KENYA AIRWAYS SIGNS MAJOR SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH KENYA RUGBY 7 Information was received late yesterday that Kenyas national airline has signed a 2 year record sponsorship deal worth 290 million Kenya Shillings for the Kenyan Rugby Seven national side. 18 players and four coaches and staff will under the new and much improved deal get [...]
Archive for October, 2011
31 Oct
Kenya news – Kenya Airways commits 290 Million Shillings to Rugby Seven team in record breaking deal
31 Oct
East Africa news – The unseen enemy from above is now hunting Al Shabab on the ground
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY IS NOW HUNTING AL SHABAB FROM THE SKIES In what must have been one of the worst kept secrets, probably not meant to be kept at all, has it finally been made official last weekend by US army sources that a number of UAVs are now operating from Ethiopian territory, deployed against [...]
31 Oct
Seychelles aviation news – New Air Seychelles livery shown off over Mahe
AIR SEYCHELLES THE CREOLE SPIRIT DISPLAYS NEW LIVERY The first of three B767-300 aircraft has now come back from the paint shop and is for the first time flying in its new livery, a change recently announced with much fanfare and as part of rebranding the Seychelles national airline. The plane, christened The Creole Spirit [...]
31 Oct
Tanzania news – Tourism Minister tells operators not to cheat the tax man
DONT CHEAT THE TAXMAN, MINISTER ADVISES TOUR OPERATORS Tanzanias minister for natural resources and tourism Ezekiel Maige attended a meeting last weekend of the Kilimanjaro Tour Operators Association in Moshi to interact with the private sector and get first hand information on grievances voiced by members. Notably did association members denounce non-member companies, which they [...]
31 Oct
Tanzania aviation breaking news – Air Tanzania to get airborne again on Tuesday
AIR TANZANIA TO GET AIRBORNE AGAIN ON TUESDAY The Tanzanian national airline, if that attribute at all can apply these days considering that the carrier was grounded for months at end and has a single turboprop plane, is due to return to the skies over Tanzania on Tuesday this week. After a massive bailout from [...]
30 Oct
Rwanda tourism updates – New destination image and brand overhaul set for 2012
RWANDA TOURISM TO REBRAND IN 2012 While in Kigali recently it could be established that the Rwanda Development Board Tourism and Conservation, was preparing for a complete rebranding of its image abroad, aimed to attract more visitors and offer a greater range of innovative products for tourists, alongside its most visible tourists activity gorilla tracking. [...]
30 Oct
Tanzania conservation news – Plastic bags to be banned, finally
GOOD NEWS FOR TANZANIAS ENVIRONMENT, AT LAST A total ban for the manufacture and use of plastic bags is in the offing in Tanzania, as government is fine-tuning legislative and regulatory drafts, which in due course are to be submitted to parliament for debate and endorsement. Previous control measures, introduced in 2006, proved to be [...]
30 Oct
Kenya aviation news – Nyaribo airstrip near Nyeri gets new paved 1.3 KM runway
NYARIBO AIRSTRIP GETS UPGRADE AND EXPANSION The Kenya Airports Authority has during the week inspected the 180 million Kenya Shillings input in modernizing and expanding this airfield in Nyeri county, assuring the aviation and business fraternity present during the occasion of continued infrastructural improvements for the industry. The runway expansion and addition of brand new [...]
30 Oct
East Africa news update – Common currency talks set for Entebbe
FINANCIAL MARKET INSTABILITY PROMPTS ADDED TALKS ON CURRENCY UNION Recent wild swings in the values of the three core currencies and record devaluations within the East African Community, the Kenya Tanzania Uganda Shillings, has resulted in Central Bank chiefs, apparently with the blessing of their political masters, to advance the schedule of talks towards a [...]
30 Oct
Uganda aviation breaking news – Qatar Airways rocks market with incredible launch fares
QATARS LAUNCH FARES SWEEP THE MARKET True to their word, that their launch fares would rock the market, has Qatar Airways now published incredible deals for the first week of operations into Uganda, covering the period between 02nd November until 11th November. Regular travelers, when told of the launch fares, were stunned, asking after quoting [...]
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