Africa Tourism News Cape Verde’s Dual Tourism Economy: Budget Backpackers vs Luxury Seekers by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago 162 views Cape Verde closed 2024 with roughly 1.2 million visitors, a record for an archipelago of just over 500,000 residents, according to Jair Fernandes, president of the Cabo Verde Tourism Institute, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Nightlife Africa’s Nightlife Economy: Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg Compete for the Party Tourist by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago 154 views A tourist can now cross the Atlantic for Lagos’s December concerts, fly into Nairobi for a weekend built around live music and late-night dining, or choose Johannesburg for Amapiano, fashion, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Medina of Fez: How Morocco’s Living Heritage City Handles 1.5m Visitors by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago 158 views Fassi families do not introduce the Chouara Tannery as a tourist attraction. They call it work passed down through the same hands, using the same stone pits and the same … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News World Travel Awards Africa 2026: Zanzibar Sweeps The Board, Nigeria Takes One Trophy by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 193 views Tanzania and its semi-autonomous islands carried home a wide slate of continental titles at World Travel Awards Africa 2026, the region’s biggest tourism honours night. Nigeria carried home one. That … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Guinée Atlantique Airlines: Guinea’s Fifth Attempt at a National Carrier Since 2002 by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 200 views Guinea just handed itself a fifth shot at a national airline, and this time the stakes lie within a $200 billion economic plan rather than at a press conference. On … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Safari & Wildlife South Africa’s Private Game Reserve Ownership: Who Really Owns the Land Behind the Big Five? by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 194 views A single lease payment says more about power over South Africa’s most expensive wilderness than any glossy safari brochure. Since March 2016, MalaMala Game Reserve has paid an annual fee … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage Omo Valley Tribes, Territory and the Fight for Ethical Tourism by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 184 views A traveller can spend hours driving into Ethiopia’s Lower Omo, arrive at a village, take photographs of people wearing traditional dress, hand over a few birr and leave within minutes. … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News Angola’s Tourism Diversification: Measuring Ambition Against Arrival by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 190 views Angola’s government spent June and August 2026 filling Luanda’s conference halls: first the Global Tourism Forum’s investment summit, then FIN Summit’s finance and business gathering. Officials called both proof that … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Hospitality Marriott’s First Flagship Lands in Uganda: Inside Kampala’s $1.6bn Tourism Bet by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago 230 views Uganda’s tourism sector earned $1.62 billion in 2025. Until 27 August 2026, the country still had no Marriott-branded flagship hotel. This gap left Kampala trailing Kigali and Nairobi in the … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Safari & Wildlife Eswatini Cheetah Reintroduction: Four Cats, 35 Years, One High-Stakes Bet on Safari Tourism by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago 211 views Eswatini has just handed African safari operators a genuinely new story to sell. The Eswatini cheetah reintroduction has put four cats back into the Kingdom’s bush, 35 years after the … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail