Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Moses M Vilakati, is a long-standing member of the Kingdom of Eswatini Cabinet. His previous portfolio was Minister of Agriculture.
After spending several years in Europe, Frederic studied Economics & Finance in England before returning to Mauritius in the year 2000. He held positions within the financial sector in Mauritian & French banks on the stock exchange of Mauritius and private equity management. He also spent a few years in the textile sector and the offshore sector.
As Director of Saint Félix Sugar Estate, he developed new segments within the group in the fields of agriculture, tourism and real estate projects such as Smart Cities. In 2003, he created a leading Mauritius-based company that has been a pioneering body in the leisure industry; eco-tourism activities and sports events in Mauritius.
Currently, he is the CEO and responsible for driving the food security segment for Dale Food & Beverage which has an important and significant role for the Mauritian Government.
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry as well as real estate and financing.
Skilled in Management, Business Development, Marketing Strategy, and market researches. Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Sherbrooke University.
Clare Akamanzi is CEO of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Member of the Cabinet of Rwanda. Prior to this role, she served as Head of Strategy and Policy for H.E President Paul Kagame and for over 7 years as COO of the RDB.
Ms. Akamanzi has also previously served as a Commercial Diplomat in London and a Trade Negotiator in Geneva at the World Trade Organization.
She is an International Trade and Investment Lawyer, who has lived, schooled and worked in 7 countries in 3 continents but nothing beats the privilege of being part of rebuilding her nation.
Ms Akamanzi is a Harvard Kennedy School MPA alum, where she was the recipient of the Lucius N. Littaeur Fellows Award; the Raymond & Josephine Vernon Award, both for academic excellence and distinguished contribution to HKS community, as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Public Service. She also holds an LLM (International Trade and Investment) with distinction from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and LLM (Hons) from Makerere University, Uganda.
Arvind Bundhun the Director of Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) has a rich career in international hotel management. He quickly established his mark as a highly motivated professional with a unique and passionate approach to hospitality management, centred around People, Culture and Service.
Arvind Bundhun’s rich career covers various positions internationally.
He directly oversees MTPA overall strategic direction, spearheading the institution development plans.
He holds a Masters in Hotel Management from Klessheim Institute of Hotel Management, Austria
James Vos is the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth in the City of Cape Town. With a portfolio that oversees tourism, enterprise and investment, along with management of the City’s extensive assets, James heads up a team that has been instrumental in driving economic growth in Cape Town.
He previously served as Member of Parliament in the National Assembly as the Shadow Minister of Tourism. Prior to this James was elected as Councillor for nearly three consecutive terms and served in various capacities such as Portfolio Chairman and Sub-Council Chairman.
During his time as a public representative, James received numerous civic awards, including the Melvin Jones Fellowship and the International Merit Award. He is also among the youngest to receive the life title of Aldermanship. Just like his father, James is passionate about aviation and also enjoys being in the great outdoors.
He continues to work towards achieving inclusive economic growth, by strengthening partnerships with all stakeholders through a collaborative approach that provides a platform for big ideas and initiatives that improve the lives of people in Cape Town through employment. James is further leveraging the City’s business systems and utilising smart real estate services to extract and maximize the economic and social return from City assets.
Ilse van Schalkwyk is a development economist who resides and works in the Western Cape. She holds a Masters degree in Public Development Management. Ilse has worked in both private and public sector as a development economist with over 16 years of experience in economic research and planning, strategy development, market research as well as economic analysis for local and international clients.
She has been employed in the public sector for the past 9 years in senior management positions relating to economic planning and development for both local and provincial Government within the Western Cape and she currently holds the position of Chief Director for Economic Sector Support at the Western Cape Provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism. The major programmes she is responsible for is sector trade and development as well as tourism within the Province. Her areas of responsibility include sector development, destination development and planning, export development and investment for a range of priority industries.
Wamkele Mene was elected by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States & Government of the African Union, to the position of Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
Prior to being elected Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, he served as Chief Director: Africa Economic Relations, at the Department of Trade & Industry of South Africa. In this role, he was South Africa’s chief trade negotiator in the AfCFTA and Tripartite FTA negotiations. During his tenure as chief negotiator, South Africa ratified both the AfCFTA and Tripartite FTAs agreements, providing new export markets in fast growing and dynamic markets in East and West Africa.
Prior to assuming this position, Wamkele was Director: International Trade Law & Investment Law at the Department of Trade & Industry, a role in which he was principal legal counsel on international trade law and international investment law.
From 2010 until 2015, Wamkele represented South Africa at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. During his posting to the WTO, Wamkele was elected by over 130 governments to the position of Chairman of the Committee on International Trade in Financial Services, a committee comprising trade negotiators, financial regulators and financial policy makers from over 160 countries.
Prior to joining the government, Wamkele worked for the law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in London and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in Hong Kong.
Wamkele has written and lectured internationally on international trade law, international investment law and international business law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Law) degree from Rhodes University in South Africa, a Master of Arts in International Studies & Diplomacy (with specialization in International Economics) from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London and a LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Banking Law & Financial Regulation from the Law Department of the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE).
A member of the Democratic Alliance, David has served for the past ten years in the National Assembly as Shadow Minister of Finance and Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
David holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Cape Town and a master’s degree in Public Administration and Management from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He will be working around the clock to grow the economy and create jobs, maintain stable public finances and promote clean government in the Western Cape.
The International Tourism and Investment Conferences (ITIC) is organising in partnership with WTM Africa, this virtual summit in the aftermath of the restraining effects of the worldwide vaccination campaigns against the COVID-19. The African continent stands out as one of the economies that will recover the most rapidly from the Covid-19 pandemic as according to Statista, as at the 8 March 2021, “the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa amounted to 4,003,008 which represented around 3.4 per cent of the infections around the world”.
The Summit is designed to be the first in a series of virtual summits starting on 7 April 2021 and will feature a Ministerial Roundtable in a one-hour session from 12h30 to 13h30 CAT. The session on 8 April 2021 will run for four-and-a-half hours, from 10h30 to 15h00 CAT, featuring topics covering re-setting business financing, travel and health in the post Covid-19 era, rebranding of the African continent as one destination and new project investment opportunities which are emerging in the field of sustainable tourism.
This summit will unite a broad spectrum of stakeholders of the African and global tourism industries in order to tackle the key challenges that are cropping up in global tourism with special focus on investment opportunities in the African continent. Our objective is to promote inclusive growth and sustainable economic development for the benefit of all the people of Africa.
It provides an excellent opportunity to increase the visibility of your brand and to connect with investors and heads of multinationals in the travel and tourism and financial services industries, procurement teams and industry specialists from across the globe. The Summit is the vital meeting place for the travel & tourism industry and investors to expand their professional network and develop new concepts, partnerships and ideas that will transform the growth and commercial development of their business.
With over 1500+ international decision-makers, tourism leaders and investors in attendance, the Summit will propel your brand into top of the mind for those who count especially when procuring the services and products which you offer. Our audience represents billions of USDs in investment and expenditures, making this event a great opportunity to establish and nurture relationships and business opportunities that you can only achieve by being an active partner of this exclusive and unique ITIC event in partnership with WTM. ITIC will give visibility to leading industry entities and emerging destinations in their policy orientation by pairing specific tourism strategies with investment solutions, thus acting as a catalyst and an engine for inclusive growth and sustainable economic development.