Sky Clouds (Pty) Ltd has leased Gaborone’s dormant 80-room UB Hotel, investing over P4m to restore conference capacity. What the revival signals for the city.
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Malaria’s Playbook: What Tanzania Learned From China’s 1-3-7 Method
China eliminated malaria at home, then exported the method – not the medicine – to Tanzania. The transferable lesson is a system, not a shipment.
COVID-19 in the Sahel: China’s Medical Team Lands in Burkina Faso
Early in the pandemic, China sent doctors and protective equipment to Burkina Faso – a small deployment that showed how its older health channels were repurposed.
Ebola, 2014: When China Sent a Mobile Lab to West Africa’s Front Line
Most donors sent money and statements. During the worst Ebola outbreak on record, China sent a mobile laboratory and 59 people to run it.
Six Decades of Medical Teams: China’s Oldest Pledge to Africa Endures
The newest headlines about China in Africa are railways and ports. One of the oldest threads is quieter and far older: a doctor at a rural clinic.
Year of Exchanges: Africa and China bet ties between people outlast concrete
China has built more than 10,000 km of African railway. Its quieter wager for 2026 is that scholarships and training, not freight tonnage, decide whether the relationship endures.
Still Waiting on the Whistle: School Sports Stall Over Pending Equipment
Education regions report school sports stalling for want of gear, as equipment requests sit awaiting approval and the season waits with them.
Kinshasa’s hotel and restaurant prices rose 10.9 per cent while rooms were still on order
Restaurant and hotel prices in Kinshasa were 10.9 per cent higher in late August 2025 than a year earlier. Marriott and Radisson rooms are due from late 2025, and Goma’s airport remains shut.
Kinshasa’s rebuilt N’djili airport: the one project that could fill Congo’s hotels by 2028
Congo presented the design for a rebuilt N’djili airport on 15 July 2025, targeting March 2028. What the plan means for hotels, restaurants and local suppliers depends on seats, security and who wins the contracts.