Africa Tourism Companions (ATP), in collaboration with UN Tourism, BDO, AfCFTA and, host associate Groups Africa will launch the seventh and 2025 Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Problem (AYTIC). The digital launch will likely be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
The seventh version of the Africa Tourism Innovation Summit and Problem will likely be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10 to 13 June 2025. South Africa (2019), Rwanda (2020), Ghana (2021), and Namibia hosted the summit by the Ministry of Surroundings, Forestry, and Tourism Summit and the Innovation Problem for 3 (3) years from 2022 to 2024.
Kwakye Donkor, CEO of Africa Tourism Companions, acknowledged, “We imagine that our partnership with TEAMS Africa, together with the assist of the Kenya Tourism Board and different non-public sector companions, will likely be a sport changer for the Summit.”
Convened yearly by ATP in collaboration with the UNWTO and BDO, this yr’s Summit will likely be leveraged for intra-Africa commerce in tourism companies amongst African youth and showcase youth in tourism companies throughout the continent. Central to this will likely be desktop exhibitions showcasing youth empowerment initiatives and SMEs in tourism, journey know-how, fintech, and social entrepreneurship. Coupled with these, there will likely be intergeneration tourism buying and selling in companies business-to-business alternatives for tour operators, tourism lodging services, transport service suppliers, instructional establishments, journey and journey know-how start-ups and incubators, employment companies, skilled improvement and extra.
The Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Problem (YTIC) is geared toward younger folks as much as age 35, but it surely additionally welcomes post-graduate college students to take part. This initiative supplies a wonderful alternative for younger innovators, entrepreneurs, and post-graduate college students from throughout the continent to contribute to the way forward for Africa’s tourism sector. AYTIC is a singular Pan-African tourism innovation problem that invitations youth to current their revolutionary concepts, technological options, and social entrepreneurship initiatives, all of which have the potential to attract curiosity from buyers and enterprise capitalists.
Winners will acquire entry to the Africa Tourism Innovation Hub (https://atih.africa/contact-us/) housed on the Cape Peninsula College of Know-how (CPUT) and the Namibia College of Science and Know-how (NUST), the place they are going to obtain mentorship and meet potential funders. The ATIH is a specifically designed bodily area that brings collectively researchers, creators, and innovators to domesticate concepts, nurture start-up and discover enterprise alternatives.
Given the above, younger Africans as much as the age of 35 and postgraduate college students are inspired to enter the Problem. The platform will open on the tenth of December, 2024 to obtain entries.
For extra details about the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit & Problem attain out to rejoice@africatourismpartners.com