13: Funding and the Business of Tourism in Africa with Phakamile Hlazo and Nnenna Fakoya-Smith

Topics: Women in Tourism, Nnenna Fakoya-Smith, Tourism SMMEs in Africa, Tourism funding, Phakamile Hlazo, South Africa, Nigeria

Do not miss this conversation on tourism funding and travel trends hosted by South African Tourism Strategist Phakamile Hlazo. Phakamile chats to Nigerian award-winning tourism promoter and visibility coach Nnenna Fakoya-Smith about her newly launched Tourism Crowdfunding platform and Walk For Love campaign.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[1:42] About Nnenna: intro and background

[3:55] Impact of Covid19 in Nigeria

[6:08] Tourism Crowdfunding platform

[13:30] African SMMEs and the issue of funding

[17:50] The process of setting up a tourism crowdfunding platform in Africa

[24:00] Trends in African tourism

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

Nnenna Fakoya-Smith: https://www.instagram.com/ajalanene/?hl=en

Walk for Love: https://linktr.ee/WalkForLoveAfrica

Phakamile Hlazo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phakamile-hlazo-84843432/

Zulu Nomad: https://www.zulunomad.com/