Tag: Kigali
Zainab Ansell – Tanzanian woman behind pro-poor tourism business model
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- November 28, 2019 19:30Innovation of an apt and sustainable business model to transfer tourist’s dollars to the hundreds of poor women has paid dividends to a Tanzanian female tour operator. Ms Zainab Ansell ... Read More
World Fusion Tours: African Tourism Board’s newest member
editor- June 10, 2019 23:54The African Tourism Board (ATB) welcomed World Fusion Tours as its newest member. The Kigali-based tour operator recently won the World Travel Awards category for “Rwanda’s Leading Operator 2019.” “We ... Read More
World Travel Awards 2019: Complete list of winners for Africa & the Indian Ocean
Alain St.Ange- June 4, 2019 02:16The World Travel Awards took place in Mauritius. Businesses from all over Africa were competing to be the best of the best. This is the 26th Wrld Tavel Awards organized ... Read More
Ambassador Mangu creates synergies between Rwandan and Tanzanian tourism players
Adam Ihucha - eTN Tanzania- May 28, 2019 20:02Tanzanian ambassador to Rwanda, Ernest Mangu, is engaging tour operators from both countries to create synergies, in his latest efforts to pursue an economic diplomacy. The scope of economic diplomacy ... Read More
Israel Loves Africa: African Tourism Board and Rwanda Air Take Action
George Taylor- May 20, 2019 05:06African Tourism Board representative in Israel Mr. Dov Kalmann, has sent his congratulations to H.E. Ambassador Joseph Rutabana of Rwanda to Israel: “In the name of the African Tourism Board, ... Read More
Ugandan judge okays destruction of natural forest for sugarcane plantation
Chief Assignment Editor- May 3, 2019 16:10In December of last year, Judge Albert Rugadya Atwooki stepped down from the case between Natinal Forestry Authority (NFA) and the Omukama of Bunyoro Kingdom, Mr Solomon Iguru Gafabusa, regarding ... Read More
Uganda Airlines’ long-awaited new planes land at Entebbe International Airport
Chief Assignment Editor- April 24, 2019 18:15First two Uganda Airlines' long anticipated aircraft landed at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday 23rd April 2019. Captained by all Ugandan crew - Capt. Clive Okoth, Capt. Stephen Ariong, Capt ... Read More
55 Voices for Africa: VisaFreeAfrica announces writing competition
Chief Assignment Editor- March 13, 2019 15:27#VisaFreeAfrica (VFA) recently introduced the 55 Voices for a Visa Free Africa (55Voices4Africa) writing competition, inviting all African youth to share stories about the challenges they faced with intra-continent travel. ... Read More
Tanzania and Rwanda tour operators join forces to promote tourism in both countries
Chief Assignment Editor- March 5, 2019 21:28Tour operators in Tanzania and Rwanda have agreed to jointly market the two countries as complementary destinations in their latest efforts to offer the tourists expansive adventure space. The Tanzania ... Read More
Vatel Mauritius on exploratory visit to Seychelles
Alain St.Ange- March 5, 2019 02:08Renaud Azema has been given the responsiblity to spread the Vatel Brand Over the Indian Ocean and in the Southern Africa Region since 2014 by M. Sebban, the Founder and ... Read More
Ethiopian Airlines to operate all-women flight on International Women’s Day
Chief Assignment Editor- February 22, 2019 19:07Ethiopian Airlines announced to its customers that it has finalized all preparations to once again celebrate International Women’s Day by operating an AllWomen Functioned Flight this time on Addis Ababa ... Read More
African Union to reveal details on issuance of African passport
editor- January 8, 2019 02:50The AU will present specific details on the production and issuance of the African passport. Read More
RwandAir flies into Ethiopian capital
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 16:15RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda based at Kigali International Airport in Kigali, announced plans to launch service to Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa in April 2019. RwandAir ... Read More
Key highways to tourist sites in Rwanda blocked by landslides
editor- May 7, 2013 06:11(eTN) - One of Rwanda’s most important traffic arteries, the highway from Kigali to Musanze, and from there on to Gisenyi, was yesterday completely blocked on the weekend when a ... Read More
RwandAir set for Juba and Douala launch
editor- March 30, 2013 02:39(eTN) - After already announcing Accra as their next destination in their current in-flight magazine, INZOZI, RwandAir announced the launch of direct flights from Kigali to two additional new destinat Read More
RwandAir resumes Mombasa stop for Dubai flights
editor- February 1, 2013 02:38(eTN) - Effective tomorrow RwandAir will re-launch their Mombasa stop for 3 of their 7 weekly flights between Kigali and Dubai. Read More
Tanzania hosts tripartite meeting with railway partners
