Rail or road – a big question which answers will shape the future of East Africa
TORORO – GULU – PAKWACH RAIL LINE NEEDS MORE THAN NEW LOCOMOTIVES AND WAGONS (Posted 21st September 2014) The re-opening last year by President Museveni of the long dormant railway line between Tororo and Pakwach, via Gulu, has raised much hope and expectations about growing cargo volumes being shifted from the road to the rail […]
Pride Pesa Show 2014, Storymoja Festival 2014, New Jack Swing & Medic East Africa 2014
Here is everything you need to know what is going on in Kenya over the next few days, where to go for fun and action and so much more Only by KenyaBuzz e-Weekly Having trouble viewing this email? Click here September 19th – 25th Click here for more 3rd Marketers’ Night Out images Pride Pesa […]
Fusion Night, 62nd KCB Safari Rally, Open Qorner With Tazim Elkington & TRM Art & Crafts Fair
If you are in Kenya, got some time to spare and are not quite sure where to go and what to do, the weekly KenyaBuzz has all the hot tips how to make a visit more interesting Having trouble viewing this email? Click here September 12th – 18th Click here for more Maisha MagicChannel Launch […]
‘Sack Kimaiyo’ calls get louder after affront to Dr. Paula Kahumbu
THE DISGRACE CALLED INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE IN KENYA (Posted 13th August 2014) The Kenyan government has yesterday shown its true colours about its commitment to fight poaching and bring the kingpins of the trade to book, when the Inspector General of Police, one David Kimaiyo, kept conservation celebrity Dr. Paula Kahumbu waiting for 8 […]
UCAA under continued fire for AOC suspensions
AIR UGANDA REMAINS ON THE GROUND – FOR NOW (Posted 06th July 2014) The preliminary conclusion of the parliamentary committee, which had summoned official of the disgraced Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, that the regulators had misled the public and used the withdrawal of the Air Operator Certificates of three affected airlines as a smokescreen to […]
New railway between Uganda and Rwanda takes next hurdle
UGANDA – RWANDA RAILWAY PLANS ADVANCE WITH APPOINTMENT OF CONSULTANTS (Posted 25th June 2014) As Kenya advances the new Standard Gauge Railway, in short named SGR, so have in parallel Rwanda and Uganda made their own progress to link the Kenyan section coming up to Tororo to Kampala and Kigali. It was established that the […]
Two Big New Developments
Added information on the just reported EACJ ruling about the Serengeti Highway SERENGETI WATCH SPECIAL REPORT Serengeti Watch is a project of the Earth Island Institute, Check our rating on Charity Navigator. click to view the report :: Good news for the Serengeti – Two milestones achieved. We’ll keep going… Court decision bars paved road […]
Airlines review security arrangements in Juba as shooting erupts at airport vicinity
GUNFIRE ROCKS JUBA AIRPORT (Posted 19th June 2014) Extensive shooting yesterday afternoon around the Juba International Airport had airline personnel and passengers take cover as and where they could, as gunfire erupted in the vicinity of the airport causing panic and throwing a poor light on aviation safety and security at South Sudan’s only international […]
Chimpanzee Trust April Updates
I get a lot of positive feedback over sharing newsletters andnews updates from organizations I am subscribed to, from my readership at large and as a result keep doing so. Here is the latest from the Chimpanzee Trust on Ngamba Island. Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust News for the Month of April Chimpanzee Sanctuary […]
News from Porini Safari Camps
A year and counting …it is amazingly a year since Porini / Gamewatchers started to send out a regular news broadcast, all of which were shared here with my readers. Here is the anniversary edition from Porini Safari Camps. Enjoy! April 2014 Dear Dr. Wolfgang, Greetings Porini Enthusiast! It has been 1 year since the […]
The woes of Kenya tourism as seen through the eyes of a DMC owner
THE MOOD HAS TURNED FROSTY AND THE TEMPERS ARE RUNNING HOT (Posted 04th April 2014) A letter written to the publisher of East Africa’s premier travel and lifestyle e-magazine ‘Travel News’ has gone viral literally overnight, describing the woes of an industry – quite similar in fact to many previous articles posted here – which […]
Ready, Set and Go for Bike for Africa as group arrives in Entebbe
FOURTY BRUSSELS AIRLINES STAFF ARRIVE IN UGANDA FOR ‘BIKE FOR AFRICA’ EVENT (Posted 30th January 2014) Late yesterday evening did 40 Brussels Airlines staff arrive in Entebbe on their SN flight from Brussels, to start their planned cycling event which will launch on the 31st January from Jinja, East Africa’s adventure capital. The 450 kilometre […]
Weekly roundup of ATC News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, First edition December 2013
AVIATION TOURISM & CONSERVATION NEWS EAST AFRICA A weekly roundup from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthomeor join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. […]
