Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

TOURISM South Africa: Tourism On Advancing Small Business Development AllAfrica "Tourism is overarching and cuts across many sectors. We need to work together with various government departments, as enablers and influencers of tourism destination competitiveness, to grow and transform our sector and economy," said Minister Xasa… Read more>> South Africa: Tourism Can Change People’s Lives […]

Culinary Tourism is real as UNWTO publishes another report on this travel segment

SUSTAINABILITY AND GASTRONOMY – UNWTO PUBLISHES ITS SECOND REPORT ON THE SUBJECT (Posted 17th May 2017) A major component of history, tradition and identity, gastronomy has also become a major motivation to visit a destination. According to the 2nd UNWTO Report on Gastronomy Tourism, this tourism segment ‘offers enormous potential in stimulating local, regional and […]

More news from ‘Further Down South’ covering Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond

ENJOY ANOTHER EDITION OF THE ‘LIVINGSTONE BI-WEEKLY‘ COURTESY OF GILL STADEN (Posted 17th May 2017) https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/tlbw17may17-compressed.pdf Inside: Vic Falls Airport Conservation South Luangwa – Snared elephant, new GPSs and snared wild dog Pangolin Rescue Kasanka Trust in Lavushi Manda Training for dog handlers – Wildlife Crime Prevention Project Wild dogs near Chiawa, Lower Zambezi Kasanka […]

Ol Pejeta’s 2016 Annual Report

Ol Pejeta Conservancy presents annual report Ol Pejeta Presents its 2016 Annual Report Dear ATC Readers, Ol Pejeta is proud to present to you the first ever Ol Pejeta Annual Report, which sets out their impacts and achievements in 2016. Last year did not come without its challenges, but despite these, Ol Pejeta continued to […]

Air Zimbabwe added to EU blacklist

MAJOR BLOW FOR AIR ZIMBABWE AS THE AIRLINE IS ADDED TO THE EU BLACKLIST (Posted 17th May 2017) Plans to revive Air Zimbabwe have hit a major obstacle as the airline was just added to the notorious blacklist of the European Union over safety concerns expressed by the EU regulators. The Zimbabwean national airline was […]

Yohannes Tilahun appointed to replace Solomon Tadesse at ETO

ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS YOHANNES TILAHUN AS NEW TOURISM OFFICE CHIEF (Posted 17th May 2017) The Ethiopian Prime Minister has now appointed Mr. Yohannes Tilahun, former CEO of GE Ethiopia to replace Solomon Tadesse who was relieved of his duties a few weeks ago after serving as CEO since ETO was formed in 2014. Tilahun served […]

Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

CCA IN THE NEWS Less than 30 days until the 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington The 2016 Summit attracted more than 1,400 attendees from 675 companies and organizations from across 47 countries…Read more>> South African Airways and Hawaiian Airlines Launch Partnership Global Traveler South African Airways and Hawaiian Airlines established a new interline agreement […]