Founded by Nairobi-based Nigerian marketer Collins Lukman Oyebode, Makanga is a mobile app that aims to be a marketplace and ticket booking platform for long distance buses in East Africa. "Inter-city travel using public means sometimes involves visiting a booking office to book a ticket in advance. This comes as ...
Low cost airline Jambojet has announced a joint campaign with Safaricom that will see customers of the budget airline who pay their airfare using the Lipa Na M-PESA service rewarded with discount vouchers and redeemable points. Dubbed Buy and Fly with Lipa Na M-PESA and Jambojet, the three weeks campaign ...
Afrinsure is a new online insurance insurance comparison site and marketplace in Kenya promising its users a huge inventory of insurance covers to compare and pick from and save money. Founded last year by Jaime ter Linden, Afrinsure aims to increase market penetration of insurance products in the country by ...
Founded in 2013, by Zim Ugochukwu, an American born of two immigrants from Nigeria, Travel Noire has been acquired by Blavity, a new media platform focused on black millennials a for an undisclosed amount. The Minnesota born founder and travel enthusiast said she had used her $17,000 in savings to ...
Nigeria's online travel agency Wakanow has launched Wakanow Kenya in the wake of its African expansion drive making Nairobi its regional hub for the East African markets. The launch in Kenya comes just a few months after the site launched in the UK in March targeting mostly holiday travellers with ...
Kenya's travel agency Travel Creations has launched an online flight and accommodation booking marketplace tool marketplace as travel goes digital due to the country's rising internet penetration, improving internet infrastructure and the continuing expansion of online payment options. Ms. Zainab Yahya, Chief Executive Officer, Travel Creations, “Travelport’s unique Travel Commerce ...
The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) and United Bank for Africa (UBA), Go Places and E-Gift Africa today launched the first Magical Kenya Prepaid Travel Card to promote travel to Kenya by travelers across the African continent. The debit cum loyalty card is targeted at West African nationals who travel for ...
Going to live abroad because of your occupation? While this at times provide wonderful opportunities to discover new cities and cultures, the lonely expeditions can often leave you craving for companionship, especially when you aren’t residing next to a close relative or friend. This shouldn't be a problem anymore as ...
Uganda's Vsitt is an on-demand app that allows users to post tour requests to locals to arrange for them last minute tour packages aims to disrupt Uganda's tour and travel scene with its on-demand packages. Now in Beta, the site allows a guest to post their tour idea on Vsitt.com, ...
I can’t quite remember what it was that first got me to Jovango’s website; I believe it started with my friend and I ranting on about road trips and a spending a hotel night out somewhere. I remember how astonished I was when I saw how incredibly pocket friendly the ...
Launched in 2014, i-likelocal.com is a sustainable, social travel platform that enables travelers to book authentic, local travel experiences from and with people in Asia and Africa. Founded by Kenyan-based Sanne Meijboom, the platform was created with the goal in mind to bring an in depth, unique, local experience to travelers and at ...
Bahrain has introduced eVisas to visitors from eleven African countries, marking the third phase of the Kingdom’s new visa policy. The new phase allows nationals from Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Cameroon, Gabon, Senegal, Mauritius and Seychelles to obtain their visas online ahead of travel, via the government’s ...
Africa is full of romance, excitement and intrigue, which makes it the perfect place for an unforgettable honeymoon. Couples allover the world plan and wish to tie the knot or honeymoon in Africa but they have no idea where. Honeymoon Registry, a product built by our friends over at online ...
Emerging markets seed-stage startup competition Seedstars World SA and online travel agency Bravofly Rumbo Group have announced that they will invest $1Million in travel startups from emerging markets in over 30 cities. Announcing the move at the Seedstars World Final Event, the firms said they will launch a “Travel Track”, ...
You might remember all that noise Yo received when it launched in 2014, the app hit 1 million downloads just two months after it went live and hit number 3 in the iOS app store and raised a million dollars too! Just like its name, Yo is simple and is ...
Image from Kassfm.co.ke Safaricom has slached down its roaming rates in 21 countries located in North and Central Africa, Europe and New Zealand following successful negotiations with its global network of partners and regional governments. Safaricom also says it has reduced calling rates for subscribers travelling ...
Online travel agency, Travelstart.co.ke, has today listed East Africa top travel destinations for Kenyan travellers ranking Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa and Kampala as the top destinations for Kenyan travellers according to Travelstart flight booking report. Bryan Kariuki, Country Manager Travelstart said, “Regional travel has increased steadily and It is ...
