Africa

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...

Lagos, Kigali, Accra, Cotonou, Addis Ababa, Freetown: until now, African destinations have been relatively neglected, but now they are high on the list of priorities for the big names in the international hotel industry. Attracted by prospects for economic growth of between 5 and 6% until 2015, as well as by the emergence of a burgeoning middle class - the African Development Bank predicts that it will reach...

Algeria is doing well. And very well indeed. With a low level of external debt, a GDP of 171 billion dollars in 2008, a market of 35 million inhabitants and an annual GDP growth1 of 9 % in 2009 when the rest of the world was lamenting, it can hardly complain. And...

Ranked first in Africa in terms of competitiveness at the last Davos Forum in 2008, Tunisia, despite its small size and 10.5 million inhabitants, came third in the Arab world and 32nd in the world on the political stability indicator out of 131 countries. "Our main asset is a highly educated and skilled...

It's only seven o'clock in the morning and yet several hundred of them are rushing into the buildings of Casanearshore (for Casa and offshore), 53 hectares of state-of-the-art equipped offices, with restaurants, shops and a sports centre, 5 kilometres from the centre of Casablanca. If they work so early, it's because they're on French time....

How did AGS-Mobilitas set up in South Africa? Alain Taieb - Mobilitas established itself in South Africa in 2001, when it acquired the South African transport group Laser. In just a few years, South Africa has become the nerve centre of Mobilitas' activities for everything to do with the African continent. What difficulties do you encounter when...

What is the role of the Johannesburg City Safety Programme? Nazira Cachalia - The Joburg City Safety Programme (JCSP) was established in 2004 to implement the city's safety strategy. Our aim is to ensure safety in all areas and sectors of the city. What is the...

As far as MICE is concerned, everything really started with the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in 2002. And while today the country only represents around 1 % of the global business tourism market, 7 % of its visitors come here to work. A stimulating figure, since a Mice traveller spends on average three times more than a business traveller...