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Business & Finance / Business Travel

Insiders’ Guide to African Business Travel: CAIRO, EGYPT

Egypt’s capital, Cairo, is one of the largest and most populated cities in Africa.  As the commercial, media, and educational center of this north African country, Cairo is teeming with activity. For first-time business travelers, the city can be overwhelming with its 18 million residents. Accommodation: The Four Seasons Cairo at [...]

Insiders’ Guide to Business Travel in Africa
Business & Finance / Business Travel

Insiders’ Guide to Business Travel in Africa

There are a lot of resources to figure out where to go and what to take on safari, plenty of articles to tell you how beautiful Victoria Falls is, but how do you get the inside scoop on traveling to Africa if your agenda is all business? Africa.com’s editors are [...]

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Celebrating Eid in Karima, Sudan

Meghan Thom wraps up her four-part series on traveling across North Africa with a missive about Ramadan in Sudan, and offers travel advice to potential adventure-seekers!

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Celebrating Eid in Karima, Sudan

(Editor’s note: Over the last two months, Meghan Thom has posted about her recent trip across North Africa. A student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Ms. Thom resides in London. Previous posts: Part I, Part II, Part III)

View Northern Africa From the Air with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys
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View Northern Africa From the Air with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys

The Hidden Journeys Project aims to enliven the flying experience and transform it into a fascinating exploration of the people, places and environments thousands of miles below by providing inspiring information to air travellers about the parts of the world they fly over.

View Northern Africa From the Air with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys
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View Northern Africa From the Air with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys

The Hidden Journeys Project aims to enliven the flying experience and transform it into a fascinating exploration of the people, places and environments thousands of miles below by providing inspiring information to air travellers about the parts of the world they fly over (www.hiddenjourneys.co.uk).

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Khartoum: An Abandoned City

Our next early morning arrival was into Khartoum Airport in Sudan. This time (as opposed to our landing in Cairo), we had visas and breezed through customs.

Cairo: An Urban Paradise?
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Cairo: An Urban Paradise?

As when Moses once descended from Mount Sinai, my arrival in Luxor airport was equally grandiose: at dusk, I descended down a narrow and rickety set of stairs adjoined to the plane.