East Africa Tourism Platform-EATP

Only a few hours left to Road Map to Business Revival webinar: a way forward in leveraging private sector through Intra-Regional Tourism.

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Fred Odek

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Dr Esther Munyiri

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Yves Ngenzi

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Dr Geoffrey Manyara

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Webinar : Road Map to Business Revival on the 30th March @ 14:00 - 16.00 EAT

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Join us on Wednesday, March 30th to share insight and learn more with our expert in the area speakers on using regional tourism as an instrument towards recovery and growth.

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Dear partner,

Join EATP in a Virtual Networking session for the tourism sector.

Country in Focus: *UGANDA*


When: March 24, 2022 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm EAT

The session will help participants better understand Uganda as a tourism destination and multi-destination packaging tips. It will also allow business operators to network and exchange contacts for potential partnerships.

Join this Webinar now:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://us02web.zoom.us/w/88945185258?tk=p_YFAcGo1zGRnNqjMGpl63JFTMyymq_4-kbzsAfuGwc.DQMAAAAUtYvR6hZ3WC14TjdsZ1RuLUVFVnA5SndVYjdnAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=eEVQKzJjWUp5WTJIY09PMTJFUXh1UT09
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Join us to celebrate World Water Day by learning about the importance of Fresh Water. Reducing the consumption of water💧 is a priority towards sustainable tourism in East Africa.

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Dear partner,

Join EATP in a Virtual Networking session for the tourism sector in partnership with TMEA. Book your slot now.

MATCHMAKING & ENHANCING B2B LINKAGES TO PROMOTE INTRA EAC TOURISM*
When: March 24, 2022 09:00 AM Nairobi/08.00 AM CAT

Register in advance for the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-
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Tomorrow is the day for our . With everything set, we promise you a morning of very valuable insights with the participation of our key speakers from Kenya Tourism Board , Kenya Association of Women in Tourism and Ministry of Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism.

Register & Join us TOMORROW at 9.00 EAT

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Dear Partner,

Join EATP in a Virtual Networking session for the tourism sector in partnership with TMEA. Book your slot now.

*MATCHMAKING & ENHANCING B2B LINKAGES TO PROMOTE INTRA EAC TOURISM*

When: March 10, 2022 09:00 AM EAT/08.00 AM CAT

The session will help participants to better understand and package Kenya and South Sudan. It will also allow business operators to network and exchange contacts and ideas for potential partnerships.

Apply in advance for this session as slots are limited:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlf-6vrzooGt3Z4BYJ2n6ZSkx_EobF1djG

See you there!

Meet Jamila Uwimana, a tour operator at , who attend our 2 days in-person training. The training was part of the Capacity Building Program which is part of the Tourism Recovery Initiative supported by GIZ.

Yesterday’s conversation on Tourism Recovery in Africa inspired participants to create impactful solutions for Africa, kudos to the 164 participants to have stayed throughout the whole conversation.

Thanks to our speakers Jean Baptiste Havugimana, John Bosco Kalisa, Frank Gisha, Cuthbert Ncube, ikechi uko, Didier Bayeye, and fifi Josephine Rurangwa, and to our collaborators Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and East African Community.

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Tomorrow we’re going LIVE at 10AM EAT!

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The travel and tourism industry was one of the first real sectors to be affected by COVID-19. The crisis has impacted every facet of the industry and demonstrated the vulnerability of the sector’s vast value chain.

in collaboration with East African Community under the support of GIZ is engaging stakeholders in the sector across the continent on perspective for Tourism recovery.

When: Feb 22, 2022 10:00 AM EAT and 9.00 AM CAT

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Jean Baptiste Havugimana, Director of productive sectors.

Jean Baptiste Havugimana works for the East African Community Secretariat (EAC) as Director Productive Sectors. He has more than 25 years of working experience in macroeconomic policy design and analysis, monetary policy design and management, applied (macroeconomic) modelling and forecasting and balance of payments compilation and analysis. He published several articles and papers in this area.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet John Bosco Kalisa, EABC Executive Director

John Bosco Kalisa is an economist by profession with an in-depth understanding of the regional economic communities and has participated fully in negotiations of international, continental, and regional agreements.

As the EABC Executive Director, Mr KALISA steers the high-level policy advocacy at the EAC Heads of State and Ministerial level to push forward the EABC’s vision and mission of a borderless East Africa for increased business and investment.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Frank Gisha Mugisha, EATP CEO.

Frank Gisha Mugisha has 10 years of experience in tourism sector, From rising through the ranks of a non-commissioned tour operator, with an excellent record of conducting global Marketing representations, positioning himself as a Tourism Economist. In his leadership role, Frank wears a number of hats — currently serving the Rwanda tourism and hospitality private sector in capacities of Director General at Rwanda Chamber of Tourism(RCOT); and the Managing Director, East African Tourism Platform(EATP)

Frank is a prominent tourism development strategist, focusing on establishing and enhancing effective public-private partnerships for a private sector-driven tourism agenda engaging value-chain players for successful tourism development business; under thematic focus of destination marketing, and tourism project Management.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman of the African Tourism Board.

Cuthbert Ncube is the current chairman of the African Tourism Board. He was the Regional Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Chief Executive Director of Kwela Fleet Management, South Africa and Golden Feathers Lodge in Cape Town. He has over 20 years of experience in business leadership and business development, including his role as the regional vice president of the UNWTO.

