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Colin Nagy, Skift
For Africa to realize a lot of its economic potential, especially within hospitality, elevating women to positions of leadership will help power and accelerate growth. Asilia's Dunia Camp in Tanzania, run by General Manager Angel Vendeline Namshali and her team of all women, is an example of this positive change.
4 weeks ago
Colin Nagy, Skift
Conservation is too soft a word to describe the measures being taken to address the crisis facing land and wildlife in Africa. But the Grumeti Fund is an example of best-in-class anti-poaching. This, coupled with large-scale systemic change, education, and community empowerment, is the one-two punch that can counter the imminent dangers facing wildlife and ecology in Africa.
8 months ago
Ken Karuri, Bloomberg
It's been difficult for carriers to fully tap into Africa's low-cost potential, and Fastjet is no exception as it continues to face serious financial obstacles.
1 year ago
Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg
We found it very hard to get too upset about Cecil, but we think that hunting tourism is a simplistic, narrow-minded practice that appeals to the worst instincts in people and reduces African destinations to outdated cliches.
4 years ago
William Davison, Skift
16 hotels in five years is playing it rather safe.
5 years ago
Joseph Burite , Bloomberg
There's been so much publicity about the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Illegal poaching, though, is a widespread problem, as pointed to by Tanzania tourism officials concerned about the illegal kills of their elephant population.
5 years ago
Felix Njini, Bloomberg
Tanzania needs to demonstrate how much more money people can make from tourism than slaughtering animals.
5 years ago
