There has been lots of foreign, mostly European investment in African startups lately. Yields in Africa are high and the market is growing at above average rates, so the potential for handsome profits is real. But progress can be painstakingly slow. Fast Jet is probably the most high-profile example that the reality of setting up an airline in sub-Saharan Africa is much more difficult than the dream. The low-cost carrier (LCC) launched in November 2012 with three leased Airbus A319s operating two daily flights from Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam to Mwanza and Kilimanjaro, in the north of the country, and grand ambitions to provide a true pan-African service in a short timeframe. The set-up received a lot of media coverage due to the involvement of Stelios Haij-Ionnau, who founded EasyJet and is chairman of EasyGroup.
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机译：最近有很多外国，主要是欧洲对非洲初创公司的投资。非洲的收益率很高，并且市场以高于平均水平的速度增长，因此潜在的丰厚利润是真实的。但是进展可能非常缓慢。 Fast Jet可能是最引人注目的例子，说明在撒哈拉以南非洲建立航空公司的现实比梦想要困难得多。这家低成本航空公司（LCC）于2012年11月推出，其中三架空客A319飞机每天运营两次航班，从坦桑尼亚首都达累斯萨拉姆到达该国北部的姆万扎和乞力马扎罗山，并雄心勃勃地提供真正的泛非服务在短时间内。由于创办EasyJet并担任EasyGroup董事长的Stelios Haij-Ionnau的参与，该机构获得了许多媒体的报道。
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