The owners of East African Airlines have sold out their interest in the airline to new shareholders. A communication to staff said Africa Direct Uganda Limited and Frederick Ochieng-Obbo are the new owners of the airline that has been struggling since it started operations in 2002. The airline was owned by FIN Investments Limited, which [...]
British/New Zealand Expedition team Ascend the Nile, last month completed their epic re-exploration of the river Nile, claiming a new record that is has re-ignited the old debate about the rivers true source. The team began its upstream journey at the river’s mouth on the Mediterranean coast, travelling more than 6,700km in three, tiny 4m [...]
South African Mark Wals won the second international sport-fishing competition) that ran from March 10-12 in Uganda’s scenic Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP). The event attracted 43 competitors. Mr. Wals, who is in the construction business, won with 710 points nearly twice the number of points scored by his closest rival, John Dahl who got [...]
Heads of State for the neighboring East African states of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have pledged to eliminate cross-border travel barriers as a way forward to speed up regional integration. During the Seventh Summit of the East African Community (EAC) held in Tanzania’s northern tourist city of Arusha April 5, the East African heads of [...]
Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, want more Cooperation on trans-boundary Parks Conservation Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, are stepping up efforts to increase their collaboration in the management of the Central Albertine Rift Transfrontier Landscape that covers eight National Parks. The Volcano National Park in Rwanda, Virunga National Park in the DRC, Mgahinga Gorilla [...]
Conservation Through Public Health Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Tele-centre, was nominated by an international jury as one of the 14 finalists in the “Environment†category from the world’s best ICT projects that competed in the Stockholm Challenge 2006. The Prize giving ceremony will take place in the Stockholm City Hall on May 11th, 2006 and [...]
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is seeing rapid growth in the number of people visiting, since it opened to visitors six months ago. “The number of visitors is growing each month, and the reactions are enthusiastic,†Rhino Fund Executive Director Yvonne Verkaik, recently told TU News Update. “To those of you that have taken their guests to [...]
Arrival figures for 2005 show robust returns on Tourism Uganda’s marketing campaign in key source markets over the past 18 months. The figures released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics last month, show the US, European markets continuing their upward trend in what was a challenging year in many respects. Although overall arrivals fell 8.7 [...]
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