Rwegasira reflects on growth, innovation and the future of Tanzania’s travel industry

Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) has seen steady transformation in recent years, expanding its membership base and strengthening its voice as a key player in the country’s tourism and travel sector. For outgoing...

Savannah Energy Provides 2025 Financial, Operational Update, Announces New Investor

Savannah Energy PLC, a British independent energy company focused on the delivery of projects that matter, has provided an update on its operating and financial performance for the nine months to 30 September 2025. All figures are unaudited. The...

NatCA DG Amara Brewah Delivers Transformative Keynote at MWC25 Kigali

Today at MWC25 Kigali, Mr. Amara Brewah, Director General of the National Communications Authority (NatCA) Sierra Leone, delivered a landmark keynote address titled “Empowering Africa Through Inclusive Spectrum Policies” to a distinguished...

MTN, Airtel, Others Move To Bring $30 Smartphones To African Consumers

1 LAGOS – Leading African telecom opera­tors in collaboration with GSMA are set to push $30–$40 (about N60,000) 4G phones to bridge the access gap and connect 50 million new users. The coalition which is target­ing Nigeria, South Africa, Ugan­da...

BTN Interviews Alankar Chandra, Founder &CEO, Wild Voyager

In an exclusive Breaking Travel News interview, Alankar Chandra, Founder and CEO of Wild Voyager, discusses the brand’s UK launch — its fourth global office after India, Kenya, and the US — marking a major step in its mission to deliver authentic,...

Africa at the China International Import Expo: Products, Partnerships, Prosperity

On October 28, a shipment of exhibits arrived at Shanghai. The cargo, weighing 4.7 tonnes in total, included South African wine, tea, and dried fruits. To ensure the swift entry of these imported products that have traveled from afar, Shanghai...

How to Stop the Genocide in Sudan

As we write, a massacre without precedent is taking place in Sudan’s North Darfur region, and it is somehow being met with near-total international indifference. After its takeover of El Fasher in Darfur last month, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

Elderly African rulers sidestepping democracy

Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya is now poised to stretch his time in power to five decades. If he finishes his new seven-year term, Biya will be nearly 100. By contrast, the median age of Cameroon’s 30 million citizens is just 18....

Food Production Increases Despite Reduced Cultivable Land

1 Production of Irish potatos has rebounded from the shortages that have happened previously Kigali — Rwanda recorded an overall 2.6 percent increase in food production during the 2025 agricultural Season B, despite a decline in the total area of...

Rwandan businesses upbeat as Africa trade gateway goes live

The launch of the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG) in Rwanda heralds a transformative moment for intra-African trade, setting the stage for increased economic integration across the continent. Designed as a comprehensive digital trade ecosystem, ATG...

Kenya leads East Africa’s energy consumption, renewables

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 – Kenya has topped the East African Community (EAC) in energy consumption and renewable energy generation, according to the latest Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority’s (EPRA) Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report....

Kenya tops East Africa in power demand and renewable energy generation — EPRA

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 — Kenya has emerged as the East African Community (EAC) leader in energy consumption and renewable energy generation, according to the latest Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report released by the Energy and Petroleum...

Paratus Group Expands into Rwanda with Starlink Broadband Services

Paratus Group, the pan-African telecommunications and network services provider, continues its strategic expansion across the continent with the launch of Paratus Rwanda. This new entity will provide and install Starlink services, delivering...

Red Rose Film Festival returns this weekend with local, international films on show

The Red Rose Film Festival will bring locally made and nationally made films to Lancaster County this weekend in a celebration of films in all their forms. Attendees can view several dozen films on the big screens at Penn Cinema in Lititz and...

Rising smartphone taxes, data costs threaten $300bn opportunity

High taxes on smartphones, elevated spectrum fees, and persistently costly data services are preventing millions of Africans from accessing mobile internet, even in areas with robust broadband coverage, according to the GSMA’s State of Mobile...

Liberia: The Shipping Boys’ Coaching Carousel: Why LISCR FC Can’t Keep A Manager

Monrovia – LISCR Football Club, one of Liberia’s most successful teams in recent years, is again at the center of a managerial shake-up after parting ways with Belgian coach Alain-André Landeut, barely two months after his appointment. By...

Food Production Increases Despite Reduced Cultivable Land

18 Production of Irish potatos has rebounded from the shortages that have happened previously Kigali — Rwanda recorded an overall 2.6 percent increase in food production during the 2025 agricultural Season B, despite a decline in the total area of...

Ghana joins regional efforts to attract renewable energy investments

Accra, Oct. 22, GNA – Ghana on Wednesday joined other nations at the second Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) Investment Forum, launched in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to scale up investments in renewable energy and accelerate...

Elumelu: African Businesses Must Create Global Value, Not Just Consumers of Ideas

•Says private sector key to economic transformation •Declares consistency, rule of law, infrastructure will enable businesses to thrive James Emejo in Abuja Group Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday, declared that African...

When Belgium Ferried Rats to Fight Malnutrition in Rwanda

1 The government at the time saw it fit to feed rats to to its children In the late 1980s, Rwanda’s government faced a severe nutrition crisis. Decades of poor agricultural policy, land fragmentation, and neglect of rural welfare had left millions...