7-8 April 2021 Virtual Summit
Invest, Rebuild and Restart the African Travel and Tourism sector
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Agenda
- 12:15 CAT
Connecting time
- 12:30 -13:30 CAT
Ministerial Panel
Investing in Sustainable Travel and Tourism projects in Africa and restarting the sector in the post Covid-19 era
Time to start the session: 12:30 -13:30 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before session starts
Other Time Zones
12:30 -13:30 Eswatini / 10:30 -11:30 Sierra Leone / 13:30 – 14:30 Kenya / 11:30 – 12:30 UK / 13:30 -14:30 Greece / 12:30 – 13:30 Bruxelles / 13:30 -14:30 Tanzania
Moderator: Rajan Datar, BBC
Introduction by Dr Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC and former Secretary-General UNWTO
Panelists:
- Hon. Moses M Vilakati, Minister of Tourism of Eswatini
- Hon. Memunatu Pratt, Minister of Tourism, Sierra Leone
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya
- Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, UK MP and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary UK
- Hon. Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Greece
- Hon Elena Kountoura, Member of European Parliament
- Hon. Mary Masanja, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania
- 10:30 –10:45 CAT
Morning Conversations
Time: 10:30 –10:45 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
09:30 – 09:45UK / 11:30 -11:45 Jordan / 10:30-10:45 South Africa
Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO
Carol Weaving, Managing Director, Reed Exhibitions South Africa.
Ibrahim Ayoub Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd
- 10:45 – 11:15 CAT
Economic Outlook
The economic landscape to optimise investment opportunities in the tourism sector in Africa
Time: 10:45 -11:15 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
10:45-11:45 South Africa / 12:45 -13:15 Mauritius
Rashid Toefy, Deputy Director General, Department of Economic Development & Tourism, Western Cape Government – in conversation with:
- H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and Chief Director, Africa Economic Relations, The Department of Trade & Industry, South Africa
- KC Li Kwong Wing, Economist and Board Member Afrexim Bank
- 11:15 – 11:45 CAT
An enriching dialogue
How vaccination process will contribute to restore trust and a sense of security to restart the travel and tourism sector
Time 11:15 -11:45 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
09:15-10:45 Cote D’Ivoire / 11:15-11:45 Geneva / 10:15-10:45 UK / 05:15-05:45 New York
Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC
Speakers:
- Hon. Siandou Fofana, Minister of Tourism Cote D’Ivoire
- Prof. David Heymann, Epidemiologist and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology LSHTM
- Tom Jones, Senior Partner, Finn Partners
- 11:45 – 12:30 CAT
Panel Discussion
The changing landscape of capital raising, investment criteria and risk management to attract the ‘right’ investor for your project
Time 11:45 -12:30 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
10:45-11:30 UK / 13:45-14:30 Mauritius / 11:45-12:30 South Africa
Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster BBC
Speakers:
- Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, UK MP and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary UK
- Mobin Rafiq, Chairman Falcon House Properties, UK and Founder and CEO of Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club
- Ilse van Schalkwyk, Chief Director for Economic Sector Support, Western Cape, Provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Western Cape Government
- Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, City of Cape Town
- 12:30-13:15 CAT
Panel Discussion
Rebuilding Africa’s travel and tourism sector while enhancing its resilience
Time 12:30-13:15 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
11:30-12:15 UK / 05:30 -06:15 Jamaica / 12:30-13-15 Zambia /
12:30 -13:15 South Africa / 05:30 -06:15 Mexico / 13:30 -14:15 Jordan
Moderator: Prof. Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management, University ofBournemouth, UK
Speakers:
- Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
- Hon. Francisco de la Torre, Mayor – City of Malaga
- Hon. David Maynier Minister of Finance & Economic Opportunities, Western Cape Government, South Africa
- Gloria Guevara, President & CEO WTTC
- Henry Katonga Director of Human Resource Ministry of Tourism Zambia
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC & former Secretary-General, UNWTO
- 13:15 – 14:00 CAT
Panel Discussion
The critical need of effectively branding and marketing Africa as a single destination
Time: 13:15 – 14:00 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
12:15 -13:00 UK / 14:15 -15:00 Kenya / 13:15 -14:00 South Africa /
19:15 – 20:00 China / 15:15 -16:00 Mauritius
Moderator: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Director eTourism Lab & Deputy Director International
Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University Business
School, UK
Speakers:
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
- Hon. Clare Akamanzi, CEO Rwanda Development Board
- Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board
- Marcus Lee, Chairman of SME Business Owners Association in China
- Arvind Bundhun, Director Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority
- 14:00-14:30 CAT
Presentation Tourism Projects in quest of investment
Introduction by Paul Hoskins, Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd
Time: 14:00 –14:30 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
12:00 -12:30 Cote D’Ivoire / 13:00 -13:30 Dublin & UK /
16:00 -16:30 Mauritius / 12:00 – 12:30 Guinee Conakry /
