By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, ETN Africa Correspondent What has over the years become East Africa’s showcase event tourism trade show,…

LUSAKA, Zambia – Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga has disclosed that Government has set 30th June, 2014 as the deadline to…

LAGOS, Nigeria – Gambian airline Gambia Bird is set to begin its flight operations into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria…

LUSAKA, Zambia – President Michael Sata has sacked Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo for allegedly defaming the presidency. “President Sata has,…

By Wycliffe Muga There has been a vigorous debate in the op-ed columns of all major newspapers recently, pitting East African Affairs…

Sofitel’s new flagship in West Africa, the iconic Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan, has been launched in January 2014. Emblematic across the entire…

By conyeani The New York Times today featured one of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs, Ashifi Gogo from Ghana, and at 32, is…

By Emele Onu Marriott International Inc. (MAR:US), the owner of brands including the Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance, is strengthening its position in West Africa…

Shoppers and vendors make their way down a street in the Merkato, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia is a largely agricultural nation…

By Venessa Wong A Burger King Whopper and french fries in Tiskilwa, Ill. Nothing tops ethnicity as a predictor of a diner’s taste…