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Kenya: Rehabilitation of old rail-link to Western Region
Kenya Railways Corporation has begun rehabilitation of the old meter-gauge railway from Longonot to the Western side of the country; Malaba and Nakuru to Kisumu. Upon completion of repairs on the old line, a process that will take 8 months will then link to the Standard Gauge Railway (… read more
Seychelles new safety measures announced
Seychelles authorities announced new safety measures on Sunday, January 3, 2020, with the aim to curb the spread of COVID-19 within the community.
The Seychelles International Airport will remain open for visitors.
As part of the new measures enforced and effective immediately, visitors already in Seychelles will be requ… read more
Ethiopian Airlines CEO selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa
Tewolde GebreMariam has for the second time been named as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa. Image: Ethiopian Airlines
A statement by the airline said: “ On behalf of the entire 17,000 employees of Ethiopian Airlines Group, we would like to Congratulate our Group CEO for being selected as one of the 100 most influent… read more
EgyptAir operates a daily flight to Lagos and Addis Ababa
EgyptAir has announced the operation of a daily flight from Cairo to Addis Ababa starting January 6th and to Lagos, starting February 1, 2021. EgyptAir operates its flights to the two cities with a number of aircraft models, such as Boeing B737-800NG.
Why Dar remains unrivaled in tourism
AS Tanzania goes unwavering in its quest to attain massive economic development, it is on a pole position to scoop more tourists.
After defeating Covid-19 in style last year and retain trust by tourists and governments in almost all parts of the world, Tanzania is again on high, receiving tourists as one of the most preferred destinations … read more
A Safari Into the Social History of the Kruger National Park
Most conservation books set in Africa are written by white authors and often (unintentionally) for a white audience. Jacob Dlamini uses the park as a microcosm of South Africa's wider history in the 20th century.
As a black South African, Jacob Dlamini, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University, has brought an important per… read more
Profit plunge has hotel industry looking to brighter 2021
As a fresh round of stricter COVID-related guidelines grip many parts of the world heading into the new year, the hotel industry is still feeling and reeling from the sting of the pandemic, though breakthrough vaccines could be the antidote to spur devitalized demand.
U. S. Backtracks According to HotStats, after pulling into positive prof… read more
Air Tanzania to fly twice-weekly flights ti Geita
Effective January 9, Air Tanzania will launch twice a week service to Geita.
Flights will initially operate every Saturday and Monday and a third weekly frequency could be added in the future.
While the outbound flight will be a nonstop flight from Dar es Salaam to Geita, the return flight will route from Geita via M… read more
Two aircraft return from maintenance into Dana Air fleet
DANA AIR on Wednesday, 31st December, 2020 received two of its aircraft, one Boeing737 Classic and a McDonnell Douglas from maintenance overseas after carrying out a C-Check on one of the aircraft. The arrival of the aircraft is coming days after another of its aircraft returned to service recently in December giving the airline a boost t… read more
MSC pushes South African cruise season back to February
The emergence of two new strains of COVID-19, one originating in South Africa and the other in the UK, has prompted MSC Cruises to further postpone its 2020/21 cruise season out of Durban and Cape Town. MSC Cruises’ decision to push back the start date of the new South African cruise season followed the announcement of tighter anti… read more
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