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Zambia Not Just Building a Medical City, but a Reason for the World to Visit

Zambia makes the connection between its planned healthcare infrastructure investment and opportunities to develop conference facilities, attract international visitors and establish a wider medical and tourism destination — demonstrating how major healthcare projects can also create opportunities for meetings, business events and destination development. From Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Government of Zambia…

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Cape Town’s Safety 2026 World Conference: Global Knowledge; Local Action; Lasting Impact

The forthcoming World Congress on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will seek answers to the question: How do we turn evidence into action that makes people and communities safer? Lived experience, creativity and community action are central to the host city and organisers’ shared vision and event design.

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Mozambique Adopts New Strategy to Attract Business Events

The Mozambican government has approved a strategy to develop business tourism in the country through to 2030. The strategy projects annual revenues of US$106 million alongside increased inward investment and economic capacity building, through the hosting of 38 international conferences, congresses, and other professional events.

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Angola Launches Convention Bureau

Angola has officially launched the Angola Convention Bureau, marking a key milestone in its ambition to become one of Africa’s emerging destinations for business events. The inauguration on 6 May at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, brought together around 400 delegates from government, tourism, aviation, hospitality and the international events industry. From M&C/ASIA…

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Ebola Outbreak Impacting Events Across Africa

  • Published: 17th June 2026
  • Host Destination: Africa

The recent cancellation of a prominent African financial conference comes as confirmed Ebola cases surge, raising questions about whether more meetings will be impacted, not just within Africa itself, but at events in destinations such as India and the Middle East which have traditionally relied on large numbers of African delegates.

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CCI Africa Conference 2026: Together for Children with Cancer

In April, Lagos became a meeting point for the global childhood cancer community, hosting the CCI Africa Annual Conference 2026, held alongside the SIOP Africa 2026 Congress. Government representatives, civil society organisations, medical institutions, researchers, survivors, families, and strategic partners gathered to improve quality of care, quality of life, and childhood cancer outcomes. From CCI…

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ICCA’s Return to Africa Raises Inclusion Questions Ahead of 2027 Kigali Congress

Skift Meetings’ Executive Editor Andrea Doyle argues that as global associations expand into fast-growing destinations, inclusion and human rights are becoming as critical as infrastructure and airlift. ICCA’s choice of Kigali for its 2027 Congress spotlights Rwanda’s rising meetings profile but raises concerns about LGBTQ safety and stigma, prompting calls for proactive inclusion planning.

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Kenya Approves Revival of its National Convention Bureau

From Meetings International: A major boost for Kenya’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) industry, President  William Ruto on 15  December 2025 approved the operationalisation of the National Convention Bureau during a Cabinet meeting at State House – marking its re-establishment after being disbanded three years ago due to funding constraints.

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Africa Health Agenda International Conference Sets Agenda for Pan-African Healthcare Solutions

This post-conference report from the latest edition of AHAIC held earlier this year in Kigali, Rwanda illustrates how international meetings can not only identify critical vulnerabilities and shared challenges, but can craft and launch local-needs-led programmes aimed at building continent-wide resilience and innovation. AHAIC now has a decade-long track record of convening African thought leaders…

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Extracting Intellectual Diamonds

Botswana’s ambitious plans to diversify from the industry that has defined its economy – mining gemstones – and to embrace a future with business events as a key tool to drive economic diversification. Keitumetse Setlang, CEO, Botswana Tourism Organisation (pictured) says, “Botswana has strong potential to become a premier destination for the business events industry…

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