Tanzania faces blow-back from its recent VAT introduction with its all-important safari industry struggling to maintain its leading position in East Africa. The remarkable decline in Tanzanian booking requests received by SafariBookings.com – the largest online marketplace for African Safari Tours – highlights the damage being caused to that country’s
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Uganda’s leading Hotel and Safari Lodge have been named at the World Travel Awards 2017 held on Tuesday evening in Kigali, Rwanda. Kampala Serena Hotel was voted as the best in Uganda for the 5th consecutive year. It beat of stiff competition from Hotel Le Petit Village, Laico Lake Victoria
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Kenya’s popular Maasai Mara National Reserve was voted Africa’s leading national park at the World Travel Awards 2017. The Mara overcame fierce competition from Kidepo Valley National Park from Uganda, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana and Etosha National
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Tian Tang Group has donated items and money worth Shs16m to Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Speaking at the event held at Tian Tang Group in Mukono, Mbalala on Friday, Lucy Zhang, the Chief Executive Officer said that as a corporate company, it is their responsibility to be part
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Do you want to invest in Uganda’s natural protected areas? The Government of the Republic of Uganda has recognized the increasing opportunity for responsible investment to support the protection and management of natural assets by unlocking financing and partnerships through inviting conservation-motivated investors to help build a ‘nature-based economy’. According
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Humphrey Kariuki Ndegwa is one of Kenya’s most storied, yet elusive businessmen. Over the last three decades, Ndegwa, 60, has quietly built his company, the Janus Continental Group, into one of East Africa’s largest conglomerates while staying away from the limelight, reports Forbes. Modest in his personal life, calm in
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The Government of Uganda has distanced itself from media reports that it will take over Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo and other properties of tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia in order to recover losses that were caused to Crane Bank. The remarks were made by Ephraim Kamuntu , the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife
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Snakes are some of the most feared creatures on earth. Biblically, a snake is an enemy to man so-much that it should be condemned to death once humans encounter it. However, Yasin Kazibwe commonly known as Mr. Cobra is a rare human being- for he has mastered the art of
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Uganda's Tourism Ministry has trashed reports that money contributed to the funeral arrangement of fallen former minister, Maria Mutagamba had gone missing. The dismissal is contained in a statement issued Thursday morning by Godfrey Kiwanda, the state minister for Toursim, stating that reports of 'missing mabugo' should be ignored. There
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Mercer’s has released its 23rd annual Cost of Living Survey 2017, with African, Asian, and European cities dominating the list of most expensive locations for working abroad. Out of over 400 cities surveyed, Kampala (Uganda) ranks 186 from 187 in 2016 among the most expensive cities in the world. This
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