Bayo Adedeji

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ITIC Speaker — Bayo Adedeji
CEO
Wakanow.com

Bayo has over 20 years of broad and diverse mix of business experiences across continents With proven track record of turning around failed businesses. His past experiences at Texas Instrument, Walmart, Petsmart and Amazon shaped and solidified his analytical acumen, management and finance expertise that he continues to demonstrate in all his businesses.

Bayo’s prior role at Amazon.com as Snr. Finance Executive managing all products related to Inbound and Inventory for Fulfilment by Amazon Worldwide with over $80 billion in sales is evident of his capacity and ability to deliver results.

He holds a MBA in Finance from Clark Atlanta University, USA and a B.Sc from Obafemi Awolowo University in Demography and Statistics.

Currently the Group CEO of Wakanow and all its subsidiaries worldwide and also a serial entrepreneur with investments in multiple business endeavors including Wave Beach, Athena and Dundu Nation.

He is also known as Bayo Lion because of his tenacity to success, a great people manager and an empathetic leader.

The conference Replay

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Global Tourism Resilience Conference 2023 – 3 Days Event

Watch Day 1 – 15 February 2023
ITIC Caribbean Tourism Investment Summit 2023: Rethinking Investment in tourism through sustainability and resilience

Watch Day 2 – 16 February 2023
The African Caribbean Summit 2023

Watch Day 3 – 17 February 2023
The Global Tourism Resilience Summit 2023

Message

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ITIC is pleased to be in partnership with RX South Africa and World Travel Market Africa to organize the African Tourism Investment Summit in with host City of Cape Town from the 3 to the 5 April 2023, will offer a unique opportunity to showcase the changing face of Africa and how certain countries are leading the way in transforming this bubbling continent

The Summit will extend its reach and gain more leverage in the global tourism industry especially in the current Covid-19 context where initiators of future developments are increasingly looking for alternative, less risk- wary sources of finance.

The ITIC – WTM African Tourism Investment Summit will focus on a number of topical issues which are highly critical in the decision-making process of investors, fund managers, venture capitalists and other financiers in screening projects.

The themes to be discussed by Africa’s leading Ministers of Tourism, policy makers, tourism professionals… try to address and propose solutions on climate change, sustainability, intra-Africa air connectivity but also the digital divide that is hindering the technological adoption in some parts of Africa …

This continent has always been a land of untapped opportunities which only need to be unleashed. The time has come for us to trigger the impetus for a new start of Africa’s tourism industry.

ITIC, the International Tourism Investment Corporation, has a medium and long- term plan to the growth of the travel and tourism industry by facilitating and channeling investments in the continent. We have spared no effort to support the realization of tourism projects throughout the world especially in Africa by connecting financiers as well as investors to project owners/developers while undertaking in parallel advisory and feasibility studies.

Furthermore, as honorary patron of the African Tourism Board, I am convinced that through synergistic actions, we can unite African States to join forces in branding the continent as a destination offering a diversity of out of the ordinary experiences, going beyond traditional wildlife to appeal to a wider audience of international travellers. I look forward for a highly fruitful Summit that would benefit to the greatest number in Africa.

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Programme

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African Tourism Investment Summit, ITIC WTM Africa 2023

Revitalizing investment in sustainable tourism on the African continent

Cape Town, 3 – 5 April 2023

Day 1 Monday 3 April 2023
Investment Summit
CTICC Cape Town – Global Stage
Day 2 & 3Tuesday 4 & Wednesday 5 April 2023
ITIC DEAL ROOM and Networking Meetings
CTICC Cape Town – Global Stage

Day 1
Monday 3 April 2023
Investment Summit

08:00 – 10:15 Official Opening by WTM AFRICA

08:05 Guests arrive

08:20 Choir performance

08:30 Introduction by Mark Sham, Founder & CEO Like a Tourist

08:40 Opening Remarks by Deputy Mayor City of Cape Town

08:45 Address by Hon. Patricia de Lille, Minister of Tourism, South Africa

08:55 Key Trends – high level overview ATW Trend Report

09:35 Walk About to main hall

10:00 Official Ribbon Cutting at the City of Cape Town Stand (Stand No. F05)

10:15 – 11:15 Africa Travel Week Trend Report

11:15 ATIS kicks off

Master of Ceremony: Hon. Nhlanhla Nene, Chairman of Ithebe Group, Board Member Old Mutual Insurance & Former Minister of Finance

11:15 – 11:30 Cooperation between the City of Malaga and Africa

Presentation by Jonathan Gómez Punzón, Head of Malaga Tourism Board

11:30 – 12:30 Ministerial Roundtable: Developing a sustainable tourism industry in Africa by integrating cultural, environment, good governance and social concerns

Moderator: Milton Nkosi, Chairman, MMN International Consulting / BBC

Introduction: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC and Former Secretary-General,UNWTO

