Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Lesotho Kingdom Aims at Increasing Tourism with E-Visa Launch Computer Frontiers, Inc Computer Frontiers, Inc. – The Computer Frontiers team trained 50 Basotho last week to work in a customer care contact center, and at the borders to provide helpful support for the e-visa applicants… Read more>> TOURISM Nigeria: Govt […]

2017-2018 Aviation Training Needs Assessment

AviAssist needs your feedback about Africa’s aviation training needs AviAssist African Aviation Organisations Training Needs Survey 2017-2018 Your feedback is important to us! We are continuously exploring the training and professional development needs of African aviation professionals. Earlier this week, the world celebrated Labour Day. In all, an excellent moment to help us build better […]

Dr. Taleb Rifai thanks WTTC President for excellent partnership

UNWTO AND WTTC PARTNERSHIP A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION (Posted 05th May 2017) UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, has expressed his sincere appreciation to David Scowsill, President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) for the strong partnership between both organizations as he announced his departure after six years at the helm of […]

Safarilink’s new route to Zanzibar connects Nairobi Wilson Airport to the Spice Island

Safarilink adds Zanzibar to its growing network (Posted 05th May 2017)   Safarilink’s New Route To Zanzibar   (Safarilink’s latest acquisition, another Dash8-315 with 52 seats)     Safarilink, Kenya’s premier safari and beach airline operating out of Wilson Airport in Nairobi has just announced a further expansion to its route network: a four times […]

Nairobi Now – here you find out all there is to know about the ‘action’ in Nairobi

Nairobi Now’s latest updates on what’s going on in and around Nairobi next week NairobiNow has been nominated in this year’s BAKE (Bloggers Association of Kenya) Awards under the ‘Best Entertainment Blog’ category. Take some time off and vote for us here. http://vote.bakeawards.co.ke/ Easiest way of finding us is, 13. E. However, … Nairobi Now […]

Carlson Rezidor opens second Park Inn in East Africa

PARK INN KIGALI JOINS CARLSON REZIDOR’S ROLLOUT IN EASTERN AFRICA (Posted 05th May 2017) The Park Inn Kigali will officially open its doors tomorrow, 06th of May, and ‘finally‘ some may say. This will be the second Carlson Rezidor brand in Kigali, following the opening a year ago of the Radisson Blu Hotel and Conference […]

UNWTO presents discussion documents on the IY2017

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT (Posted 04th May 2017) In the context of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (IY2017), the UNWTO is working on a report on “Sustainable Tourism for Development”. This report serves as the foundation of the IY2017, and thus defines the current and potential contribution of tourism towards sustainable development– […]

Smokeless charcoal aims to make better use of resources

GOING GREENER – AND CHEAPER – IS THE MAIN DRIVER BEHIND THE SMOKELESS CHARCOAL INITIATIVE (Posted 05th May 2017) Recycling turns things into other things , which is like magic. Who thought charcoal dust which remains at the bottom of a sack could be turned into another form of charcoal which can be used for […]