Beware of the power of the social media!
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPLAINTS ABOUT POOR SERVICES TRIGGER INSTANT RDB RESPONSE (Posted 27th February 2015) Frustrated with service levels, treated poorly by waiters, left standing at the reception as if you don’t belong? In Rwanda, already one of the best connected countries in Eastern Africa, such treatment, when reported on the social media, has instant consequences […]
No 319 Wildlife Trade News 29th January 2015
Nature alert continues to provide updates on poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes and with their permission I share this daily dose of bad news with my readers … in the spotlight today …………………… Kasukuwere petitioned over sale of baby elephants. The Zimbabwe Conservation Taskforce (ZCTF) today submitted a petition against the sale of baby elephants […]
Gulf Airlines – growing fleets, more destinations, more career opportunities
GULF AIRLINES BEGIN NEW RECRUITMENT DRIVES (Posted 27th January 2015) All three leading Gulf carriers, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad, will begin fresh recruitment drives over the next couple of weeks, focusing on India, Sri Lanka, Australia, South America, parts of Europe and of course Africa. Announcements on the respective company websites – found by […]
President Michel announces changes to his cabinet but leaves the tourism portfolio untouched
SEYCHELLES GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE SEES CLIMATE CHANGE COME TO CABINET (Posted 26th January 2015) ‘Seychelles – Another World’ earlier today gained an added meaning when President James Alix Michel, as he announced a reshuffle of his government, added Climate Change to the portfolio of Environment and Energy, with the Ministerial post held by Didier Dogley. The […]
Elephant News
This is a reproduction of an article just received from Melissa Groo of Elephant News (www.savetheelephants.org) which highlights the economic losses for Tanzania in the medium and long terms as a result of the industrial scale poaching over the past few years in the Selous Game Reserve. The article is reproduced here unedited, i.e. spelling […]
More controversy erupts over plans to ‘harvest sand’ off the South coast beaches
INNOCENT OMISSION OR ILL INTENT – DIANI RESIDENTS ASK SEARCHING QUESTIONS (Posted 24th January 2015) Members of the South Coast Residents Association, a civic platform where both businesses and individual residents of the on- and off beach locations south of Mombasa meet, are furious about the tactics employed by the Kenya Maritime Authority to keep […]
More trouble for Air Tanzania as pilots fail to report to work
AIR TANZANIA PILOTS FAIL TO REPORT ON DUTY STRANDING HUNDREDS (Posted 01st January 2015) Reports from Dar es Salaam claim that a number of pilots of Air Tanzania, the ailing national airline, have failed over the past few days to turn up for duty, leaving aircraft on the ground and several hundred passengers stranded. The […]
Kenya’s air traffic controllers are at it again
KENYA’S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL GOES SLOW AGAIN TO PRESS FOR HIGHER PAY (Posted 16th December 2014) Going by past experience with air traffic controllers in Nairobi may the go slow yesterday morning, which saw several planes held on the taxiway for extended periods of time, of course burning unnecessary fuel and delaying passengers’ arrival at […]
No 285 Wildlife Trade News 5th December 2014
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… ALERT: Zimbabwe’s government admits capturing baby elephants to send to UAE SHAME ON ZIMBABWE AND THE UAE photo for illustrative purposes only. courtesy Nat Geo. Baby elephants. Deprived of their mothers, captured, and […]
No 263 Wildlife Trade News 12th November 2014
The daily dose of bad news about the ongoing global poaching crisis, about wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world under the spotlight today …………………… China flouts efforts to protect world’s wildlife extract: For two decades at least, Chinese consumer demand has been directly linked to the precipitous decline of wildlife populations around the […]
No 261 Wildlife Trade News 10th November 2014
Your daily dose of bad news from around the world with details about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … this publication tells it as it is … under the spotlight today …………………… Tell The Truth: Conservationists tell Tanzania Government Mouthpieces : extract: That government has lost its credibility and as far as conservation is concerned […]
Campi ya Kanzi November News
Many of my readers are keen to learn more about the less talked about places in Kenya and here is another chance to see why Kenya still got what it takes … Are you having trouble viewing this email? Click here. Campi ya Kanzi News November 2014 Greetings from Campi ya Kanzi! October was a […]
No 251 Wildlife Trade News 30th October 2014
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes and more from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… Seized 50,000 Colombian Wildlife Specimens Image: Birds recovered by Colombian National Police as part of INTERPOL’s 2012 Operation Cage (c) INTERPOL http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3216551&Itemid=1 (NA comment: Time and again we can see results coming […]
Health Me Up!, African Rental Housing Conference, Oktoberfest 2014 & Horse Racing: The Spanish Cup & The Jim Kidman Bowl
Kenya is buzzing again with activities and places to gowhere things happen … find out all about East Africa’s most vibrant city, Nairobi, and what you as a visitor, or as a local can do over the next week, courtesy as always of KenyaBuzz e-Weekly Having trouble viewing this email? Click here October 10th – […]
Uganda’s aviation sector – as dead as a Dodo
IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO AIR UGANDA (Posted 01st October 2014) The airline massacre unleashed by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority’s action of 17th of June this year, when in an act of unparalleled magnitude all international flights by Ugandan registered airlines were grounded to avoid being cited, named and shamed by ICAO […]
Oktoberfest, Earthdance Nairobi, Magical Kenya Expo & Gertrude’s Charity Walk
The weekly update from KenyaBuzz e-Weeklyof where to go and what to do while in Kenya this week. Having trouble viewing this email? Click here October 3rd – 9th Top seven tips on how to maximize your adventure in East Africa. Read more A great, fun-filled weekend is on the cards. It all begins with […]
Xplore Travel Fair, Concours d’Elegance, Rift Valley Odyssey & Oktoberfest
Going to Kenya or staying in Kenya?Here is the latest update what is going one vis a vis cultural, music, shows, culinary and sporting events, brought to you by the KenyaBuzz e-Weekly Having trouble viewing this email? Click here September 26th – October 2nd Click here for more Two Hours of Sunset images Zonk out […]
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’. […]