Taita Taveta county – New Road, New Game
TAITA TAVETA EXPECTS TOURISM BOOST FROM NEW ROAD (Posted 23rd November 2013) The planned new highway between the border town of Taveta and Voi will open up the area to more tourist visitors when complete, allowing easier access to the more remote parts of Tsavo West and of course the Taita Hills Game Reserve, a […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Fifth edition June 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Tanzania ranked top safari destination by Safaribookings.com
TANZANIA RANKED TOP SAFARI DESTINATION IN AFRICA (Posted 24th June 2013) Good news emerged over the weekend when the rankings by www.Safaribookings.com became known, which put Tanzania, albeit by a mere whisker, on top of the African rankings as the continent’s leading safari destination. Second came Botswana, followed by the arguably more fancied Kenya, Zambia […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Third edition May 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome or join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. Read […]
Briatore’s Billionaire’s Resort in Malindi set for August opening
BRIATORE’S BILLIONAIRE RESORT SET FOR AUGUST LAUNCH Flavio Briatore’s 500 million Kenya Shilling investment in the Billionaire Resort will pay off when the new luxury resort in Kenya’s seaside town of Malindi will open its doors to the owners of the apartments in August this year. Briatore, the former Renault F1 team boss before having […]
Tanzanias forests continue to be decimated
I often get ripped into by individuals from Tanzania, who clearly lack the capacity to understand that exposing transgressions against nature, i.e. poaching inside and outside of the parks, or the massive illegal logging in the forests across the country for timber and to make charcoal, is in the best interest of the country, allowing […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region, Second edition March 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
CITES fingers China, Vietnam, Thailand and Tanzania among others
TANZANIA LISTED ALONGSIDE CHINA, VIETNAM AND THAILAND FOR IVORY SANCTIONS It was learned overnight through communications from sources attending the CITES Conference in Bangkok / Thailand that the global anger and outrage over the steady flow of blood ivory from Africa to Asia is now finally turning into some action, as CITES has threatened China, […]
FastJet now runs to English courts in dispute with Fly540
The ‘as seen through other eyes’ contributions continue with this piece found at ATW Online. Readers can make up their own minds, and those disgruntled ones whose feathers I apparently keep ruffling, perhaps you start your own blog where you can make your views known, not that I will read it. Fastjet turns to UK […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Third edition February 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Serengeti Highway case update following hearing before the EACJ on 23rd January
UPDATE ON SERENGETI HIGHWAY CASE BEFORE THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE The legal case filed by ANEW, the African Network for Animal Welfare, before the East African Court of Justice in Arusha against the Tanzanian government, came up for mention and a so called scheduling conference on the 23rd of January and since then […]
Weekly update of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Second edition February 2013
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Happy 3rd Birthday to the Constance Ephelia Resort
CONSTANCE EPHELIA RESORT TURNS THREE Three years down the line and three visits later the Constance Ephelia Resort has just turned 3 years old, young in human years but enough time to mature beyond expectations. First seen while still in the final stages of construction and permitted a hard hat tour of the property in […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, First edition December 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
Likoni ferries make more negative headlines
BREAKDOWN OR SABOTAGE – LIKONI FERRIES BACK IN THE BAD NEWS When yesterday late afternoon some of the ferries used to connect Mombasa island with the Southern mainland ‘stalled’, stranding tens of thousands of commuters and hundreds of vehicles including tourist busses, suspicion was raised promptly that disgruntled ferry workers, repeatedly on strike and go […]
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, Third edition November 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’ or […]
TCAA and Precision fire back at PATP statement
PILOTS’ REPRESENTATIVE TOLD TO GET FACTS RIGHT OR SHUT UP It took less than a day for Precision Air, Tanzania’s leading airline, to respond to a range of allegations made by the Secretary General of the association of Tanzanian pilots, who took aim at the airline by alleging the employment of ‘unqualified foreign pilots over […]
