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Nigeria's new visa policy to drive Tourism
Nigeria, located on the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, has relaxed its visa-free entry policies for 23 countries to promote both tourism and business travel. The country is home to numerous natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Notable sites include Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park, which feature waterfalls, dense rainfor… read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism outlines vision for tech-driven, and community-focused tourism
Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has outlined her vision for tech-driven, culturally-rich and community-focused tourism for her country’s untapped tourism industry. Ade-John outlined her focus points in a recent interview at the 121 Executive Council Meeting of the UN Tourism, which held recently in Barcelona, … read more
Morocco’s southward investment push a win for Africa
This article was first published by the International Finance Corporation.
Moroccan investment in Africa has risen sharply over the past two decades, laying the groundwork for increased trans-regional commerce.
In 2020, Morocco’s third-largest bank, BMCE, decided to change its name to Bank of Africa, matchin… read more
Finalists for 2024 Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge announced
Africa Tourism Partners has announced the top five finalists for the 6th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge 2024. The Challenge opened on the 01st of November 2023 for the youth to submit their projects. The Challenge closed on the 01st of March 2024 and attracted over 154 entries from innovators across Africa.
As part … read more
Visa-Free Travel for Africans - Why Kenya and Rwanda have taken a step in the right direction
President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya's borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the end of 2023. He said
When people cannot travel, business people cannot travel, entrepreneurs cannot travel, we all become net losers.
A few days later, President Paul Kag… read more
Uganda Airlines: Expanding African carriers’ wings
The rebranded Uganda Airlines is opening up the African skies albeit gradually, while also expanding into the hitherto monopolised routes of major carriers. The revived East African carrier is steadily becoming a giant in African space with its tenacious expansion of routes in the last four years when it began operations.
The airlin… read more
The role of the AfCFTA Agreement in Africa’s Tourism drive
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, as one of the flagship projects of the African Union’s Agenda 2063: “the Africa We Want”, entered into force on 30 May 2019 following the deposit of the twenty-second (22nd) instrument of ratification of the Agreement. Following the decision of the 13th Extraordinary Sess… read more
Air Algérie (finally) obtains traffic rights to Cameroon
On August 1, 2023, Cameroon's Head of State, Paul Biya, signed a decree ratifying the bilateral air services agreement (BASA) signed with Algeria on February 24, 2021. Since then, sector regulators in both countries have been busy finalizing the operational procedures for the establishment of an air link by the designated operators.
IATA integrates Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo and Mauritius into its payment system
One of the six objectives of the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) "Focus Africa" initiative is to strengthen financial services and improve distribution in the industry. With this in mind, the organization, which brings together some 300 airlines, has just made EasyPay available in five of the continent's countries.
United Nigeria Airlines gets GCAA approval to commence flight
United Nigeria Airlines Company, has received the nod of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to commence scheduled flight operations into the country. This was announced in a statement today by the Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu.
The approval of the request by United Nigeria Airlines to… read more
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