Namibia will launch an African Tourism Innovation Hub by the end of this year, to provide mentorship to enterprising youth from across the continent and transition their ideas into viable start-up companies.
The announcement was one of the key takeaways from the 4th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit held in Windhoek recently. The establishment of the hub will be spearheaded by the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), with its operations facilitated through private-sector expertise from Africa Tourism Partners and a partnership between the Namibia University of Science and Technology and the Durban University of Technology in South Africa.
Kwakye Donkor, CEO of Africa Tourism Partners, a Pan-African tourism development and strategic destination marketing advisory firm with a strong focus on youth programmes, said the hub would initially support young entrepreneurs participating in this year’s Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge. The Challenge…
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