Guest Speakers
Pelu Awofeso
Award winning journalist including CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Award, Nigeria’s foremost travel writer, Founder/CEO of Travu Magazine
Valerie Masumbuko
Human rights activist, Former Deputy Expert at International Criminal Court, Lecturer, Researcher, Gender and Development Specialist
Michael Runkel
World’s 2nd most travelled person. Award winning travel photographer appearing in the New York Times, National Geographic Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Penguin Books & more. Among world’s Top 5 Travel Photographers 2021 & 2022
Sanni Olarotimi
Co-founder/CEO of Kenya Safari Wedding - Africa’s biggest destination wedding organization, digital entrepreneur, content marketer, photographer
Amb. Nneka Isaac-Moses
Co-Founder/Director Goge Africa World Wide Limited - producers of the multi-award winning television show Goge Africa, documentary writer, destination promoter
Amb. Iketchi Uko
Tourism pioneer, organizer of Akwaaba African Travel Market - West Africa’s first international travel fair. Publisher of Africa Travel Quarterly Magazine and ATQnews
Clara Chinwe Okoro
Founder/COO of My Beautiful Africa, Executive Producer at Brandworld Media, Chairman of Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN), television host and media innovator
Bolaji Alonge
Founder of Eyes Of A Lagos Boy, artist, actor, photographer, deep sea-diver, ecological justice activist, journalist, a permanent fixture in the Lagos art scene
Motunrayo Omotoke Fatoki
Founder of Alarinka and Impact Adventurers, award winning domestic tourism promoter, social entrepreneur, avid traveller having visited all 36 Nigerian states
Special Guests Of Honour
Prince Bamidele Obaitan, Honourable Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism & Diaspora Affairs - Edo State, Nigeria, and his lovely wife Princess Rebecca Obaitan
Honourable Apata Samson Nunayon
CEO/MD of Eko Destination Limited and Eko Tourism Online Radio
Mr. Oladipo Jemi-Alade
CEO of Jemi-Alade & Associates Limited
Mr. Efetabo Awhana
Founder of Nigeria Travel Week and the Nigeria Tourism Awards
The venue
EbonyLife Place is a premier luxury resort for leisure, entertainment, and events. Located in Victoria Island, Lagos, this beautiful edifice contains a boutique hotel, a cinema, restaurants - including a rooftop outdoor dining area with spectacular skyline views, meeting and screening rooms, an event hall, and more!
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