Innehållsförteckning för Issue 178 - April-May 2023 från Msafiri

DEAR READER Welcome to msafiri-our award-winning inflight magazine. It is almost one year since we reintroduced the physical copies of msafiri and we hope you are enjoying the inspiring stories we feature. The magazine is specially curated for our guests on board and, just like all of our products, we always want to ensure that it meets y our needs. That is why your feedback is dear to us, so please take a moment to complete our reader survey — you can find full details on page 25. The year is bursting with promise for growth and we are pleased to announce an increase in frequencies on several routes, including Addis Ababa, Guangzhou, London and Mumbai. Turn to our Kusafiri section, starting on page 67, to find out more. You…

times are tough. Extremely tough. Or, as we say in Kenya, “Earth is hard”. Many fathers – myself included – have had to tighten their belts. So much so, in fact, that relative to their upper and lower body, their waists resemble those of an ant. “If I even think about going on a holiday,” they moan, “my poor waist will be snapped in two.” Hey, I got you, man. Below are my tips on how to have one helluva holiday on a budget… and give that waist some much-needed breathing room! My first tip is to go on holiday by [to quote Robert Frost] “the road less travelled”. What I mean is, ditch the traditional destinations and think outside the holiday brochure. Visit places that are not considered holiday…

1 WHY GOLF? Why do you want to play golf? Many myths could mislead you, like making millions after playing the first round. I took up golf in 2006. I needed some excitement in my life. Along the way, I have made lifelong friends and grown my social capital immensely. Some join for health reasons, or to enjoy nature. An 18-hole round covers about 10km. Most join to network and advance their careers. And some join just for the status. Be clear on your motivation. 2 LEARN THE BASICS While golf is the greatest game ever invented (fact!), the manicured fairways and shaved greens can be agonising if you don…t know ho w to play. Golf has many rules. Thankfully, they are getting simplified to make the sport easier to understand. Learn…

THE BIG QUESTION WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Q You speak of our “broken relationship” with nature. Humans have had a poor history with nature. Despite being the most intelligent creatures, humans are also the most destructive, even though they represent only 0.01% of life on earth. We have more insects than humans, yet insects connect better with nature than we do. They aerate the soils, while we are busy releasing more carbon into the atmosphere. But how did we get here? After the Second World War, the world needed to reconstruct the economy through production. But it is challenging to produce and conserve at the same time. For example, we use timber as a factor of production, but the person who preserves the forest gets no reward for their labour. In Africa, 80%…

FLIGHT PATH At 330m, the Eiffel Tower remains the tallest structure in Paris (it gained 6m earlier this year when a new radio antenna was installed). Climb the 674 steps to its second level (115m) or take the elevator up to floor three (126m) for breathtaking views across the French capital. You'll be able to gaze down on the River Seine and spot landmarks such as the Grand Palais, the Louvre and the Champs Élysées. And while you're up there, consider the engineering feat that is La Tour Eiffel. Built using 18,000 metal parts and 2.5 million rivets, it expands up to 15cm on hot days and weighs 10,100 tonnes. That's like 2020 elephants standing on top of each other… Kenya Airways has daily flights to Paris, increasing to nine…

01 IT'S NOT JUST THE HOURS THAT COUNT! The recommended duration of sleep for adults is 7-9 hours per night. For proper growth and development, children and teenagers should aim for 9-12 hours, while toddlers need 11-14 hours and infants 12-16 hours. But quality sleep is not only defined by duration, but also by depth and continuity. Depth refers to the sleep being deep enough to be refreshing; while continuity describes the non-fragmentation of sleep periods. Afugaye ng'ombe tume mwenye ziwa la kujaza [SWAHILI PROVERB] HE WHO KEEPS A HEALTHY COW WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MILK 02 INADEQUATE SLEEP IS DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH Sometimes we say: “There is too much to be done; we will rest when we die.” Little do we know that lack of sufficient…

