Kenya’s conservancies unite for greater conservation impact
CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATIONS – A KEY DRIVER TOWARDS WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (Posted 08th December 2015) Wildlife losses in Kenya, cases of wildlife crime and illegal trafficking of trophy have been causing concern among the conservation fraternity during the last few years. Notably has help now come from an unlikely source, the communities and landowners bordering protected areas. […]
Absence of regulatory approvals may cause Lamu flights to be axed
LAMU FLIGHTS BY JAMBOJET UNDER THREAT OVER ABSENCE OF REGULATORY APPROVALS (Posted 08th December 2015) When Jambojet, the low cost subsidiary of Kenya Airways, launched scheduled flights to Lamu, Malindi and Ukunda earlier this year there was in particular in Lamu a renewed sense of optimism for the future of the tourism industry. Travel to […]
Africa to adopt single passport in 2023
ATQ News from Nigeria, courtesy of Ikechi Uko ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide […]
Fashion queens descend on Dar es Salaam for the Swahili Fashion Week
DAY TWO OF THE SWAHILI FASHION WEEK BRINGS UNEXPECTED WINDFALLS (Posted 06th December 2015) (Swahili Fashion Week founder Mustafa Hassanali and his 2015 logo for the event) Perhaps some of my more aviation savvy readers may have heard of www.emirates.com/bethere but I would suspect that most in fact have not. What, you may ask, does […]
Zanzibar – Spice Island but also so much more
ZANZIBAR’S TWO TOURISM FACES PART ONE (Posted 02nd December 2015) (Stone Town views) A visit to Zanzibar, or in fact Unguja, the largest island of the Zanzibari archipelago – the other larger island is called Pemba – is never one dimensional, nor should it be. On this Indian Ocean island, just 20 minutes flight from […]
More air service license applications show keen interest in Tanzania’s aviation sector
TANZANIA CIVIL AVIATION CONSIDERING TWO DOZEN AIR SERVICE LICENSE APPLICATIONS (Posted 06th December 2015) At a licensing hearing earlier in the week did the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority deal with over 30 applications, two dozen of which were for the granting or renewal of Air Service Licenses with the remainder for other services, mainly ground […]
Don’t flog a dead horse says aviation sector in response to remarks by a former Transport Minister in Tanzania
AVIATION REMARKS BY FORMER TANZANIAN MINISTER SPARK CONTROVERSY (Posted 06th December 2015) When former Transport Minister Omari Nundu, at a workshop held by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority in celebration of the International Civil Aviation Day, suggested that proposals made several years ago to refinance and revive moribund national airline Air Tanzania, it promptly raised […]
Seychelles Presidential Elections – Reloaded 2.0 on December 16, 17 and 18.
SEYCHELLES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADING FOR RUN OFF AS BREAKAWAY FACTION FRAGMENTS VOTE (Posted 06th December 2015) Presidential elections in Africa have regularly known their own drama but not in the Seychelles where voting ended yesterday after three days across the entire archipelago. Incumbent President James Alix Michel, as expected, gathered the most votes, some 28.911 […]
No 569 Wildlife Trade News: 5th December 2015
More bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes around the world in the spotlight today …………… Lunch with the FT: Richard Leakey http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ecd7040-99b0-11e5-9228-87e603d47bdc.html No 569 Wildlife Trade News: 5th December 2015 Xinhua Insight: Fighting illegal wildlife trade at China-Vietnam border. extract:South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has witnessed a rampant increase of crimes involving […]
Whenever do politicians get it right?
SENATE REPORT ON KENYA AIRWAYS LACKS FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS SENSE (Posted 04th December 2015) The word ‘Novices’ if not ‘Amateurs’ comes to mind when reading sections of the report on the Kenya Airways enquiry compiled by the Kenyan Senate, considering some glaring inconsistencies if not fundamental misconceptions about how a business is run and how the […]
Aviation news updates from AFRAA
HOW ABOUT TERM LIMITS FOR EUROPEAN LEADERS ASK EAST AFRICANS AFTER EU MEDDLING
IT IS ‘MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS’ AS EAST AFRICANS TELL OFF THE EU (Posted 05th December 2015) Forgotten seems the fact that Kigali is arguably the safest and cleanest city in Africa. Forgotten seems the fact that Rwanda’ greets visitors when leaving the airport for the city with a large sign that they are entering […]
‘Oliotya’ Google (Luganda greeting saying ‘Welcome’)
GOOGLE SET TO ENTER THE UGANDAN WIFI MARKET (Posted 05th December 2015) Google has reportedly entered the Ugandan WiFi market in the capital Kampala after investing in a fibre optic network spanning some 800 kilometres. Word from Uganda has it that the infrastructure will be availed to local ISP’s, aka Internet Service Providers, which are […]
New birds for Brussels Airlines European routes
BRUSSELS AIRLINES SET FOR SHORT HAUL FLEET RENEWAL (Posted 05th December 2015) (Soon to be a sight of the past) Information received from Brussels Airlines confirms aviation grapevine talk that the airline’s fleet of AVRO 85’s and AVRO 100’s will be progressively retired and replaced by new Airbus A320 and A319 models. The presently 12 […]
Dar es Salaam is the place to be for East Africa’s fashionistas
FULL HOUSE ON OPENING NIGHT OF THE SWAHILI FASHION WEEK (Posted 05th December 2015) The prized runway seats were crammed to capacity as were several rows of seats behind and at the back was even the standing room getting overcrowded as Mustafa Hassanali, Tanzania’s erstwhile Fashion guru, launched the eight edition of the Swahili […]
