Africa

In a world battered by the coronavirus pandemic, there are still places where a certain optimism reigns. Such is the case at Addis Ababa airport, the capital of Ethiopia. On 28 August, Ethiopian Airlines officially inaugurated the expansion of Terminal 2, its international hub. Few travellers...

One - the Radisson Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet - is more intimate with its 28 rooms, historic ballroom and 19th-century Ottoman-French meeting room. The other, the Radisson Hotel President Beyazit, is more contemporary, with 201 rooms and suites in grey and beige tones, five bars...

Air Sénégal is preparing to strengthen its catalogue in the business travel segment. On 26 June, the airline will begin operations between Dakar and London's Stansted airport. The Airbus A321 will operate three flights a week, every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The aircraft will leave London Stansted at...

The latest data from ForwardKeys, a firm which analyses the development of global air traffic by working on the capacity of flights in service, flight searches and more than 17 million booking transactions per day, reveals that in 2019, the growth in the number of international air journeys rose by 4.5...

A small country stuck in the Horn of Africa, overwhelmed by a torrid climate that forces it to import 95 % of its water needs. Djibouti, a former French colony that became independent in 1977, does not at first sight appear to be very well qualified as a business destination. Backed by the economic giant Ethiopia, the territory...

Djibouti, founded in 1888 under French colonial rule and the capital of the country of the same name, of which it is one of six administrative divisions, is in the process of becoming one of the most modern ports in the world. An economic lung for two-thirds of the country's total population of nearly 600,000...

Formalities French nationals must apply for a visa and have a valid passport, valid for six months after the date of return and with at least three blank pages, two of which must be facing each other. Visas can be obtained from the Djibouti diplomatic representation or by using the e-visa procedure:https://www.evisa.gouv.dj...

HOTELS Djibouti Palace Kempinski Located on the Heron peninsula, Djibouti's international district, this luxurious hotel 13 kilometres from the international airport opens its beautiful terraces onto the Indian Ocean. It offers guests 320 rooms, suites or flats with sea views, as well as meeting and conference facilities...

At the beginning of December, Regus opened its third Algerian address in Sétif, nestling on the 16th floor of the Park Mall, a 10-minute walk from the station and a 20-minute drive from the international airport. This 671 m² business centre comprises 41 private offices, 120 workstations, a coworking space...

Report and photos Florian Guillemin The people of Abidjan have long been proud of Plateau, of the image of "little Manhattan" with which the city's business and institutional district is often associated. But the modernity that radiated from these towers, symbols of the "Ivorian miracle" initiated by President Houphouët-Boigny in the 1960s, has well...

According to analyses by STR, a consultancy specialising in hotels and real estate, Addis Ababa has had the highest rate per room in Africa over the last twelve months. From July 2018 to June 2019, the average price in the Ethiopian capital - measured in constant currency, which eliminates the effects...

Is your appointment as Accor Regional Director for West and Central Africa just an HR issue, or is it part of Accor's new organisation on the African market? Daniel Karbownik - It's more a question of 'internal cooking', even if the Accor group has indeed reorganised itself in Sub-Saharan Africa, to make it the priority destination...

What remains of the former Pullman Abidjan after this extensive renovation? François Cernejeski - The renovation of the Pullman Abidjan hotel began in July 2016. Initially, the project mainly concerned the rooms. The hotel was closed from 14 March 2017, before reopening at the end of 2018. To tell the truth, it...

After having to close its doors for twenty months and more than two years of renovation work, the Pullman Abidjan hotel is clearly intent on making up for lost time. Cultural and festive events have been taking place at a frenetic pace since the hotel reopened. And you'll be surprised to see the Plateau come alive at last, to a tune rarely heard before...

Marseille Provence airport is set to become Ethiopian Airlines' first regional hub. On 2 July, the carrier will launch three flights a week to Addis Ababa, with a stopover at Milan-Malpensa. "We've been based in Paris since 1971, i.e. for 48 years, so we're no strangers to the region...

HOTELS Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Lagos, V.I. [tararama ids="84665,84667" auto="true" pause="4000"] A dream location by the sea for this luxurious establishment, whose spacious terrace overlooks Victoria Island. The 170 rooms are sublimated by the creativity of Swedish designer Christian Lundwall and offer beautiful workspaces and a particularly fast wi-fi connection. The...

Situated on the edge of a lagoon, Lagos has always attracted a migrant population who have settled in shanty towns at the foot of the water, some of them veritable lakeside cities. A world light years away from the heart of business and commerce, namely the two small islands of Lagos and Victoria, where only the supermarkets and...

It has become the jewel in the crown of Africa's leading economy: renowned several years ago for its violence, Lagos is charting its course as the super megalopolis of the future, setting milestones in virtually every economic sector. To the extent that it has become an essential crossroads for all those who count in Africa, and for all those...

Africa is a continent of possibilities for the business tourism industry. In the same way as the hotel and air transport industries, coworking and, more broadly, shared workspaces are booming. As the sector leader with 3,300 sites around the world, Regus is logically taking part in this boom, and...

Senegal's aviation ambitions have been thwarted. For more than a decade, the country has wanted to establish itself as the hub of West Africa, but has had to contend with a variety of difficulties. First of all with its new airport, the construction and opening of which has been delayed several times. The hub, located 50 km from...