1 DODOW Dodow is a futuristic sleep aid that teaches you how to fall asleep 2.5 times faster than usual. It's handy for frequent flyers and those who struggle to wind down after a busy day, Dodow is a small round device that beams a disc of gentle blue light onto the ceiling. Watch the disc, and breathe in as the disc expands. Then breathe out as it contracts. The device gradually slows your breathing rate down, calming your central nervous system until you slip into the land of nod. Dodow reckons it has helped over one million users achieve bedded bliss. • FROM US$50, MYDODOW.COM 2 RASPBERRY PI With huge interest in artificial intelligence (AI), now is the perfect time to break into tech. If you're not sure where to start,…

Daniel Kimani • OHOSPITAL | OHOSPITAL.CO.KE After Daniel Kimani opened a mobile app company following his self-taught computer software development, he went on to launch Ohospital in 2020, a telehealth platform linking the most vulnerable in Kenya's rural areas with healthcare providers. “Imagine travelling from the farthest corners of Murang'a, my home county, only to find a specialist doctor in the main hospital is unavailable. You have to keep making appointments, yet you cannot postpone the disease,” says Kimani who hopes to recruit 25,000 general users by July 2023. The development of the platform was not without challenges. “We were young with little resources, tons of medical policies to navigate, and at least 20 licences to run a digital health platform,” says Kimani, who later received grants from international organisations…

1 UNBOWED WANGARI MAATHAI Maathai was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD, and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In Unbowed, her life is chronicled, from her childhood in colonial Kenya to her stint in academia, and her later life as an environmental and political activist. She would become most famous for the latter, and was key in both the fight to save green spaces in Nairobi and the struggle for democracy in Kenya. 2 LONG WALK TO FREEDOM NELSON MANDELA An autobiography ghost-written by the American journalist Richard Stengel, this book still rings true, all these years after the end of apartheid in South Africa. Madiba was a hero to most of the world, and in this book, he…

SPORTING HEROES The image of a timid, young and naïve Faith Kipyegon strutting the course barefoot at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, dominated talk among athletics lovers in 2010. Kipyegon, then only 16 years old, went on to finish fourth, but it was her decision to run barefoot that caught the media' – and the world's – attention. Kipyegon remembers with a nostalgic smile howher journey started: “I had a sponsor, Nike, but when I started running with spikes, I felt uncomfortable and decided to remove them. I was not used to them. I felt that they were slowing me down, so I decided to run barefoot.” Fast forward 13 years and the mother of one has become a double world champion, a double Olympic champion and…

MAASAI nelson Ole Reiyia laughed at the memory. “My father sent me to school as a form of punishment. As a small boy I'd been tasked with taking the family goats out to graze in the bush. But it was a hot day and I'd fallen asleep. When I woke up one of the goats was missing. My father was mad with me for being so careless and as a punishment he said I wasn't allowed to watch the animals again and that I had to go to school instead. You must remember that this was at a time when most Maasai frowned upon going to school and getting an education, so in my father's eyes this was a severe punishment.” Nelson and I were standing in the riverside shade…

Send us a selfie of you and your travel companions – either on board one of Kenya Airways’ flights or from your destination –share your thoughts and win a prize. At Kenya Airways, we are always striving for excellence. But, as we all know, in any walk of life, there is always room for improvement That's why we need your feedback. Help us to help you. How was your flight today? How did you find the booking process? How was check-in? Did you use any of our lounges –and, if so, how was it? What was the service like on board –the cabin crew, food and drinks, and the inflight entertainment? What did you like best about your flight with KQ? What do you think of msafiri magazine? Email your views – good or bad –…

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An acquaintance visited from Colorado. First time in Kenya. First time in Africa. A cliched American: gigantic fellow with a scraggly ginger beard that I suspected was home to all manner of small American rodents back home. Let's assign him an American name: Matt. Matt wore sunglasses all the time, possibly because Africa is very bright. And he said ‘dude’ a lot. He said things like, “Dude, it is so bright here!” He cast an intimidating figure of those big Seal Team fellows we see in movies who can hold their breath underwater for two days and jump off a helicopter with dogs strapped to their backs. But Matt turned out to be the gentlest man you ever saw. He wept at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust when he was…

