Day 2 – 08 April 2021, Thursday

10:30 – 10:45 CAT Connecting time: 10:15 – 15 minutes before session starts
Other Time Zones
09:30 – 09:45 UK / 11:30 – 11:45 Jordan / 10:30 – 10:45 South Africa

 

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 Connecting time: 10:30 – 15 minutes before session starts
Other Time Zones
10:45 – 11:15 South Africa / 12:45 – 13:15 Mauritius

 

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
• KC Li Kwong Wing, Economist and Board Member Afrexim Bank Industry, South Africa

 

11:15 – 11:45 CAT Connecting time: 11:00 – 15 minutes before 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

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 Connecting time: 11:30 – 15 minutes before session starts
Other Time Zones
10:45 – 11:30 UK / 13:45 – 14:30 Mauritius / 11:45 – 12:30 South Africa

 

Panel Discussion: The changing landscape of capital raising, investment criteria and risk management to attract the ‘right’ investor for your project

 

Moderator: Partner PWC

 

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 Connecting time: 12:15 – 15 minutes before 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

 

Panel Discussion – Rebuilding Africa’s travel and tourism sector while enhancing its resilience

 

Moderator: Prof. Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management, University of Bournemouth, UK

 

Speakers:

 

• Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
• Hon. Minister David Maynier, Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Western Cape Government, South Africa
• Henry Katonga Director,Director of Human Resource Ministry of Tourism Zambia
• Hon. Francisco de la Torre, Mayor – City of Malaga
• Gloria Guevara, President & CEO WTTC
• Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC & former Secretary-General, UNWTO

 

13:15 – 14:00 CAT Connecting time: 13:00 – 15 minutes before 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

 

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

 

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 Connecting time: 13:45 – 15 minutes before 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

 

Investment opportunities – Presentation of Destinations and 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 Doree, Hotel project in Guinee Conakry

 

14:30 – 14:45 CAT Connecting time: 14:15 – 15 minutes before 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

  Closing

 

Speakers:

 
• 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
• Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO ITIC