Airline News Turkish Airlines Route Cuts: Five African Capitals Erased From the 2027 Flight Map by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 week ago written by Oluwafemi Kehinde 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 … Continue Reading 1 week ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News RwandAir Targets 2030 Fleet Expansion to Double Capacity Across Africa by Familugba Victor 1 week ago written by Familugba Victor RwandAir’s fleet expansion will not by itself lower the price of flying across Africa. The Kigali-based carrier’s plan matters to travel professionals not because of how many aircraft it adds, … Continue Reading 1 week ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News Zanzibar Tourist Arrivals Rise 18% in August 2026 as Italy Tightens Its Grip on the Island by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago written by Oluwafemi Kehinde 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 … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Tanzania-Serbia Direct Flights: New Africa-Europe Tourism Route Under Consideration by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago written by Familugba Victor Zanzibar President, Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, on 31 August 2026, met Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade during a summit marking 65 years of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mwinyi pressed the … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Africa Tourism News Cape Verde’s Dual Tourism Economy: Budget Backpackers vs Luxury Seekers by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago written by Oluwafemi Kehinde 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, … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Visas, Policy & Infrastructure Intra-African Visa Reform Tracker 2026: Which Countries Are Opening and Which Are Stalling by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago written by Familugba Victor On 14 July 2025, a Ghanaian trader crossed into Nairobi and walked through immigration without a stamp, a form, or a fee. A year earlier, the same journey would have … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Nightlife Africa’s Nightlife Economy: Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg Compete for the Party Tourist by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago written by Oluwafemi Kehinde 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, … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Safari & Wildlife The Big Cat Corridor: How Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia Are Unifying Wildlife Corridors for a New Safari Market by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago written by Familugba Victor A lion collared in Zambia’s Kafue National Park turned up months later in genetic samples taken more than 200 kilometres away, in the Lower Zambezi. Researchers had written off the … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Medina of Fez: How Morocco’s Living Heritage City Handles 1.5m Visitors by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 weeks ago written by Oluwafemi Kehinde 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 … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Safari & Wildlife Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains: The Underutilised Crown of Afromontane Ecotourism by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago written by Familugba Victor Bale Mountains National Park covers 215,000 hectares of the Bale-Arsi Massif in Oromia, protected since 1970 and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 18 September 2023, Ethiopia’s eleventh … Continue Reading 2 weeks ago 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail