Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS Special Message from the President and CEO of CCA Corporate Council on Africa Dear CCA Members and Friends, I hope that this message finds you, your family, and colleagues healthy and safe. Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) understands that with more than 1.5 million people infected globally…Read More>> INFRASTRUCTURE IMF Announces […]
#Ngamba Chimpanzee Island closes over #COVID19 concerns
CHIMPANZEE ISLAND CLOSES FOR VISITORS TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS (Posted 23rd March 2020) An Update from us on COVID-19 Greetings! With the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, we are navigating unchartered waters. The world is yet again tested with a dangerous pathogen that has threatened our way of life. It is going to change how we relate […]
Flights to Uganda end as hotels stare into the abyss of no business
BORDER CLOSURE ENDS PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO UGANDA AS HOTELS AND LODGES HAVE EMPTIED (Posted 22nd March 2020) Uganda is facing her biggest peacetime challenge now as President Museveni effectively closed the country’s borders to all passenger traffic. Airlines will as of Monday 23rd of March be banned from landing in Entebbe, apart from cargo flights […]
Bizarre decision by the Tanzanian government to allow bush meat trade
CAUSE OF #COVID19 CLEARLY LOST ON THE TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT AS THEY LEGALIZE BUSHMEAT TRADE (Posted 14th March 2020) (Effects of bush meat trade while China bans it following the Corona Virus outbreak) Poaching is widespread around the Serengeti National Park, especially on the western side where human population is dense. It’s done primarily to supply […]
Locust swarms reach biblical proportions
URGENT FUNDING NEEDED TO COMBAT LOCUSTS SWARMING EAST AFRICA (Posted 26th February 2020) The potential impact of locusts on a country that is still grappling with complex conflict, displacement, Ebola and measles outbreaks and food insecurity would be devastating Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces a […]
Biking for Africa – by Brussels Airlines
5TH EDITION OF BIKING FOR AFRICA GOES TO RWANDA (Posted 29th January 2020) Brussels Airlines embarks on its fifth edition of Bike for Africa, a five-day mountain bike tour to promote sustainable development in Rwanda, through the support of a selection of local entrepreneurs and organizations. From 31st of January until 04th of February, 52 […]
East African countries stepping up health checks at airports to contain the Corona Virus
EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES READY TO SCREEN TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA FOR NEW CORONA VIRUS (Posted 23rd January 2020) Travelers to East Africa, already being screened for elevated temperatures – indicating a viral infection – and for carrying a Yellow Fever inoculation certificate, will see a new level of controls introduced following the spread of China’s latest […]
Murchison Falls – Time to own up and tell us the truth!
UGANDAN GOVERNMENT CHALLENGED TO ONCE AND FOR ALL HALT THE DAM SAGA IN MURCHISONS (Posted 15th December 2019) The replacement of Eng. Irene Muloni as Minister for Energy and Minerals has raised expectations that the Ugandan government may now, after weeks of pondering and leaving the field of public comments to those without the final […]
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo enters management partnership
OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE SEES CONGO’S ICCN ENTER MANAGEMENT DEAL WITH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY By Shreya Dasgupta, Mongabay First published on 21st of October The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), created to protect the secretive okapi (Okapia Johnstoni), will now be run under a new management partnership agreement between the Wildlife […]
Nowel Ngala answers questions about ASKY
AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS IN THE SKIES OVER WEST AFRICA, WHERE IS ASKY HEADING? (Posted 11th September 2019) Nowel NGALA Directeur commercial et des opérations au sol ASKY AIRLINES Q1 – ASKY airline received its 8th New Generation B737-800 aircraft, what does this new acquisition represents to you ? We are always very pleased […]
Precision, Performance and People: Re-Writing Our Narrative in Sustaining the Tourism Business
Precision, Performance and People: Re-Writing Our Narrative in Sustaining the Tourism Business A guest writer contribution by Bea Broda August 20, 2019: Winnipeg: Alain St. Ange is one of the most sought-after speakers on the world stage on the topic of tourism, and he was the keynote speaker at the 3rd International Business Tourism Conference […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
HEALTH Ebola crisis: Second death confirmed in DR Congo border city of Goma BBCEbola is affecting two provinces of DR Congo – North Kivu and Ituri. Goma is the capital of North Kivu and lies just across the border from the Rwandan city of Gisenyi… Read more>> TOURISM Kenya hotel complex that al-Shabab stormed this […]
Gorilla Highland Silverchef Competition 2019 moved to #Musanze #Rwanda
SILVERCHEF COMPETITION 2019 TO TAKE PLACE IN RWANDA AGAIN THIS YEAR (Posted 31st July 2019) (2018 Silverchef Winner Chef Rama of the Marriott Hotel in Kigali) 2019 was to be the year, when the regional Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition should have moved to the city of Goma, for the first time ever incorporating Eastern Congo […]
#Zambia Tourism News
ENJOY THE LATEST EDITION OF THE LIVINGSTONE BI-WEEKLY (Posted 10th June 2019) Click on the link below for the latest issue, as always courtesy of Gill Staden: https://thelivingstoneweekly.wordpress.com/ Inside Money made available for Bus Station and Market in Livingstone Not much money for Maramba Football Stadium Luangwa Hippo Cull of off again Chimfunshi News Latest […]
#GorillaHighlands – News Update Issue 2
Isabelle Masozera explains Rwanda’s gorilla naming ceremony to those who have never been (1 minute); part of our recent 7 Practical Things article Don’t Miss Gorilla Highlands Bootcamp The second edition of our newsletter begins with an invitation to the annual Bootcamp, taking place 17-21 November 2018. As long as you have interest in the […]
#KLM axes #Freetown and #Monrovia in favour of #LasVegas
KLM MOVES CAPACITY FOR SUMMER 2019 FROM #AFRICA TO THE #USA (Posted 22nd September 2018) Come 29th of March next year will KLM halt their flights to Freetown / Sierra Leone and Monrovia / Liberia to us freed aircraft capacity and instead launch a new service to Las Vegas which will operate three times a […]
Saint Ange’s vision to have aviation meet tourism gains traction
#IATA SHOWS INTEREST IN ST. ANGE’S IDEA TO BRING TOURISM AND AVIATION MINISTERS TOGETHER (Posted 20th July 2018) Raphael Kuuchi, the IATA Special Envoy to Africa on Aeropolitical Affairs and Alain St.Ange of Saint Ange Tourism Consultancy who is the former Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine of the Seychelles said as they […]
#Zimbabwe’s successful Outing to African #Indaba in #Durban
Another edition of #ATQNEWS from #Nigeria and beyond 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 […]
The Saint Ange Tourism Report – Volume 2 Edition 19 of 2018
ENJOY THE LATEST EDITION OF THE #SAINTANGE TOURISM REPORT FRESH FROM THE #SEYCHELLES AND THE OTHER #INDIANOCEAN ISLANDS (Posted 14th May 2018) The Editorial this week highlights Africa’s INDABA 2018 that has come and gone, recent Court Judgment on Compensation for flight delays, and the Ebola epidemic in the northwestern town of Bikoro and surrounding […]
Plan Mawingo – Reloaded in reduced format?
