P4m Investment Breathes Life into UB Hotel and Conference Centre
A capital city positioning itself as a regional conference and business hub had been letting one of its best-located venues stand empty. The University of Botswana Hotel — 80 rooms with conference capacity in the heart of Gaborone — sat dormant while the city it...
P4m Investment Breathes Life into UB Hotel and Conference Centre
A capital city positioning itself as a regional conference and business hub had been letting one of its best-located venues stand empty. The University of Botswana Hotel — 80 rooms with conference capacity in the heart of Gaborone — sat dormant while the city it...
Malaria’s Playbook: What Tanzania Learned From China’s 1-3-7 Method
Lifestyle - Wellness & Fitness · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The usual currency of health aid is goods - drugs, nets, diagnostic kits shipped from a donor to a recipient. The more durable, and rarer, export is a method. In...
COVID-19 in the Sahel: China’s Medical Team Lands in Burkina Faso
Lifestyle - Wellness & Fitness · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 When COVID-19 reached the Sahel in early 2020, the global instinct was to pull resources inward. Protective equipment became a contested commodity, export bans multiplied...
Ebola, 2014: When China Sent a Mobile Lab to West Africa’s Front Line
Lifestyle - Wellness & Fitness · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 In a public-health emergency, pledges are cheap and presence is dear. During the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic - the deadliest on record - many international responses...
P4m Investment Breathes Life into UB Hotel and Conference Centre
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.
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.
Radisson bets on Kinshasa and Lubumbashi: Congo’s hotel money follows business
Radisson Hotel Group signed its first two Congolese hotels in May, 110 rooms in Kinshasa and 97 in Lubumbashi. Hotel money follows corporate demand, security and a stable franc, and the pipeline opens in 2026 and 2027.
Mbada Car Hire: Zimbabwe’s Leopard of the Road
Zimbabwe's vehicle rental market continues to evolve, quietly adapting to the needs of a diverse and mobile population. From shifting internal tourism patterns to the growing fluidity of business travel, demand for professional, reliable, and versatile car hire...
Air Congo’s domestic hops and Goma’s shut runway: the two clocks of Congolese travel
Air Congo is shortening trading trips between Kasai cities while Goma’s airport remains closed. Kinshasa hotel and restaurant prices rose 15.0 per cent in a year, so operators should follow the timetable.
South Africa’s Mall Coffee Culture: Where Every Corner Brews a New Adventure
In South Africa, the mall is not just a place to shop - it’s a lifestyle destination, a social circuit, and increasingly, a coffee hub. Across the country, with over 3,500 malls stretching from Sandton to Sea Point, coffee culture has planted itself firmly between...
Congo’s leisure economy in April 2025: a new airline, a shut airport, dearer hotels
Hotel and restaurant prices rose 5.1 per cent between December and late April, against 2.9 per cent for all goods, while Goma’s airport stayed shut. Leisure demand is moving towards the mining corridors.
Business First: Why Gym Ownership Works in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola
In Botswana, Namibia, and Angola, the business environment is changing fast - driven by urban growth, expanding middle classes, and a rising interest in health and wellness. Across cities like Gaborone, Windhoek, and Luanda, you'll find more people talking about...