World Travel Awards Africa Picks Kenya for 20th Gala
From Breaking Travel News.Nominations have been announced for the 20th Annual Travel Awards Africa gala ceremony, scheduled for October in Kenya to honor leading travel, tourism and hospitality...
View ArticleSweden Looking to Join UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali
From The Local“Sweden has extensive experience in these operations, and a mission in Mali would be yet another example of such participation,” Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Development Aid Minister...
View ArticleSearch Engine Mimics Human Thought Pattern, to Lead to Digital Brain Invention
From Wamda“In order to achieve true Artificial Intelligence (AI), we have to make machines that are able to acquire knowledge in a scalable way, without human interaction, then use this knowledge to...
View ArticleJapan Feels Effect Of Chinese Competition In Africa
From Channel NewAsia.Despite relatively long-standing connections, Japan feels its importance to Africa has slipped behind that of China, whose more aggressive approach has given it five times the...
View ArticleWhy Has South Africa’s Economic Growth Slowed Down?
From New Statesman.High unemployment, an influx of Zimbabwean refugees, corruption, crime, and HIV could be contributing to South Africa’s declining growth prospects, according to a recent report from...
View ArticleSpotlight On Nandos, An African Business That Went Global
Michael Cathie, a South African native and former senior director at several global corporate giants, has been appointed chief marketing officer for Southern African flame-broiled chicken chain,...
View ArticleAfrican Union Proposes Tourist Tax To End Reliance On Western Cash
From BeyondBrics.The Organization of African Union, faced with a $380 million budget for 2014 and criticism for being dependent on Western cash, proposes a tourism tax to raise funds from members.The...
View ArticleKampala, Uganda Looking To Build Tourism Industry
From All Africa.The metropolitan city of Kampala, recently named Safest City in the World by Lonely Planet Magazine, has aspirations to become a tourism hub.The Ugandan capital gets more than two...
View ArticleSweden, U.S. Create Agriculture Fast Track Fund For Africa
From All Africa.The U.S., Sweden and African Development Bank have created a $23 million Agriculture Fast Track For Africa fund to stimulate greater private investment in agricultural infrastructure in...
View ArticleTanzania’s Rice Production, Export Boost to Benefit East African Market
From All AfricaTanzania envisages increasing rice production up to three million tonnes for export to the East African market, the National Assembly was told here.The Deputy Minister for Agriculture...
View ArticleUgandan Robbers Using Tech Gadgets to Detect, Steal Valuables
From All AfricaPolice has warned the public to be alert on high-tech equipment robbers use to detect valuables such as laptops and expensive mobile phones when traveling in public transport...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Funds in Africa Measuring up to Global Emerging Markets
From The Africa ReportResearch that benchmarks African private equity against the global market for the first time shows the industry is far maturer than analysts had previously thought.For a long time...
View ArticleHeating Up: Marketing East Africa As A Tourist Destination
From eTurboNews.The Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair is underway through the weekend in the Tanzanian city of Arusha and a second travel fair is planned later this year in Dar es Salaam.The goal is to...
View ArticleEast Africa’s Reef Fish Assessed For Fisheries Management
From All Africa.A first-ever assessment of coral reef fish along the coast of Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya will help officials there improve fisheries management, conservation and policy.Activities...
View ArticleSouth African Entrepreneur, 21, Makes Forbes ‘Under 30′ List
From All Africa.South African resident Sizewe Nzima, 21, has been named to the Forbes Magazine’s list, 30 Under 30: Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs.Nzima runs Iyeza Express, a business that reduces...
View ArticleCell Phones Help Lower Pesticide Exposure Risk in Nigeria
From All Africa.John Gushit, a science researcher at Nigeria’s University of Jos, has developed a way to help farmers reduce the risk of exposure to chemicals in the field using cell phones.Gushit...
View ArticleTransforming Africa means Creating Greener, Climate-Resilient Continent
From EcoSeed.In Morocco, the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant is about to come online with 500-megawatt capacity, providing power to 1.5 million people.In Kenya, a 400-megawatt...
View ArticleBack To Nigeria: One Woman’s Return From The Diaspora
From Bella Naija.Ada Osakwe left Nigeria as a high school graduate and returned as senior investment adviser to Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture.In between she spent more than 10 years abroad, earning...
View ArticleAfrican Union Members Reject Tourism Tax
From eNews Channel Africa.At least 10 African countries say a proposed tourist tax that would help fund the African Union Organization would hurt countries that rely on tourism.Those opposed say a tax...
View ArticleEgypt’s Constitution Ruled Invalid, Shura Council to be Dissolved
From AlJazeeraEgypt’s top court has ruled that the Islamist-dominated Senate and the panel which drew up the country’s constitution are invalid.The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Sunday...
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