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Nairobi News

Grand Regency becomes Laico Regency.

The Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi has been renamed the Laico Regency following its controversial sale to Libyan Arab African Investment Company (Laico) earlier this year. It is managed by Laico Hotel...
Nairobi News

Air Arabia launches flights to Nairobi.

The Sharjah-based United Arab Emirates national budget airline has launched a new service to the Kenyan capital. The low-cost carrier flies to Nairobi on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, depa...
Arusha News

KLM increases capacity to Tanzania.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has introduced a 425-seat Boeing 777-300 ER on the popular Amsterdam - Kilimanjaro - Dar es Salaam route on Fridays and Sundays, increasing the carrier
Dar Es Salaam News

Giant bat defies extinction.

A giant bat with a wingspan of up to 1.6 m has defied the risk of extinction, an environmental conservation group has said. The Pemba flying fox, which is only found on Pemba island in Tanzania, now n...
Dar Es Salaam News

Credit crunch hits Dar es Salaam.

The current financial crisis may have its epicentre in the United States and Europe, but the ripple effect is being felt throughout the world, including Tanzania
Nairobi News

Kenya celebrates Obama victory.

Kenyans have reacted with song and dance to the victory of Democratic senator for Illinois Barack Obama in the race for the White House. Supporters across the country took to the streets in jubilation...
Addis Ababa News

Meter taxis for the capital.

Meter taxis are due to go into service in Addis Ababa for the first time next year, local English-language newspaper
Addis Ababa News

New lifestyle magazine for Ethiopia.

A new lifestyle magazine,
Addis Ababa News

Art galleries in Addis Ababa.

The renowned Asni gallery run by Konjit Seyoum in Arat Kilo has opened a branch in the Bole district in the southeastern part of the capital, ThisIsAddis.com reports. The new branch is located in Room...
Cape Town News

ANC splinter party launches.

Campaigning for next year
Cape Town News

New magazine for Cape Town entrepreneurs.

Owners of small businesses in the Cape Town area will soon have a new source of information and inspiration when Caliente Media publishes the first edition of the bimonthly
Cape Town News

Constantia residents oppose housing development.

Residents of the exclusive Constantia neighbourhood south of the city centre are angry at provincial government plans to build housing for lower- and middle-income citizens in the area. The developmen...
Maputo News

?O Canto do Poeta

The new space
Maputo News

Mozambique free from hemorrhagic fever.

The joint director of health, Martinho Djedje, has said that Mozambique remains free of the hemorrhagic fever which caused three deaths in South Africa in October. Djedje told
Nairobi News

EASSy optic cable capacity increased.

The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) has increased the capacity on its planned undersea cable to 1.4 Tbits/sec in response to growing demand for broadband internet connectivity in the east...
Addis Ababa News

Addis Ababa to crack down on NGOs.

The government has given its backing to a controversial bill on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which must now come before parliament for endorsement. The so-called Charities and Societies Proc...
Cape Town News

Western Cape braces for summer fires.

Firefighters in the Western Cape are preparing for what experts say could be a difficult summer due to an increased risk of wildfires. The worst fires are predicted for January and February, when weat...
Cape Town News

Renewable energy scholarship in Cape Town.

Cape Town-based energy for development consultancy RestioEnergy has launched a scholarship programme to promote post-graduate research in the field of renewable energy. The so-called Doug Banks Renewa...
Arusha News

Scientists oppose Lake Natron project.

Scientists are opposing plans to build a sodium carbonate plant on the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, which they say will damage the environment and local livelihoods. Of particular conce...
Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania Standard targets students in Dar.

The Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), which publishes the
Accra News

Ghana presidential candidates.

Eight candidates will contest the presidential elections in Ghana on 7 December. The frontrunners are former attorney general, minister of justice and minister of foreign affairs Nana Addo Dankwa Akuf...
Maputo News

“O Pais” newspaper re-launched.

The Maputo-based weekly newspaper “O Pais” has been re-launched as a daily. Owned by independent Mozambican media company SOICO, the publication is now a 32-page full colour tabloid with a...
Maputo News

One-stop border for South Africa and Mozambique.

Mozambique and South Africa are to create a one-stop border post (OSBP) at Lebombo-Ressano Garcia to ease the movement of goods and people between the countries. Currently people and goods have to cle...
Lagos News

Apapa-Oshodi expressway closure.

Motorists in Lagos can expect another difficult four months following the announcement of the partial closure of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on the mainland for construction of a new bridge. The traff...
Arusha News

Travellers philanthropy conference in Arusha.

Over 300 representatives of the tourism, environmental and development sectors are to gather in Arusha for the Travellers Philanthropy Conference from 3-5 December. The meeting will explore how touris...
Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia Commodities Exchange expands.

The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has announced plans to introduce 5,000 information kiosks across the country over the next five years in its bid to improve the market environment for local farme...
Addis Ababa News

All African Leather Fair in Addis Ababa.

The second edition of the All African Leather Fair is due to take place in Addis Ababa from 20-22 January 2009. The fair, designed to promote the African leather industry, will bring together tanners,...

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