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Comoros

Fact File Capital: Moroni Population: 743,000 Time zone: GMT +3 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +269 Currency: Comorian franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 374.847 KMF Language: Arabic, French Visas All nationalities require a visa when...

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe may be showing signs of improvement and stability, but they aren’t out of the woods just yet. The coalition between the opposition MDC...

Cameroon

Fact File Capital: Yaounde Population: 21,331,000 Time zone: GMT +1 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +237 Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF Language: English, French Visas All nationalities need a visa,...

Morocco

Fact File Capital: Rabat Population: 32,950,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +212 Currency: Moroccan dirham. Exchange rate: $1 =  8.49574 MAD Language: Arabic Visas The following countries do not...

Cape Verde

Fact File Capital: Praia Population: 511,000 Time zone: GMT -1 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +238 Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Exchange rate: $1 = 84.4970 CVE Language: Portuguese Visas Citizens of the following countries...

Algeria

Fact File Capital: Algiers Population: 38,295,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two-pin round Dialling code: +213 Currency: Algerian dinar. Exchange rate: $1= DZD78.4 Language: Arabic Visa All non-Algerians need to apply for a visa...

Poised for growth

A close neighbour of South Africa, Namibia has always operated under the radar, but now appears ready to capitalise on its natural resources with...

Benin

Fact File Capital: Porto-Novo Population: 9,742,000 Time zone:  GMT +1 Plugs: Two-pin round Dialling code: +229 Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF Language: French Visas Citizens of the following countries do not...

Tunisia

Fact File Capital: Tunis Population: 10,889,000 Time zone: GMT +1 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +216 Currency: Tunisian dinar. Exchange rate: $1 =  1.66020 TND Language: Arabic Visas The following nationalities do not need...

Welcome to Kenya

It’s not only popes and presidents who visited Nairobi in 2015 – growth in trade and industry is bringing in business travellers too, reports Business Traveller UK’s Jenny Southan.

Mauritania

Fact File Capital: Nouakchott Population: 3,461,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +222 Currency: Ouguiya. Exchange rate: $1 = 291.498 MRO Language: Arabic Visas Visas are required by all visitors...

Mauritius

Background Since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, Mauritius has quietly gone about the important business of growing its GDP and reducing income inequality....