Africa

KLM is joining forces with Air Mauritius to offer a year-round service to Mauritius. From 30 October and during the winter season, the Dutch airline will offer three weekly services - on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays - between Amsterdam Schiphol and Mauritius' Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. The Mauritian airline will take over...

The African passport came into circulation last July, and is intended to facilitate visa-free travel for business and private purposes between the various countries on the continent. Not all the countries concerned have signed up to the scheme, far from it - around fifteen of them authorise visa-free access for nationals of the continent - but things are looking up...

Carlson Rezidor is continuing its expansion in Africa with the opening of several hotels in a market where the hotel group is already well positioned. Its luxury brand Quorvus Collection has just set up in Lagos with the affiliation of the Emerald Grand Hotel & Spa, while the mid-range Park Inn chain is preparing to make its debut...

Kenya is planning to create a Silicon Valley in the middle of the savannah, called Konza City. Getting there Kenya Airways, the national airline, operates six to seven weekly services between Paris and Nairobi. These code-share flights with Air France are operated by Boeing B787-8, with daytime flights on the outbound leg...

"There are things that accelerate a country's growth, and new technologies are one of them. But the priority is infrastructure development in general, even though Kenya is already a regional logistics hub with the port of Mombasa and Nairobi airport. While the roads and infrastructure sectors are...

Fifty hotels and more than 6,200 rooms under construction in Angola: AccorHotels is to strengthen its position as Africa's leading hotel operator by joining forces with the Angolan group AAA Activos LDA. This well-known player in insurance for the oil sector and investments is now looking to diversify its business. It is investing...

Brussels Airlines will be operating four flights a week to Accra from 26 October, as recently confirmed by the airline. Departures from Brussels will be at 11am every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Departure from Accra will be in the evening, at 9.40pm. The flights will be operated by Airbus A330. This...

Business travellers flying to Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea have been able to use the new BEST cabins developed by Air France for several days now. On 7 April, Douala and Malabo became the first two African destinations to benefit from these new facilities, which are already available on flights to New York, Tokyo,...

Lined with colourful fishermen's houses, the streets of Santa Maria exude something ultra-casual. Your steps are nonchalant, your movements economical in the tropical humidity. Day 1: take-off at 17:05 and arrival in Lisbon at 18:30. Connection to the island of Sal. Arrival at 00:10...

As the gateway to the African market and a meeting point for outsourced services from major global companies, Casablanca is seeing the emergence of new business districts such as Sidi Maârouf and Casa nearshore (pictured here). But it is still at the centre of the city that the key decisions are taken. Forget Marrakech, Agadir or Ouarzazate. Casablanca is serious business. Behind it...

Identity card Formalities Oman: passport valid six months after date of entry + visa issued on arrival (6 rials, around ten euros, for stays of less than 10 days). Zanzibar: passport valid six months after date of entry + visa requested before departure or issued on arrival ($50). Zanzibar...

The new Regus business centre has opened its doors in Maputo's Edificio Millennium Park, just ten minutes from the airport. It offers workspaces, meeting rooms and a video-conferencing studio adapted to international standards. "Our launch in Mozambique opens a door...

Immense and chaotic. The city of Lagos alone illustrates all the potential, but also all the weaknesses, of Nigeria. According to the investment bank Renaissance Capital, the country, whose fortunes have been built on the hydrocarbon wealth of the Gulf of Guinea, will soon overtake South Africa as the world's leading economic power...

The sixth weekly Paris CDG -Addis Ababa flight will take off on 1 June, and will facilitate business travel to Ethiopia and Africa until 30 September, when Ethiopian Airlines will resume its classic schedule, with five routes per week. [gallery exclude="35771"]

The world of business travel in Africa is becoming more structured, as demonstrated by the appointment of the first regional 'boss' at the head of GBTA Africa. The decision was made official on 5 December in South Africa, where Kovilan Naidoo hails from. "I believe I am well placed to help GBTA adopt the right strategy...

For several years now, Carlson Rezidor has distinguished itself by its presence on the African market, which offers strong potential for international hotel brands. True to its strategy, the Minneapolis and Brussels-based group will soon be extending its regional offering to a new market, Algeria. The Radisson Blu Algiers Hydra, due to open...

Business travellers to Kenya will find their journeys disrupted on 7 August for an as yet undetermined period: during the night, a large-scale fire ravaged the immigration area and arrivals hall at Jomo Kenyatta airport, leading to the cancellation of all flights to and from...