KENYA AIRWAYS LOOKS AT EXPANSION AGAIN AND ‘PLAN MAWINGO‘FOOTPRINTS EVERYWHERE (Posted 25th March 2018) (Original Plan Mawingo map of planned destinations by 2021) Going by the latest noises coming out of the head office of Kenya Airways, talking confidently about an expansion of destinations and fleet, did memories lead me back to the days of […]
Brussels Airlines staff embark on another ‘Bike for Africa’ tour
BIKING FOR AFRICA BRINGS 15 CEO’S TO CAMEROON (Posted 01st March 2018) Yesterday 40 Brussels Airlines employees took off to Cameroon to start a six-day mountain bike tour: Bike for Africa. With the €200.000 that Brussels Airlines aims to collect during this fourth edition, the airline is supporting the international organization Mercy Ships as well […]
#Zambia hosts Dr. Taleb Rifai – the man who transformed #UNWTO
ZAMBIA BIDS FAREWELL TO DR. TALEB RIFAI (Posted 19th November 2017) (Dr. Taleb Rifai with the Zambian Minister for Tourism & Arts Charles Banda at the launch of the Pamodzi Carnival in Lusaka yesterday morning) It was a triumphant return by the UNWTO Secretary General to Zambia, where he presided over the second World First […]
#Ethiopian Airlines set to bring state of the art #Airbus #A350 to #Accra #Ghana
Another edition of #ATQNews from #Nigeria and beyond Nigerian Journalists have applauded the appointment of former Director General, Nigeria Tourism Development Commission, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe and other professionals into key areas in the industry. Zambia is about to move Capital from Lusaka to Ngabwe Kenya election standoff hits Tourism as Cruise ship to Mombasa cancels […]
Downplaying the #Plague is not a good idea
#MADAGASCAR PLAGUE OUTBREAK MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND NOT DOWNPLAYED FOR SHORTSIGHTED GAINS (Posted 02nd November 2017) As was reported here at the very start of the plague outbreak way back in September has Madagascar suffered a repeat outbreak of the deadly disease, made worse as this epidemic was of the Pneumonic type which infects […]
Visits to Seychelles are safe
#MADAGASCAR #PLAGUE RESTRICTED TO THAT ISLAND AS SEYCHELLES TAKES ADDED PRECAUTIONS (Posted 19th October 2017) As the plague epidemic keeps spreading on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar have other islands and the African mainland taken added precautions to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. After the Seychelloise coach of a basket ball team […]
Air Seychelles suspends flights to #Madagascar over plague outbreak
#MADAGASCAR FLIGHTS HALTED OVER HEALTH CONCERNS (Posted 07th October 2017) Air Seychelles is suspending flights between Mahe and Antananarivo following advice from the archipelago’s health authorities after a Seychellois citizen succumbed to the ongoing plague outbreak in Madagascar while there on an assignment as coach of a Seychellois basketball team. A health authority official quoted […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Boeing signs 737 deal with Algeria’s state-owned Tassili Airlines St. Louis Business Journal Boeing won the sale for the older model single-aisle jets after responding to a public tender call, Algerie Presse Service (APS) said a report late Sunday…. Read more>> INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure expansion tops City of Kigali priorities The […]
Tourism industry reacts sharply to threats of KTB budget cuts
MINISTER’S BROADSIDE AGAINST INDUSTRY PROMPTS SHARPISH REACTIONS (Posted 30th June 2017) The perceived threats against the Kenya Tourism Board and the industry as a whole to cut the tourism budget should visitor numbers not rise rapidly, has been met with in part incredulity, in past perplexion and in part outright anger, given the circumstances of […]
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
TOURISM Jumia Travel, Accor Hotels report offers insight on Africa’s tourism industry BizCommunity Apart from serving as a major employer, tourism in Africa serves a unique role in cultural integration and intermediation and is essential for both international and intra-border trade. Jumia Travel in collaboration with Accor Hotels and Ethiopian Airlines compiled an in-depth report… […]
New TANAPA fees threaten the tourism sector’s survival
NEW TANAPA FEES CALLED ‘SUICIDAL‘ BY TANZANIA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY (Posted 24th May 2017) ‘If TANAPA wants to commit suicide that is one thing but to murder the entire tourism industry at a go with them is just crazy, stupidly and irresponsibly crazy‘ let a regular tourism source from Arusha fly a few days ago when […]