Projects to be presented:
- Dr. Jean Yves Diamana, Tourism Project in Cote D’Ivoire
- Guillaume Pellerin, CEO Zoobox – Eco-lodges project in Africa
- Frederic Robert CEO Saint Felix – Mauritius
- 14:30 –14:45 CAT
Closing
Time: 14:30 –14:45 CAT / Connecting time 15 minutes before the session starts
OTHER TIME ZONES
13:30 -13:45 UK / 15:30 -15:45 Jordan / 14:30 -14:45 South Africa /
16:30 -16:45 Dubai
- Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC & former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Megan Oberholzer, Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & Creative Industries Portfolio for Reed Exhibitions South Africa
- Paul Hoskins – ITIC Directors
- Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO ITIC
DAY 1 - 7th April 2021, Tuesday
12:15 – 13:30 CAT
- 12:15 CAT
Connecting time
- 12:30 -13:30 CAT
Ministerial Panel
Investing in Sustainable Travel and Tourism projects in Africa and restarting the sector in the post Covid-19 era
Moderator: Rajan Datar, BBC
Introduction by Dr Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC and former Secretary-General UNWTO
Panelists:
- Hon. Moses M Vilakati, Minister of Tourism of Eswatini
- Hon. Memunatu Pratt, Minister of Tourism, Sierra Leone
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya
- Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, UK MP and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary UK
- Hon. Sofia Zacharaki, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Greece
- Hon Elena Kountoura, Member of European Parliament
- Hon. Mary Masanja, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania
DAY 2 – 8th April 2021, Wednesday
10:30 – 14:45 CAT
- 10:30 –10:45 CAT
Morning Conversations
Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO
Carol Weaving, Managing Director, Reed Exhibitions South Africa.
Ibrahim Ayoub Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd
- 10:45 – 11:15 CAT
Economic Outlook
The economic landscape to optimise investment opportunities in the tourism sector in Africa
Rashid Toefy, Deputy Director General, Department of Economic Development & Tourism, Western Cape Government – in conversation with:
- H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and Chief Director, Africa Economic Relations, The Department of Trade & Industry, South Africa
- 11:15 – 11:45 CAT
An enriching dialogue
How vaccination process will contribute to restore trust and a sense of security to restart the travel and tourism sector
Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC
Speakers:
- Hon. Siandou Fofana, Minister of Tourism Cote D’Ivoire
- Prof. David Heymann, Epidemiologist and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology LSHTM
- Tom Jones, Senior Partner, Finn Partners
- 11:45 – 12:30 CAT
Panel Discussion
The changing landscape of capital raising, investment criteria and risk management to attract the ‘right’ investor for your project
Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster BBC
Speakers:
- Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, UK MP and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary UK
- KC Li Kwong Wing –Economist and Independent Director AFREXIM Bank
- Mobin Rafiq, Chairman Falcon House Properties, UK and Founder and CEO of Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club
- Ilse van Schalkwyk, Chief Director for Economic Sector Support, Western Cape, Provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Western Cape Government
- Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, City of Cape Town
- 12:30-13:15 CAT
Panel Discussion
Rebuilding Africa’s travel and tourism sector while enhancing its resilience
Moderator: Prof. Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management, University ofBournemouth, UK
Speakers:
- Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
- Hon. Ronald Chitotela, Minister of Tourism and Arts, Zambia
- Hon. Minister David Maynier, Minister of Economic Development & Opportunities, Ministry of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Western Cape Government
- Gloria Guevara, President & CEO WTTC
- Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC & former Secretary-General, UNWTO
- 13:15 – 14:00 CAT
Panel Discussion
The critical need of effectively branding and marketing Africa as a single destination
Moderator: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Director eTourism Lab & Deputy Director International
Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University Business
School, UK
Speakers:
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
- Hon. Clare Akamanzi, CEO Rwanda Development Board
- Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board
- Marcus Lee, Chairman of SME Business Owners Association in China.
- Arvind Bundhun, Director Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority
- 14:00-14:30 CAT
Presentation Tourism Projects in quest of investment
Introduction by Paul Hoskins, Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd
Projects to be presented:
- Dr. Jean Yves Diamana, Tourism Project in Cote D’Ivoire
- Guillaume Pellerin, CEO Zoobox – Eco-lodges project in Africa
- Frederic Robert CEO Saint Felix – Mauritius
- Sam Dore, Hotel project in Guinee Conakry
- 14:30 –14:45 CAT
Closing
- Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC & former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Megan Oberholzer, Portfolio Director: Travel, Tourism & Creative Industries Portfolio for Reed Exhibitions South Africa.
- ITIC Directors – Gerald Lawless and Paul Hoskins
- Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO ITIC
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