Tourism promotion on four wheels – Reunion works the domestic market
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX (Posted 04th December 2015) The Inter-communal Tourist Office (ITO) in the North of Reunion Island recently launched its new mobile tourist information office. The first of its kind on the Reunion Island and it will be visibly deployed at all major commercial, social and tourism events to help promote the tourism […]
Part two of Lillain’s weekend thoughts deals with something more serious altogether …
Climate change, no matter how many corporates with vested interests deny it or buy ‘experts’ to sing their tunes, is actually quite real … Perhaps Congress will only wake up when they have to use dinghies to get to work but for the rest of us, especially those in Africa who have seen the ice […]
Lillian Gaitho’s weekend thoughts and yes, Christmas is part of those …
The closer we are now getting to the festive season themore the topic of Christmas and New Year will be found on these lanes … No wonder therefore that Lillian in her weekend contribution chose Christmas to be her launch topic this Friday … 5 Unusual African Christmas traditions that stubbornly cling on to modernity! […]
Fly Africa – remaining on the ground
AFRICA – ARE YOU STILL SELLING TICKETS IN ZIMBABWE? (Posted 04th December 2015) #itsarevolution – rest assured there will be one when the passengers of this airline waiting for refunds finally wake up and begin to throw tantrums or head to court! Fly Africa has finally broken their silence, yet only to throw more sand […]
IRT holds year end consultative workshop with Reunion’s tourism professionals
IRT PRESENTS THE ISLAND’S TOURISM INDUSTRY WITH A LOOK BACK AT 2015 AND A LOOK AHEAD FOR 2016 (Posted 04th December 2015) IRT earlier this week held a working meeting to provide the island’s tourism sector with proposals for activities planned for 2016. At the same time did IRT also present an evaluation of activities […]
Tourism promotion on two wheels – only on Reunion
THE ‘TOURISM SCOOTER‘ IS ON THE LOOSE ON REUNION (Posted 04th December 2015) On Wednesday this week did the Inter-communal Tourist Office (ITO) West inaugurate its new mobile information kiosk in the form of a scooter. By mid-December will tourism consultants from the regional ITO West crisscross the roads of their district to meet the […]
The story of a hospitality career – close up and personal
FROM CASUAL WAITRESS TO RESTAURANT MANAGER AND NO LIMITS TO FUTURE CAREER PROSPECTS – THE STORY OF FAUSY MUWAWU (Posted 04th December 2015) (Fausy, on the right, seen here with a colleague at the award winning Pearl of Africa Restaurant) In 2004/5, when Serena Hotels signed a deal with the Ugandan government for a long […]
Seychellois head to the polls for Presidential elections
Voting in the Seychelles Presidential Elections underway (Posted 04th December 2015) Voting in the Presidential Elections in Seychelles opened yesterday the 03rd December and will close tomorrow, i.e. Saturday afternoon, the 05th December. Results are expected to be announced late evening of the same day. On Thursday it was voters on the outer islands of […]
Dar es Salaam joins the Etihad network
ETIHAD AIRWAYS ENHANCES PRESENCE IN EAST AFRICA WITH LAUNCH OF NEW SERVICE BETWEEN DAR ES SALAAM AND ABU DHABI (Posted 03rd December 2015) Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, yesterday widened its presence in East Africa with the launch of new services between Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian commercial capital and […]
Commuter train services return to Kampala
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS SET TO LAUNCH COMMUTER TRAINS INTO KAMPALA NEXT MONDAY (Posted 03rd December 2015) The Kampala Capital City Authority has yesterday signed an agreement with Rift Valley Railways and Uganda Railways Corporation to operate a pilot scheme running commuter trains into the Kampala Railway Station. Trains, initially four a day, will originate in […]
November bulletin
Chimpanzee news from Uganda … Chimpanzee Trust November 2015 bulletin DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda www.ngambaisland.org info Thank you for your support We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for […]
B777 flight simulator installation now complete at Ethiopian Airlines aviation academy
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES INSTALLS FIFTH FLIGHT SIMULATOR (Posted 03rd December 2015) Ethiopian Airlines has now completed the installation of a flight simulator for Boeing B777 aircraft, the fifth such training equipment at their aviation academy. Other models are dedicated to the Boeing B757/767 series, the Boeing B737NG, the Bombardier Q 400 and the Boeing B787 Dreamliner, […]
Free WiFi for Seychelles? Read on to learn more about it.
Tourism Industry stakeholders to attend the important annual end of year Marketing Meeting in Seychelles (Posted 03rd December 2015) As is done every year the Tourism Industry of Seychelles is gathering again for the end of year Marketing Meeting. This event starts preparations for a successful marketing action plan for the year 2016. With an […]
Win a trip to Reunion …
Reunion Island Tourism offers a trip to the tropics! (Posted 03rd December 2015) Are you one of the 426,210 fans of La Réunion who have joined the Facebook page Island of La Reunion Tourism (IRT) since its inception. If yes, the island’s tourism board has a big surprise in store for you! On the occasion […]
News from and about ‘Luxurious Seychelles’
News update from the Seychelles where today the Presidential elections are going underway, first at the outer islands between 03rd and 04th of December and then on the 05th of December on the main island of Mahe. Election results should be in late on the 05th of December and appear here on the 06th of […]
