Culture & Heritage East Africa’s Migration Festival Market Is Selling Culture on Someone Else’s Terms by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago 267 views Fifty thousand people were expected at Sekenani Gate on 9 and 10 June 2023, the weekend Narok County picked to launch its first Maasai cultural festival, two days of drumming, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Festivals The Calabar Carnival: Why International Visitors Still Can’t Find West Africa’s Biggest Street Party by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago 209 views A Premium Times report of 2026 reports that only 12,000 passengers passed through the arrivals hall at Calabar’s Margaret Ekpo International Airport between November 2025 and January 2026, the exact … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage Walking the Slave Route in Benin: West Africa’s Most Important Heritage Walk by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 250 views Ouidah’s beach ends at a door that opens onto nothing. Cross beneath it, and there is only sand, then surf, then open water, the same stretch of the Atlantic that … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Turkish Airlines Route Cuts: Five African Capitals Erased From the 2027 Flight Map by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 410 views Aviation Data Specialist Aero Routes recently reported that Turkish Airlines Africa route cuts just erased five capital cities from the carrier’s future map, permanently this time. When a foreign mega-carrier … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News Zanzibar Tourist Arrivals Rise 18% in August 2026 as Italy Tightens Its Grip on the Island by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 232 views Zanzibar just posted its strongest August on record, and the country driving that record sits in southern Europe. The archipelago welcomed 124,481 international visitors in August 2026, an 18% rise … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News Cape Verde’s Dual Tourism Economy: Budget Backpackers vs Luxury Seekers by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 274 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 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 298 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 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 250 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 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 318 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 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 345 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