Oluwafemi Kehinde

Oral tradition remembers the fourth king of Oyo as a ruler whose voice sounded like thunder and whose mouth spewed fire when he spoke. His subjects turned against him. He …

Kenya has stopped selling itself as a safari-and-beach destination and started selling a catalogue. With 75 certified products now on the Magical Kenya Signature Experiences list, agents can build a …

Oumar Seye learned to surf by watching tourists. When he started in Ngor, the Lebou fishing community on Dakar’s northern shore, Senegal had “no club, no federation,” he told AFP …

Africa’s tourism suppliers have spent years waiting for the world’s travel buyers to find them. Essence of Africa 2026 reverses that: the forum flies 178 international buyers to Zanzibar and …

Encyclopedia Britannica notes that the Niger River rises 240km from the Atlantic Ocean, then walks away from it. It heads towards the Sahara, bends south-east through Niger and drops into …

HEIN News reported in 2025 that Michael Armitage’s most expensive painting sold in New York, not in Nairobi, where he was born. On 15 May 2025, Mpeketoni fetched $2.37m at …

The US State Department tells Americans to avoid Burkina Faso. In February 2025, the Fespaco film festival went ahead regardless. Ouagadougou welcomed 13,500 festival-goers from 53 countries, including more than …

Agents who sell Kenya Airways and Air Tanzania will soon work on new software, and neither airline has given them dates. The Kenya Airways Sabre agreement, announced on 22 September …

Africa hosts almost none of the world’s major association congresses, and Ghana now plans to change that with money from a pension fund. The Accra Convention Centre, backed by the …

A Gen Z traveller can now ask an AI assistant to compare destinations, suggest a route, estimate a budget and adapt an itinerary in seconds. The harder question is what …