Msafiri Issue 184 - April-May 2024

karibu Since its inaugural flight in February 1977, Kenya Airways has undergone a remarkable evolution, playing a pivotal role in connecting the African continent to the global stage and fostering vital international links. Over the past year, despite the challenges left in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the airline has demonstrated resilience, and we're proud to have flown four million passengers. As we mark our 47th anniversary, we extend our deepest gratitude to you, our valued customers, who have been an integral part of our journey – and we are delighted to introduce exclusive offers to thank you for being a part of that success. In response to the steady recovery and demand for air travel, we have expanded our operations with increased frequencies to five destinations on our…

Fly direct from Nairobi to Maputo on our new flights starting in June. The capital of Mozambique is your springboard to everything from national parks to glorious coastline… From 14 June2024. Kenya flirways will operate three flights per week to the vibrant capital of Mozambique. Taking off from Nairobi on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the new route will take you straight to the heart of one of Africa's most fascinating cities. Once you've booked your tickets, here are four things to add to your must-see list while you're there: 1 IMMERSE YOURSELF… …in Maputo's culture by visiting the bustling Central Market-a covered space in an old Portuguese colonial building dating from 1901 - where stalls are laden with everything from tropical fruits and cashew nuts to handmade batiks and wood carvings.…

CULTURE ARTIST SPOTLIGHT As an introverted child, Brian Humura, now a well-known Ugandan comic artist, felt the world didn't understand him. “Whenever I watched cartoons, something in me lit up,” he says. “Watching animations triggered the artist in me, I started drawing sequences from movies and animations. With time, i came across comic books, and that was it. The real fun began when I started to create my own stories.” Brian entered the world of comic books in 2013 - an industry he described as nearly non-existent in Uganda back then. “I took a chance and published my first comic book, I tried reaching out to publishers but they didn't take the comic on so I decided to seif-publish. I didn't do a market survey. I didn't do anything. I was…

DON'T JUST EAT, BE INTENTIONAL! A good diet does more than keep your weight in check. It is vital to keeping you healthy, feeling good and it can protect you against illnesses like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The father of medicine, Greek physician Hippocrates, understood the crucial function of our diet in keeping us healthy: 'Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.' YES, YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT A healthy diet and lifestyle results in a healthy tody. An unhealthy one does the direct opposite. Garbage in, garbage out. Our diets are dictated by factors such as culture and income. Wherever life places us, though, a healthy diet contains a balance of the main food groups: carbohydrates, proteins and fats, vitamins and minerals. A…

Evidence John THE REAL COMPANY EVENTS, ZIMBABWE John remembers managing her first event, a wedding in February 2019 attended by 200 people. “I was nervous. I thought I wasn't going to succeed,“ she recalls. But the event went as planned and today, her company, founded only a year earlier, has broken into the tough field of event management. But John, who grew up in Harare's Kuwadzana suburb, had not planned to go into events management while at school, “Nursing was my call,” she says. “But working with an events company after school inspired me to get into the field.” Event management keeps evolving and John says it helps to go with current trends, rather than sticking to your own style. “Meet the clients' needs by giving them the services that…

Kizungu ilikuja na meli. That's Swahili for: 'The English language came aboard a ship'. And that's what we say on this side of Africa whenever we develop an English pronunciation issue. That said, there are some people who are of the opinion that 'good English' - whatever that means - is a sign of better upbringing or academic superiority. These are the types who will go to great lengths to adopt a twang. What's good English, though? “ME? I THINK LANGUAGE SHOULD BE A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION, NOT A MODE OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION” You know now you can have important guests in your living room and suddenly of all times, an overfed, obese roach crawls from nowhere, stands on the coffee table, stares at y'all… and belches? That's how our…