Africa

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...

Some statistics are enough to undermine a reputation. Like that of South Africa, long considered to be one of the most violent countries in the world, and which obviously suffers from the 51 murders, 39 carjackings and 100 rapes counted on average every day.1 However, according to the experts, these figures should be taken with a certain amount of hindsight. "In...