Corporate Council on #Africa News Updates

CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS


US Boeing believes African fleets will be worth $400bn in next 20 years

The Africa Report
Despite the airline industry’s current difficulties, Boeing predicts that its African fleet will grow by 3.6% per year over the next 20 years and thus be worth a market value of $400bn…Read more>>

U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS


Ethiopia on verge of losing access to lucrative US trade program over human rights violations

CNN
Ethiopia will lose access to a lucrative US trade program due to human rights violations unless it takes significant steps toward ending the ongoing conflict and alleviating the humanitarian crisis by the start of 2022…Read more>>

ENERGY

Zimbabwe: Huge Potential for Zim to Go Green
The Herald
It is astonishing that clean energy from the sun has become the cheapest way to generate electricity. With the prices of solar panels having been on free fall over the past 15 years, solar energy is even cheaper than thermal power…Read more>>

TOURISM

Tanzania: PR Professionals Tasked to Promote Country’s Tourism
Daily News
Deputy Permanent Security Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology Dr. Jim Yonazi, has called on the Tanzania Public Relations Professionals Association (PRST) next year…Read More>>

Kenya: Tourism Boom for Mombasa as Conferences, Meetings Rise
Nation
Mombasa is enjoying a tourism boom, with hotels recording over 60 percent occupancy due to meetings and a County Assemblies Sports Association (CASA) event. Beach hotels such as Pride Inn Paradise, Whitesands…Read More>>