Ethiopia
Fact File
Population: 86 million
Time zone: GMT+3
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +251
Currency: Birr - $1=19ETB
Language: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Guragigna, Somali, Arabic, English
Background
Ethiopia's economy is based on...
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Egypt
Egypt’s transition from authoritarian pseudo-democracy to full democratic state has not been smooth. 2012’s elections, though, may herald a new dawn for this most...
Zambia
Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the south-east, Zimbabwe and...
Gabon
Fact File
Capital: Libreville
Population: 2,204,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +241
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors.
Airlines
Air...
Nigeria
Fact File
Population: 168 million
Time: GMT+1
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +234
Currency: Naira - $1=158NGN
Language: English
Background
With its huge mineral wealth and vibrant energy, balanced by grinding poverty...
Kenya
Fact File
Population: 43 million
Time zone: GMT+3
Plugs: UK-type square three-pin
Dialling code: +254
Currency: Kenyan shilling - $1=86.3KES
Language: English and Kiswahili
Background
Kenya is one of Africa’s more powerful...
South Sudan
Fact File
Capital: Juba
Population: 10,334,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +211
Currency: Sudanese pound. Exchange rate: $1 = 4.40249 SDG
Language: Arabic
Airlines
African Express Airways – www.africanexpress.co.ke
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Guinea-Bissau
Fact File
Capital: Bissau
Population: 1,699,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +245
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: Portuguese
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors.
Airlines
ASKY...
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.
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...
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...