Business travel in Africa during Covid-19: CEO shares his experiences Published by Jeanette Clark on 31 March 2021 Jean Craven, CEO of Barak Fund Management, discusses his experiences travelling in Africa during the pandemic.
Profit-making idea: Training young Ethiopians for the hospitality industry Published by Jeanette Clark on 29 December 2020 Opportunity to address the skills shortage that leads to poor service.
Future or fantasy? Senegal questions ‘Akon City’ Published by Nellie Peyton on 18 December 2020 Singer Akon says he’ll build a futuristic city in rural Senegal. Villagers don’t know what to think.
Ethiopia’s business environment and untapped opportunities: Investor shares insights Published by Berhane Demissie on 17 December 2020 Berhane Demissie, managing partner at Cepheus Growth Capital, sheds light on business conditions in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s growing hotel industry provides opportunities for furniture manufacturer Published by Jeanette Clark on 2 December 2020 “There is a lot of construction in the country with hundreds of new hotels being built. These are all going to need furniture, doors and cabinets,” says Berhane Abraha.
The impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s hotel industry: Radisson shares its experiences Published by Dianna Games on 1 September 2020 On average, the group has been trading at about 20% of normal activity although this varies significantly from market to market.
A mix between serviced apartments and a hotel: Nigerian talks about his hospitality business Published by Jaco Maritz on 5 May 2020 “You have the best of hotels and the best of apartments merged into one,” explains Nigerian entrepreneur Olajide Abiola.
Covid-19 and the future of African airlines: Kenya Airways and Airlink CEOs share their views Published by Jaco Maritz on 27 April 2020 How the pandemic is currently impacting African airlines and what the industry could look like after the crisis.
McKinsey offers four scenarios of Covid-19’s economic impact on Africa Published by Kartik Jayaram and Acha Leke and Amandla Ooko-Ombaka and Ying Sunn on 2 April 2020 McKinsey modelled four scenarios for how differing rates of COVID-19 transmission would affect Africa’s economic growth.
African entrepreneurs reveal how Covid-19 is impacting their businesses Published by Nelly Murungi on 27 March 2020 A selection of African entrepreneurs explain how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting their operations.
Kesaven Moothoosamy: Possible effects of COVID-19 on the real estate sector in Mauritius Published by Kesaven Moothoosamy on 23 March 2020 ‘While the contagion on the tourism industry in Mauritius is tangible, this is only the tip of the iceberg.’
The story of a West African hotel group built on an appetite for risk Published by Jeanette Clark on 17 March 2020 ‘With high risk, you also have high returns,’ says Mossadeck Bally, founder of Azalaï Hotels.
What’s fueling the rapid hotel growth in West Africa? Published by Staff Writer on 3 February 2020 Four fundamental factors are fueling an increasing flow of investment into the hospitality sector in West Africa.
This entrepreneur built an island resort out of plastic waste Published by Emma Charlton on 16 December 2019 For many people, a glut of plastic bottles floating in a lagoon would be negative. For entrepreneur Eric Becker, it sparked an idea for a business opportunity.