Africa's top coffee producers ETHIOPIA UGANDA CÔTE D'IVOIRE TANZANIA MADAGASCAR KENYA SIERRA LEONE CAMEROON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TOGO The first time I attended an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, my host and I sat on low, three-legged stools next to a charcoal fire. Beside us there was a mortar and pestle, tiny cups, a jebena (or coffee pot) and salted popcorn in a woven basket. As the scent of burning frankincense wafted from the fire, my host roasted dried green coffee beans until they turned dark brown. Although they are called beans, they are actually seeds. The ground coffee was added to the jebena filled with hot water. The aroma of brewing coffee was enchanting. I tried coffee with and without sugar, but had none with milk because my host said…

AMINATTA FORNA Forna's father was a Sierra Leonean doctor who served as the country's Minister of Finance from 1968 to 1970. However, he resigned, upset at state corruption, and started another party which was banned by the government. Three years later, he was arrested and was one of 15 alleged traitors who were hanged in 1975, when Forna was 11. She describes the execution and traces the contours of her childhood and the decades of civil war that ensued in Sierra Leone.…

The year 2022 was monumental in Angella Okutoyi's life. The teen wrapped up her career in pieces of history throughout the year, shining the limelight on a shy girl from Nairobi who has gone on to put Kenya on the international tennis map. Kenya is known as an athletics nation, so when you mention tennis not much is said about the East African country. But in 2022, Okutoyi made everyone fully aware that tennis is well and truly alive in Kenya. Her biggest achievement was at Wimbledon, where she became the first ever Kenyan to win a grand slam title when she clinched the junior girls’ doubles alongside her Dutch partner Rose Marie Nijkamp. She started off the year in Australia, where she once again made history by becoming the…

We all desire freedom, being in control of our time and earning more money to maximise the freedom we seek. Sounds like the ideal life, yes? Being your own boss by starting a business is a popular ticket towards attaining that freedom and eventually a more satisfying life. Sadly, many leave their jobs with excitement to start their own thing, but the dream soon becomes a nightmare. They discover it's mostly a bed of thorns with an occasional rose here and there. We stumble and fumble in our attempt to be entrepreneurs, losing time, money and even sleep. I have been in business all my life. My first venture was in primary school. I bred rabbits and sold them to my mates in class. My dad killed that business when…

As the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic continues, Kenya Airways is pleased to announce an increase in frequencies on several routes. KQ now flies double dailies to Mumbai, India; daily to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and three times a week to Guangzhou, China. From June, frequencies to Zanzibar will grow to 17 from 15; Antananarivo, Madagascar, will see 14 flights a week, up from nine; and Moroni, Comoros, will go daily. During summer 2023, flights to London will increase to 10 times a week and Paris to nine. Meanwhile, following a successful pilot, the 234-seat Dreamliner will continue to operate on the twice-weekly (Thursdays and Saturdays) direct flights to Cape Town.…

What is an FFP? Frequent flyer programmes [FFPs] are a primary way for airlines to reward passenger loyalty. The more you travel with an airline or its partners, the more ‘Miles’ or ‘Points’ you earn. These points can then be redeemed for free or discounted travel and, in some cases, hotel stays, car rentals and shopping with affiliated partners. FFP members also receive certain perks, such as priority boarding, enhanced checked baggage allowances, lounge access and even free seat upgrades. Most schemes are free to join, so there is nothing lost by signing up even if you don't fly that often. How do they work? As an FFP member, you earn a certain number of points each time you fly. The number of points accrued depends on a number of…

BLACK ADAM ACTION Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Black Adam is an American superhero movie starring Dwayne Johnson as the eponymous DC Comics character, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman and Pierce Brosnan as Dr Fate. Almost 5000 years after he was granted the special powers of the Egyptian gods and imprisoned just as quickly for using them for revenge, Black Adam is finally released from his earthly tomb. Now free and prepared to bring his unique form of justice to the modern world, Black Adam finds himself fighting against the Justice Society of America and its heroes: Dr Fate, Hawkman, Atom Smasher and Cyclone. DID YOU KNOW? Black Adam was set to be in Shazam![2019] but he was given his own film instead. ELVIS BIOGRAPHY Elvis follows the life of the infamous…