Delegates Arrivals and Intra-Africa Tourism & Entrepreneurship Expo Set-Up.

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Participants All exhibitors

Registration, Networking and Business Card Exchange

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Participants All Participants

Introductions & Welcome Address

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Participants Programme Director & Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife

Capital Raising Masterclass

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Bridging the Start-Up Divide: Redefining the pathways for capital raising by leveraging the needs of national and international venture capital networks.

MICE and Business Tourism Fire Chat

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An African case study: Building financially viable and legacy events’ business through creativity and innovation. Participants International Expert & Programme Director

Networking and Refreshment Break

AI Adoption Masterclass

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Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Navigating AI disruptions and promising business prospects for youth and starts-ups in for the future of Africa’s tourism ecosystem. Participants Kenya Partner

Design Thinking Ted Talk

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Tech-driven Future: Utilising Design Thinking as a strategic tool for powering  innovation and creativity in travel, tourism and hospitality entrepreneurship. Participants South Africa

Lunch

Participants 1-on-1 Business Exchange: B2B, B2C and Networking

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Participants All Participants

Closed Session - Top 5 Shortlist, Judges and Mentors Only

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Africa Tourism Innovation Challenge Boot Camp & Demo Lab. Participants Africa Youth in Tourism Challenge Adjudication Committee and Independent Experts

Evening at Leisure

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Participation By Invitation Only

Health & Wellness – 5KM Run

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Participation All Interested Delegates

Registration, Networking and Business Card Exchange

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Participants All Participants

Intra-Africa Tourism & Entrepreneurship Expo (Side Event)

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Participants All Registered Exhibitors/Buyers  

Introductions

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Participation Programme Director/s  Kenya / Ghana / UN Tourism

National Anthems

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participants Kenya

Musical and Cultural Performance

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Kenya

Youth Creative Group Performance

Address By Africa Tourism Partners

Mr. Kwakye Donkor

Message from UN Tourism

Elcia Grandcourt

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Emily Njeri Mburu-Ndoria Director of Trade in Services, Investment, Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Trade, AfCFTA Secretariat, Ghana

Message by State Department for Wildlife

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Message by State Department for Wildlife

Message by State Department of Tourism and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

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Message  by State Department of Tourism and Introduction of  Keynote Speaker

Keynote Address

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Keynote Address

Hon. Rebecca Miano

Guest of Honour

H.E. Zurab Pololikashvili

Guest of Honour

Ministerial and Policymakers Dialogue

Community Engagement and Inclusive Tourism: Creating tourism clusters as formal and informal commercial villages for youth and women employment and financial inclusion.   Invited Ministers:   Kenya Angola Tanzania /Zanzibar Botswana Ghana South Africa Namibia

Partners’ Visual Inserts, Networking & Refreshment Break

Expert and Insightful Presentation

The Dawn of AI Revolution: Turning to AI  for tourism, travel and hospitality  business growth and profitability. Invited Expert Kenya

Business Advisory Insights

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Acting for Impact:  Learning about tourism chain as a driver for youth employability and entrepreneurship development in Africa. Invited Experts Namibia Tourism Board Portugal

Visual Inserts, Lunch & Networking Session

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Professional Advisory Focus

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Copyright, trademarks, and patents: Critical financial assets for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection for tourism, creatives and cultural entrepreneurs. Invited Experts Kenyan Expert,  AfCFTA  Secretariat and Africa Bank

Interactive Business Advisory & Insights

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Capital Raising: Understand the compelling considerations for successful capital raising for startups, accelerators and entrepreneurs. Invited Experts Kenya Namibia South Africa Mauritius

Registration, Networking and Business Card Exchange

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Participants All Participants

Welcome & Introduction

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Participation Programme Director

Harnessing Tomorrow’s Potential

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Youth-led Tourism Business Ventures: Lessons for breaking barriers to youth start-ups and employability in tourism. Participation Invited Experts Two Leading Kenyan Youth  Tourism Entrepreneurs

Ted Talk

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AI for SMEs: Practical  business innovation for unlocking incremental revenue generating sources for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises. Participation Invited Partner Kenya Partner

Networking, Refreshment Break and Expo Tour

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Scene Setter

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Exploiting the convergence of African Blue Economy to  scale up small enterprises in tourism. Participation Invited Experts Key International Player

Business Advisory & Entrepreneurship Perspective

The Blue Economy: An untapped opportunity of tourism entrepreneurship and career development for African youth and students.

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Partner’s Visual Inserts and Networking Launch

Sustainable Tourism Business Insights

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Unpacking Agritourism  - A  niche ecosystem for preserving tourism assets and entrepreneurial pathways for rural communities. Participants Kenya Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife / KTB Botswana Tourism Organisation Zanzibar Tourism Commission South African Tourism

Blockchain Commercialisation Masterclass

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Unlocking the commercial value of Blockchain:  An innovative driver to bolster business growth and revenue generation in tourism. Participant Invited Expert South Africa

Daily Reflections and End of Day 2

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Participation Programme Director

Registration

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Participants Invited Faculty of Speakers

Welcome & Introduction

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Participation Programme Director

Keynote Message

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Participation Natalia Bayona Executive Director, UNWTO, Spain.

Design Thinking Masterclass

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Understanding Design Thinking:  A strategic approach to  developing customer-centric business solutions  for growth and profitability. Participation Invited Partner South Africa

Refreshment and Networking Break

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Scene Setter

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Exploiting the convergence of African Blue Economy to  scale up small enterprises in tourism. Participation Invited Experts Key International Player

Digitalisation Ted Talk

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Digital Sales  and Money Matters: The cornerstone for accelerating business growth and profitability for small enterprises and start-up. Invited Expert Kenya Partner

Expert and Interactive Conversation

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Leveraging Digital and Fintech Business Platforms:  The roadmap for viable commercialization for MSMEs (Micro, Mediums and Small Enterprises) in Tourism, Creatives and Cultural Industries. Invited Expert Kenya  Partner South Africa Partner

Speakers and Delegates Engagement Session

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Networking, Refreshment Break and Expo Tour

Interactive and Expert conversations

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Youth Empowerment:  Exploiting intergenerational business partnerships through mentorship coaching and youth empowerment. Participation Invited Experts Kenya Nigeria Ethiopia International

Mentorship Festival & Employability Clinic

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1-on- 1 Delegates consultations with experts & speakers. Participants All Speakers and delegates

Wrap-up and Reflections

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Participants All Speakers and delegates

Wrap-up and Reflections

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Participation Programme  Director/s

Closing Remarks

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Participation Strategic Partner Kenya

Cocktail evening - Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge Awards and Networking

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Innovation Challenge awards’: Announcement of Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge - Top 5. Vote of thanks