Future Leaders Platform - Challenges - Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya

Key themes of the Future Leaders Platform

Build

Building a hospitality and tourism platform within the east africa region to share knowledge and connect stakeholders

Inspire

Inspire the industry with creative solutions to strategic issues created by top talents of the schools

Empowe

Empower (future) talent to step into their full potential.

Attract

Attract and inspire future talents to choose
a career in the tourism and hospitality
industry within the east africa region

Attract and inspire future talents to choose a career in the tourism and hospitality industry within the east africa region

Abbas Gullet

Director
Boma International Hospitality College

David Chiawo

Dean, School of Tourism and Hospitality, Strathmore University

Elma Labuschagne

Cluster Director of Operations, Fairmont the Norfolk & Mara Safari Club

Hubert Ummels

Owner and Founder GameChangers Group

Rob Kucera

District Director East Africa & GM of Radisson Blu Nairobi, Upper Hill Ho

Simon Hudson

Country Manager Kenya, Accor

Dr. Esther Kagure Munyiri

Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre - Eastern Africa Kenyatta University

Devota Mdachi

Head of Communication and Marketing Unit, National College of Tourism

Lilly Ajarova

Senior Presidential Advisor on Tourism, Uganda

Participating Schools

The Future Leaders Challenge East Africa is collaborating with different hospitality and tourism Schools spread over the countries

major

Your school offers a major in hospitality and/or tourism industry

location

Your school is based in East Africa

language

Your selected students and representatives master the English language

Finals

Your school will provide 4 students that will be final year students in year 2024-2025