Nomad Africa

The number of airports in Africa is growing as the continent awakens to engage in international travel. Air transport has dramatically increased on the continent over the past ten years and this has led to upgrade and improvements of existing interna

A concept was born from a passionate desire to dispel the negative perceptions, which the world has held of the African continent, and to replace them with a positive focus. That concept took form in the launch of the Nomad Africa project in 2012. Th

It’s a beautiful early autumn evening as I check in to The Bay Hotel; a camps Bay icon, situated in the middle of the seaside suburb’s famous Sunset Strip. The Bay Hotel has been a stalwart on camps Bay’s most famous strip since the late 1980s, and i

Climbing to 5,199 metres, Mount Kenya is the tallest mountain in Kenya and the second tallest mountain in africa. A designated World Heritage Site, the scenery surrounding Mount Kenya is breath-taking. It is pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, gla

I have rediscovered pure joy as we drive to our first location - Mkulumadzi Lodge in the Majete Reserve. Located in the south of Malawi, Majete is an area of 70 000 hectares and part of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. We drive for a couple of hours throu

The taxi stops in the sand outside a gray house. "This is it," the driver tells us. It´s not. "Not one person from Dakar would say; I don´t know. They rather take a chance, just to be helpful". Aissatou Sene laughs when we tell her how many times we

They have survived natural calamities, modernisation and have still remained strong. The ‘People of the grey Bull' as they refer to themselves inhabit the harsh and inhospitable terrain of lake Turkana, situated in Northern Kenya. The Turkana tribe i

Our heroes' struggle for political independence teaches us of the sacrifice that must be made. Their heroism must transcend the struggle for political independence, and inspire a new generation of heroes that must sacrifice for the indigenous majorit

From 1971 to 1997, the country was officially the Republic of Zaire; a change made by then ruler Gen. Mobutu Sese Seko to give the country what he thought was a more authentic African name. “Zaire” is a variation of a term meaning “Great River” in lo

The anticipation, fear and excitement that the then Gold Coast citizens had can be felt in Kwame Nkrumah’s words when he spoke. Ghana was free. Free from colonialism, ready to take on the world. But what of the man who had pioneered this country’s in

Africans are moving to the city. already home to the world’s youngest and fastestgrowing population, the continent is urbanising more rapidly than any other part of the planet. africa’s 1.1 billion citizens will likely double in number by 2050, and m

Born on 28 April, 1924 in Lubwa, near Chinsali, in the then Northern Rhodesia and now part of Zambia, Kaunda’s father hailed from Malawi, formerly known as Nyasaland, and it was this legacy that would later become yet another challenge to Zambia’s fi

Born on October 20, 1891 at Ichaweri, Jomo Kenyatta was also known as Johnstone Kamau Ngengi as a child. When his mother died, Kamau moved to live with his grandfather, Kungu Mangana, who was a noted medicine man in the area. Around the age of 10, su

Tourism is a major source of income globally, especially for smaller countries that have a rich diversity of offerings for international travellers, yet current issues of climate change, sustainability and digitalisation together with super rapid pro

It is all of those qualities and so much more that took Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on a life changing journey from the a small village of Mveso, a rural area of the Transkei in the Eastern Cape of South Africa to being South Africa’s first democratica

The new visa regime will see China migrating from a Category C in Zimbabwe’s migration management system, to a Category B – in effect, moving visa requirements from ‘prior to travel’, to required only at port of entry. Category A refers to countries

Flydubai is the first national carrier for the UAE to create direct air links to the Congolese capital, Kinshasa and with the start of the service sees its comprehensive network in Africa grow to 13 destinations in 10 countries. With the start of fli

Set in the heart of Airport City, a burgeoning urban development, the Accra Marriott Hotel is just a few kilometres outside of the central business district, providing easy access to major corporate businesses, government entities and well known city

The two day high profile event attracted decisionmakers and stakeholders from all spheres within the tourism industry internationally, including a number of African countries, and was hosted by the Mauritius Ministry of Tourism with well over 400 del