
Airbnb to give NPOs $500k as part of Africa Pledge
Over the next two years, the Africa Pledge aims to identify and unlock new tourism opportunities across Africa.
Over the next two years, the Africa Pledge aims to identify and unlock new tourism opportunities across Africa.
The Airbnb listing will offer a two-night stay for up to three guests at Shrek’s swamp, with the company also making a donation to charity.
Airbnb has signed a new partnership with the South African government, which it says is a first for the continent.
Airbnb has partnered with the Development Bank of Southern Africa to establish Airbnb Entrepreneurship Academies around the country.
Following a pilot in Australia, Airbnb has launched tools that will prevent bad actors from booking a home on Airbnb,
Cape Town is one of 20 destinations Airbnb will highlight as ideal for remote workers.
Complaints should lead to a call-back within 10 minutes says Airbnb.
The new initiative seeks to incentivise spending money at local SMEs, with Airbnb investing roughly half a million rand in the project.
In this week’s africast, we discuss the massive Experian data breach, along with heading to cloud securely and running your DevOps therein with F5 and
Valued at $31 billion last year, now Airbnb is preparing an IPO in 2020, but COVID-19 may make it a tough sell for potential investors.
Airbnb has shared three stories about how local hosts are struggling during lockdown.
Hosts can fit tiny listening devices to their Airbnb property to insure noise levels are kept low.
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