Africa Tourism News

Three years ago, the ground beneath Angola’s newest landmark was ocean. On 24 August 2026, President João Lourenço cut the ribbon on the Palácio de Convenções de Luanda, a 3,000-seat …

In March 2023, Tropical Cyclone Freddy hovered over the Mozambique Channel for 35 days, making landfall twice and inflicting $1.53 billion in structural damage across ten provinces, according to a …

A two-storey mud tower with a rounded granary sitting on top like a helmet is not a folly. It is a home, a fortress, a temple and a farm building, …

Luanda is no longer just a refuelling stop for oil executives. Between 31 October and 1 November 2026, the city tests whether it can pull a different kind of visitor: …

Angola earns close to 94% of its export revenue from crude oil, yet tourism has historically contributed an estimated 0.01% to the country’s GDP, according to a 2025 report by …

Ghana has done something most African nations with transatlantic heritage sites have not managed: turned a diplomatic relationship into a costed, five-year rescue plan for its most vulnerable monuments.  According …

Ghana’s tourism performance in 2025 answers a question most African tourism boards still dodge: what happens when a government treats arrivals data, cultural heritage, and business licensing as one connected …

Angola’s tourism sector just got a credit after announcing, on Thursday, August 6, that hotels, resorts, lodges, and tour operators across five provinces have started registering for the Angola tourism …

Durban’s Point Waterfront has a cruise terminal that did not exist five years ago. Zanzibar is racing to finish one at Maruhubi to replace an overworked ferry dock at Malindi. …

Cross River has handed over its best-known tourism asset for the second time in nine years, and the fine print matters more than the photo call. A 25-year concession only …