Lake Tanganyika at the centre of a 5.7+ Richter Scale earthquake

03.32 A.M. EARTHQUAKE DEEP UNDER LAKE TANGANYIKA SHAKES REGION (Posted 24th February 2017) Shortly after half past three in the morning did a 5.7 Richter Scale earthquake shake the region around Lake Tanganyika with the tremors being felt deep into Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo and beyond. The lake itself, some 1.437 metres deep and the […]

Maiden flight for Brussels Airlines’ ‘Amare’

NEW COLOURFUL AIRBUS A320 PERFORMING MAIDEN FLIGHT IN THE MORNING (Posted 24th February 2017) ‘Amare‘, an Airbus A320 of Brussels Airlines, will at 07.10 hrs this morning perform its maiden flight from Brussels to Vienna under flight number SN2901. The colourful ‘bird‘ was created between Belgium’s flag carrier and Tomorrowland and becomes the fourth aircraft […]

Rwanda’s Aviation, Travel and Logistics company gets new CEO

RWANDA APPOINTS NEW CEO AND COO FOR THE NATIONAL AVIATION HOLDING COMPANY (Posted 24th February 2017) Mr. Lucky Cheong was earlier in February appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Mr. Seong-Soo Kang as the Chief Operating Officer of the Rwandan Aviation, Travel and Logistics Holding Limited, the parastatal formed as a sectoral […]

Category One status at last for Kenya’s largest airport

FAA GRANTS JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CATEGORY 1 STATUS (Posted 24th February 2017) Following years of failed audits and months of delay after the last audit finally put Jomo Kenyatta International Airport into the pass section, have news emerged overnight that Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has at last been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Africa: Ethiopian to Host International Aviation Symposium AllAfrica Ethiopian Airlines – The Ethiopian Airlines announced that it would host the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Global Aviation Training and TRAINER PLUS Symposium with the theme: ‘Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity’ in Addis from April 11- 13, 2017… Read more>> […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

WEBINAR: Africa Outlook 2017 with Guest Speakers Florizelle Liser President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa Amb. Herman Cohen (Ret.) President, Cohen and Woods International, Inc. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EASTERN (8:00 a.m. PACIFIC) Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), in partnership with Africa Business Portal is launching a four-part webinar […]