Panellists:

Hon. Patricia de Lille, Minister of Tourism, South Africa
Hon. Philda Kereng, Minister of Tourism, Botswana
Hon. Peninah Malonza, OGW, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife & Cultural Heritage, Kenya
Hon. Memunatu Pratt, Minister of Tourism and Culture, Sierra Leone
Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
Hon. Moses M. Vilakati, Minister of Tourism & Environmental Affairs, Eswatini
Hon. Rodney M. Sikumba, Minister, Ministry of Tourism and Arts, Zambia
Susana Carillo, First Deputy Mayor, Delegate Councilor of the Urban Innovation and Digitalization Area, City of Malaga
Ken Osei, Principal Investment Officer, IFC

12:30 – 13:30Networking Lunch

13:35 – 14:30 Overcoming the critical problem of access to finance and investment for Africa’s tourism industry

Moderator: Rashid Toefy, Deputy Director General, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government, South Africa

Panellists:

Hamza Farooqui, CEO, Millat Investments (Pty) Ltd
Nkem Onwuamaegbu, Africa Regional Head, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group
Olivier Granet, Managing Partner/Chief Executive Officer, Kasada Capital Management
Daniel Trappler, Senior Director Of Development, Radisson Hotel Group
Moseketsi Mpeta, Head Tourism and Services, International Development Corporation(IDC)

14:30 – 15:15 Presentation of Tourism Investment Projects

14:30 – 15:00 Revitalised Investment Opportunities in Cape Town’s Northern Suburbs by Warren Hewitt, CEO Greater Tygerberg Partnership

15:00 – 15:15 Investment Opportunities in Botswana

15:15 – 15:30 Networking Break

15:30 – 16:00 Women in Tourism in Africa

Moderator: Amanda Michelle Mvinjelwa, Key Account Manager Airline and Government Agencies, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)

Panellists:

Hon. Peninah Malonza, OGW, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife & Cultural Heritage, Kenya
Candice Meyer, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Sthembiso Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer, Gauteng Tourism Authority
Corne Koch, Head of the Western Cape Convention Bureau, Wesgro
Lee-Anne Singer, Chairwoman, FEDHASA

16:15 – 17:00 Initiatives to liberalise civil aviation and boost intra-regional travel and paving the way for the symbiotic regional cooperation in tourism across Africa

Moderator: Milton Nkosi, Chairman, MMN International Consulting/BBC

Panellists:

Aaron Munetsi, CEO, Airlines Association of Southern Africa
Afzal Parambil, Regional Manager Southern Africa, Emirates Airline
Rui Carreira, Non-Executive Board Member, TAAG Angolan Airlines
Adebayo Adedeji, CEO, Wakanow.com Limited

17:00 – 17:30 Transforming positively the business climate and competitiveness of the African Continent

Moderator: Kojo Bentum-Williams, Voyage Afrique

Panellists:

Themba Khumalo, Acting CEO South Africa Tourism
Tshoganetso Carl-Ponoesele, Acting CEO, Botswana Tourism Office
Cuthbert Ncube, Executive Chairman, African Tourism Board
Harold Goodwin, Responsible Tourism Partnership and Adviser World Travel Market
JP van der Merwe, Head of Investment Promotion, Wesgro, The Western Cape’s Trade, Investment and Tourism promotion agency

17:30 – 17:45 Closing

Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO, ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd

Day 2 & 3
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Wednesday 5 April 2023

Presentations of Tourism Projects in need of Investment

Tourism Destinations and Developers can meet ITIC team at the WTM Sustainability village to pitch to discuss the investment potential of their projects in need of investment.
The networking meetings will give access to global & local businesses to promote joint-ventures / partnerships dedicated to accelerating investment in the travel and tourism sector.
The programme will provide a conducive networking and business environment that will add massive business value to the global/regional/local private sector.
We will ensure follow-up with the project owners/developers, potential investors after the forum and source, facilitate and structure investments in the selected projects.

Speakers

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About the Summit

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Revitalizing investment in sustainable tourism on the African continent

Promoting Africa as a key tourism investment destination

As a major economic contributor for many African countries, the travel and tourism industry offers a plethora of opportunity, uniquely positioned to develop, attract and enhance economic prosperity across the continent; facilitate cross border collaboration throughout the value chain, and provide exceptional experiences to visitors from around the world.

The African Tourism Investment Summit in partnership with WTM, brings together esteemed speakers and key professionals in the private and public sector, to highlight investment trends, industry challenges and opportunities.

Held during Africa Travel Week, the event attracts ministers, mayors, investors, private equity firms, venture capitalists, decision makers, international buyers and travel professionals, with business translating into millions of dollars to boost Africa’s economy, while providing visitors a lifetime of memories.

Who should attend?