Interest in private jets surges as coronavirus keeps airlines away from China

China and Japan are developing commercial aircraft models that will compete with Brazilian and Canadian rivals in the global market for smaller aircraft but in Tanzania, it will take decades for authorities to certify such airplanes.

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China’s total direct investment in Tanzania soared from $700 million in 2011 to $2.1 billion last year, turning the world’s second biggest economy into the biggest foreign investor in the east African country, it has emerged.

As coronavirus surges, non-COVID medical emergencies take a back seat, putting patients at risk  NBC News

East African Community
About 200 delegates will attend the third East African Community Secretary General’s Forum to be held 11-12 September 2014 in Entebbe, Uganda.
The delegates will be drawn from the Partner States’ Private Sector Organisations (PSOs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), professional bodies, academia/universities, media, EAC organs and institutions, development partners and other interest groups.

The forum aims to provide a platform for regular dialogue between the...

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Beijing. China Southern Airlines has ordered 110 planes from Boeing worth over $10 billion at list prices, the airline said Thursday, as a Chinese boom in air travel defies slowing economic growth. The carrier, one of China’s “Big Three” with the largest fleet by size, will purchase 30 Next-Generation 737 and 50 737 MAX planes valued at $7.24 billion at list prices, it said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange. The company’s Xiamen Airlines unit will buy an...