Editorial features highlights

Msafiri Issue 64 August-October 2008

TANZANIA: A TO Z
Philip Briggs takes an alphabetical journey through Tanzania – a fabulously diverse country that’s more than qualified to have letters after its name...

TECHNOLOGY: AFRICA: Making The Connection
Your essential guide to joining the broadband revolution
There are few places where broadband is having a bigger impact than Africa, says James Holland in our guide to getting connected...

KENYA TRAVEL:Garden of Eden
Discover the magical world of the Aberdares
A lodge on stilts, a fantasy forest, mist-shrouded mountains and rare wildlife… it’s small wonder that the Aberdares have such a powerful lure....

ACCOMMODATION: Zambia
Pick of the pillows, from luxury lodges to bush camps
From luxury lodges to laid-back bushcamps, Susie McIntyre and Chris McIntyre round up some of the best places to stay in one of southern Africa’s premier wildlife destinations....

BUSINESS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE: NIGERIA 
Essential briefing to hotels, restaurants and shops in Lagos
Doing business in Lagos? Lizzie Williams has our essential guide.....

WELLBEING: Facing Your Fears 
How to cope with phobias
Misunderstood and even dismissed, phobias can have far-reaching effects on sufferers. And yet in many cases there is much that can be done to overcome them, says Lucia Cockcroft...

WILDLIFE: Beyond The Big Five
We take a fresh look at Africa’s amazing wildlife
Step aside elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard – you might well be on most safari-goers wishlists, but there’s much more to African wildlife than ‘big’ and ‘five’, says Mike Unwin...

BUSINESS: How to Become an Entrepreneur
Getting the right mental attitude
Africa desperately needs new entrepreneurs if it is to make economic headway, says Anver Versi in the first of our two-part series on how to set up a small business...

FICTION / BIG READ: For Honour
Enjoy our big read with Stanley Onjezani Kenani’s shortlisted story
Kenya Airways is proud of its association with The Caine Prize for African Writing, awarded each year for a short story by an African writer, published in English. Stanley Onjezani Kenani was shortlisted in the 2008-9 competition for his story, For Honour...