted 20th November 2014) (Picture by Capt. Johnny Cleave, Chairman Mombasa Air Safari) The workhorse transport aircraft of the World War II era and thereafter widely used twin engine passenger plane built by McDonnell Douglas, fondly called the […]
First dredgers and now trawlers – what next for Diani’s reefs?
FIRST A DREDGER AND NOW A TRAWLER – IS DIANI’S COAST LINE NOW A FREE FOR ALL? (Posted 20th November 2014) (Si Hang Cai Sha 1 as recently photographed when doing illegal sand harvesting) Only yesterday was an extensive report filed here about dynamite fishing in Tanzania, where reefs are damaged beyond repair and while […]
Reunion comes to Ghent to promote the island
NO MARKET IS TOO SMALL AS REUNION TOURISM CHARMS BELGIAN TRAVEL AGENTS (Posted 20th November 2014) IRT, Ile de la Reunion Tourisme, in conjunction with home airline Air Austral partnered yesterday with Belgian tour operator Uniclam in the city of Ghent to invite twenty of their leading travel agents for the launch of Uniclam’s new […]
Ol Pejeta November 2014 – Your Wildlife and Community News
More updates from one of Kenya’s great conservancies, just recognized by IUCN which included them as only one of two places in Africa on their new GREEN LIST – The Ol Pejeta Conservancy view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta November 2014 Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: Our Wonderful Wild Dogs […]
