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Air Botswana resumes regional flights
Botswana’s National Airways, Air Botswana has announced plans to re-commence scheduled regional operations. The airline on Monday said the decision was in accordance with the government’s announcement to relax international travel restrictions.
According to Air Botswana, re-commencement of its scheduled regional operations is eff… read more
Airlink back into Botswana
Airlink will resume its flights to Gaborone, Kasane and Maun this month.
This comes after Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, made a declaration opening the country’s airports from Monday, November 9. The country began allowing private charter flights at the beginning of the month.
Airlink … read more
Cahrter flights permitted to Botswana as of Nov 1st
Charter flights will be re-authorized for departures and arrivals in Botswana from 1 November. Only the international airports of Maun and Kasane will initially be open. International flights have been suspended in the country since March 28.
From next Sunday, November 1, charter flights will once again be allowed to depart and arri… read more
Desert & Delta Safaris raise $20,000 tp support Elephants
Luxury Botswana safari operator Desert & Delta Safaris announce that they have doubled their initial target of $10,000 and raised an incredible amount of $20,000 for Elephants Without Borders, more than doubling their initial target. This astonishing amount of money was raised through Desert & Delta Safaris’ exc… read more
Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs revises list of countries allowed to enter
Seychelles reopens to several African countries
Lodges offer on-site COVID-19 testing
With many source markets requiring a negative PCR test to enter the country, some lodges in Southern Africa have started offering on-site testing to spare travellers the hassle of having to travel away from their destination to get tested.
While a number of private laboratories have testing facilities in the region, these are pri… read more
Top destinations in Africa for business travel
More South African business travellers have started travelling into Africa, according to FCM Travel Solutions. Bonnie Smith, General Manager FCM Travel Solutions revealed that travel to Kenya has picked up again, followed closely by Botswana and Zambia. Mozambique and Ghana have seen a revival when it comes to business travel from … read more
Some good news for South Africa’s cheetahs
South Africa is home to around 1,300 of the world’s roughly 7,100 remaining cheetahs. It’s also the only country in the world with significant cheetah population growth, thanks largely to a nongovernmental conservation project that depends on careful and intensive human management of small, fenced-in cheetah popu… read more
Vodacom business In Nigeria and other African countries
A Mauritius based company, inq., formerly known as Synergy Communications, has expanded its horizon into Nigeria by acquiring Vodacom business in the country and two other African nations.
The company in a media statement yesterday, mentioned Zambia and Cote D’Ivoire as the two other countries it had acquired Vodacom b… read more
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