Business, Companies, Energy, Transport

Rolls-Royce success with SAF tests calms nerves at African airlines

November 13

Uganda Airlines and other operators of Rolls-Royce powered aircraft can heave a sigh of relief, after […]

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Business, Companies, Transport, Travel & Tourism

SITA OptiFlight helps Brazil’s Azul slash 5pc off annual fuel burn

October 24

Azul, Brazil’s largest airline in number of flights and destinations served, has entered into a trial […]

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Companies, Infrastructure, Land & Agriculture, Technology & Telecoms, Transport

Uganda flags off vehicle powered by first home-grown engine

October 1

A three-wheeler powered by Uganda’s, and probably East Africa’s, first indigenously designed and manufactured commercially viable […]

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Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

Ugandan passport improves in global rankings

July 19

The travelling power of the Ugandan passport is less than that of its East African Community […]

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Business, Infrastructure, Investment, Transport

Dar port soon to follow Durban as foreign investors swoop in

July 19

Transnet, the South African state-owned logistics company, has chosen to partner with Philippines’ International Container Terminal […]

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Infrastructure, Transport

AfDB lays out 4-year strategy for East African infrastructure expansion

June 12

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to supporting East African countries to accelerate structural transformation, […]

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Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

African airlines outlook still bleak as industry returns to profit

June 5

The outlook for African airlines remains clouded even as the global airline industry bounces back into […]

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Business, Companies, Transport, Travel & Tourism

Togo’s ASKY signs for two used B737 Max with Irish lessor Aercap

May 22

Dublin based lessor AerCap today has signed lease agreements for a pair of used Boeing 737-8 […]

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Business, Companies, Letters, Opinion, Trade & Industry, Transport, Travel & Tourism

Will politics trump sense in Uganda Airlines mid-range aircraft selection?

May 11

Michael Wakabi As US airframer Boeing makes a determined push to recover Uganda as one of […]

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Business, Companies, Technology & Telecoms, Transport

Low budget smart-ticketing systems provider BuuPass eyes African expansion

April 4

Following success in Kenya and Uganda and after securing additional capital, Kenya-based smart-ticketing systems provider BuuPass, […]

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