Before getting involved in his current profession, Cuthbert maintained affiliation with all key role players of the Africa Tourism Industry including Cape Town Tourism, the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Africa Tourism Partners and RETOSA. He also collaborates with other African tourism experts to create economic development opportunities for Africans, particularly, in tourism, travel and hospitality. He currently serves on numerous boards.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Dr Manyara Geofrfrey, Economic Affairs in Charge of Tourism for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Dr Manyara Geofrfrey is a tourism Expert with a PhD holder from the University of Wales in Cardiff. He has experience as a Tourism researcher and as a senior tourism lecturer and head of the tourism departments at both Kenyatta University and the Technical University in Kenya.

Dr Manyara is currently working closely with a number of Member States in Africa, the African Union, Regional Economic Communities including the East African Community and Inter-Governmental Authority on Development in his role as An Economic Affairs in Charge of Tourism for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Ikechi Uko, a Developer and Promoter of Domestic and regional Tourism Products in West Africa and organizer of Akwaaba African Travel Market.

Ikechi Uko is a travel business consultant, travel promoter, tourism development expert, media consultant, journalist and author. He is the organizer of Akwaaba African Travel Market, the first international travel fair in West Africa; Abuja Bantaba; and the organizer, Accra Weizo and Port Harcourt Bantaba.

He is also the CEO of Jedidah Promotions (an international media and tourism marketing firm for airlines, hotels and destinations across Africa) project director of Seven Wonders of Nigeria (Naija7Wonders), and publisher of Africa Travel Quarterly Magazine.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Didier Bayeye, MD of Global Travel World Expert, Dmc based in South-Afric, Representative of SADC and an Africa Tourism Expert

Didier Bayeye Is Passionate about African Tourism with Expertise in the field of Tourism Marketing, Development and promotion in Africa. Contributed to many tourism projects in Africa and occupied many positions such as Marketing Manager Africa and Indien Oceans at Sun International, Marketing Manager Africa at Abercombie & Kent, Business Development Manager for the very first WTM in Cape-Town, the brain behind the restoration of Gandhi House in Johannesburg declared a today Heritage site by the city of Johannesburg and known as Satyagraha House.

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Our insightful event will be live on Tuesday 22nd February at 10:00 AM EAT! Meet Josephine F Rurangwa, The Founder & CEO at TheXperts Ltd.

Josephine F Rurangwa Is an expert in tourism in central Africa with a passion for building businesses that transcend national borders and sustainable development. She has also been voted as one of the top 100 influential women in Travel in 2017.

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We are thrilled to have inspiring speakers from the region and the continent for the EAC - Africa Exchange Forum.

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Join us! Only a few days away until our insightful virtual event on tourism recovery in Africa.

An EAC event in collaboration with EATP and supported by GIZ.

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Stay tuned this week for more information.

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An EAC event in collaboration with EATP and supported by GIZ.

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Join us tomorrow for the Capacity building sessions for the tourism sector. These sessions have been organized in partnership with GIZ.

As a follow up to the mid-term survey conducted in 2021, is currently conducting a final survey, to establish your perception of the restrictions and barriers to services provided in the region. Your feedback will be extremely instrumental in evaluating the implementation process. Please fill in the survey in the link below.
GIZ is carrying out a survey on Trade in Services restrictions and barriers in the . We are asking members and stakeholders in the tourism sector to complete the short survey for a full picture of the current situation. Here is the link provided below. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R9MFGB3

The survey will inform the next GIZ program to support tourism in East Africa.

Our Regional Coordinator takes part in a 2-days training ; the Tourism Capacity in-person training that convened on Tuesday. Took place at the Emperial Hotel. # EACtourismrecovery

Greetings to you! The Way we do business has drastically changed in the last two years especially for the tourism sector. Under the EAC GIZ Capacity Building project for the tourism sector with support from EATP, We are delighted to invite you to our 1st digital marketing session to learn how you can take advantage of available tools and online resources for on 18th January from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm EAT. Book you space NOW!!!

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pc-qrrzIuHdF0Hk3iJD8Q8bO1pgP5usjc

Greetings to you! The Way we do business has drastically changed in the last two years especially for the tourism sector. Under the EAC GIZ Capacity Building project for the tourism sector with support from EATP, We are delighted to invite you to our 1st digital marketing session to learn how you can take advantage of available tools and online resources for , and on 18th January from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm EAT. Book you space NOW!!!

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucuGgqjkpGNDPlJgdRuaJBfs_UMlZoyqt

Today, 4 countries in will be learning Responsible Marketing and Communication for Domestic and Regional markets. Don't miss, Log in 10 minutes earlier. An opportunity to build your networks in tourism within the region too. See you at 9.50 am!

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfuivrT4tE9MM74fo1-OW0J5KLGswOycf

A look at the efforts being made to revive the industry and report on the latest wildlife attraction in Rwanda.

Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opbNGpfxZEU

INDUSTRY NEWS: Kenya positioned as key cultural, heritage tourism destination.

Read more: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-01-12-kenya-positioned-as-key-cultural-heritage-tourism-destination/

Do you want to tap into regional markets? this training will equip you with the right ways to efficiently market your packages.

You may register in advance for tomorrow's virtual session here.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfuivrT4tE9MM74fo1-OW0J5KLGswOycf