editor- January 12, 2013 09:58(eTN) - The Tanzanian government hosted a tripartite meeting of the Transport Ministers with Rwanda and Burundi on Friday, discussing the final submission of the feasibility study for the establishmen Read More
Rwanda’s tourism registers unabated growth
editor- October 11, 2012 07:03(eTN) - Information made public yesterday in Kigali show a continued strong sectoral growth for the tourism sector in Rwanda, which besides exports of tea and coffee, continues to form ... Read More
RwandAir announces schedule changes
editor- October 1, 2012 06:46(eTN) - In a press release overnight, RwandAir announced daily flights between Kigali and Dubai, effective from the onset of the airline’s “winter schedule,” has increased by one from the ... Read More
Rwanda formally launches automated immigration control for nationals
editor- May 21, 2012 05:45(eTN) - The test phase successfully concluded, saw the automated passenger arrival system for Rwandese nationals now formally launched at Kigali’s Kanombe International Airport. Read More
Air traffic for Kigali to grow by 50 percent in 2012
editor- January 27, 2012 09:19(eTN) - The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority has projected a growth in flight movements in and out of Kigali’s Kanombe International Airport by 50 percent in 2012, suggesting that the ... Read More
Qatar Airways to begin add-on flights to Kigali
editor- January 2, 2012 03:03UGANDA (eTN) - A usually well-informed source within Uganda’s aviation regulatory system has confirmed that Qatar Airways, since early November coming daily to Entebbe, will commence onward flights Read More
Qatar Airways eyes Kigali
editor- November 17, 2011 09:17The news that first broke out during the Dubai Air Show, regarding Qatar Airways eyeing three more East African destinations, has been confirmed. Read More
RwandAir new 737-800 enters commercial service this weekend
editor- September 2, 2011 02:20(eTN) - It was learned overnight that upon completion of the mandatory crew training and test on the new B737-800, the aircraft is due to enter commercial service this weekend ... Read More
RwandAir CEO talks of future plans
editor- August 29, 2011 03:04(eTN) - Regular plane spotters were the first to see the landing lights of RwandAir’s brand new B737-800 emerge from the distant clouds as shortly before 3:00 pm local time ... Read More
Rubavu flights now daily from Kigali
editor- August 24, 2011 02:47(eTN) - In an ongoing effort to make domestic flights in Rwanda more popular, RwandAir has commenced daily flights between Kigali’s Kanombe International Airport and the municipality of Rubavu. Read More
Aviation stakeholders meet in Kigali
editor- August 15, 2011 03:58(eTN) - An East African Community-sponsored meeting of aviation regulators and operators in Kigali was discussing on Friday the way forward to finally harmonize all regulations governing the industry Read More
New flights to Africa destinations
editor- June 27, 2011 04:50(eTN) - News was received from Turkish Airlines and Mauritius regarding the addition of new flights to Africa destinations. TURKISH AIRLINES SET FOR KIGALI Read More
Kigali conference on Doing Business in Africa opens
editor- March 18, 2011 06:36(eTN) - The World Bank and Regional Centre for Excellence supported the second "Doing Business in Africa" Conference which opened yesterday in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali with over 100 ... Read More
Rwanda railway on course
editor- September 22, 2010 03:04(eTN) - Information received last week from Kigali and Dar es Salaam confirmed that the ambitious joint project to construct a standard gauge railway line from the proposed inland port ... Read More
Aviation meeting in Kigali discusses future regional integration
editor- August 26, 2010 04:37(eTN) - Civil Aviation Authorities from across the East African Community met in Kigali last week to discuss further cooperation and integration of air space management in the region, with ... Read More
Aviation news: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines coming to Kigali
editor- July 2, 2010 00:51(eTN) By the end of October of this year, Read More
More tour guides graduate in Kigali
editor- April 14, 2010 02:39Following an intensive training course lasting three weeks, 46 newly-qualified guides have graduated in Rwanda, amongst them 6 ladies. The Read More
Kigali Convention Centre construction on course
editor- February 3, 2010 04:13Information was received late last week that the construction of the new Kigali Convention Centre is well on course, after all prerequisite equipment has been moved into the country by ... Read More
Boeing team in Kigali
editor- January 25, 2010 03:47It was learned that earlier in the week a team from Boeing was in Rwanda to discuss RwandAir’s acquisition of a B737-800, likely due for delivery already by mid 2010, ... Read More