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Western Uganda has quietly crossed an important threshold. On 27 September 2026, Kabalega International Airport in Hoima received its first passenger aircraft, turning years of construction drawings and progress reports into something tangible on the tarmac. The arrival was small in scale but significant in meaning, and the Afri… read more
Anyone who has tried to move a group of clients across Nairobi on a busy afternoon knows the challenge. Traffic can turn a twenty-minute journey into a two-hour ordeal, and match days have historically been the worst of all. That picture is now set to change. Kenya Railways has begun construction of a commuter rail spur linking central N… read more
A quiet but meaningful shift is taking place in the skies between the Gulf and East Africa. Qatar Airways has formally closed the chapter on its Airbus A330 passenger operations, and rather than let a pool of highly experienced pilots sit idle, the Doha-based carrier is placing some of them on short-term assignment with … read more
Southern Africa's transport map may look different within a decade, and the groundwork is being laid this week in Gaborone. Mozambican President Daniel Chapo arrived in Botswana on 28 September for a three-day state visit, invited by his counterpart President Duma Boko, with transport, logistics… read more
Nigeria's domestic aviation market has produced a genuine good-news story. On Friday, 25 September 2026, Ibom Air welcomed its five millionth passenger — a figure reached aboard the carrier's 65,787th scheduled commercial flight since the airline first took to the skies.
Numbers of this ki… read more
Nigeria's organised tour operating sector used the 2026 edition of World Tourism Day to do something more useful than cut a ribbon. Across three regions of the country, the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) rolled out a programme that mixed hard skills training, technology adoption, destination inspection and domesti… read more
A significant shift in how African tourism businesses talk about sustainability has arrived. As of 27 September 2026, the European Union's Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive — commonly shortened to ECGT or EmpCo — is in force, and its consequences stretch far beyond Europe's borders. Any Afr… read more
Namibia's coastal town of Swakopmund continues to operate without one of its most reliable wet-weather attractions. The National Marine Aquarium has been closed to the public since October 2023, when years of seawater corrosion were found to have weakened both the external and internal concrete structures, along with the steel r… read more
Flight disruptions are part of everyday aviation life, but how an airline behaves after things go wrong is what truly matters in the eyes of Nigeria's regulator. That is the central message from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), which has moved to correct a widespread belief among passengers that every delay, cancella… read more
Morocco's national railway operator has set out the full scale of an infrastructure programme that will reshape how visitors and business travellers move through the kingdom. The Office National des Chemins de Fer, known across the industry as ONCF, is investing MAD 96 billion towards 2030, anchored by 430 kilometres of entirely… read more
Hoima opens the skies: Kabalega Airport welcomes first flights as western Uganda prepares for AFCON
Nairobi builds rail spur to Raila Odinga Stadium, reshaping event travel before AFCON 2027
Kigali gains Gulf-trained A330 crews as RwandAir speeds up its widebody growth plan
Botswana and Mozambique Push Ocean Access Corridor as Chapo Joins 60-Year Independence Events
Ibom Air Hits 5 Million Passengers, Proving Reliability Sells in West African Skies
Nigeria's Operators Turn to AI Tools as NATOP Links Skills Training With Destination Discovery
New EU Green Rules Now Live: What African Operators Must Prove Before Selling to Europe
Swakopmund Aquarium Still Shut: What Namibia's N\$27 Million Revamp Means for Coastal Itineraries
Nigeria Clarifies Passenger Rights Rules as Duty of Care Becomes the Real Test for Airlines
Morocco commits MAD 96 billion to rail expansion with 430km of new line linking Kenitra to Marrakech
