Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 28, 2021
Mauritian authorities have announced that the island nationβs Covid-19 vaccination campaign, which launched on 26 January, is on track to achieve herd immunity. They expect to be able to relax travel restrictions from the end of June 2021. So far,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 24, 2021
The SA Events Council, a coalition of 14 South African events industry associations, was created during theΒ Covid-19 pandemic to showcase the immense value of events and lobby for greater support fromΒ government and other stakeholders. For example,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 4, 2021
South African domestic airline FlySafair has announced its first regional flight route, between Johannesburg and Port Louis in Mauritius. The twice-weekly service will begin when the borders reopen which, with vaccination programmes having recently...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 20, 2021
In a bold move to resuscitate its tourism industry, Seychelles has announced its plans to make the country more accessible to more visitors as quickly and safely as possible. The plan was outlined during a press conference on 14 January 2021,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 17, 2021
Mauritius has announced its national Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The country hopes to achieve herd immunity in the near future, which requires most of its population (potentially as much as 80-90%)Β receive a vaccine. As the vaccines are...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 13, 2021
Seychelles began administering Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, 10 January 2021. The republicβs president, H E Wavel Ramkalawan, took the very first dose (pictured above) β making him the first Head of State in Africa to do so. He was joined by roughly...