The third annual Africa Travel Content Creator Conference (AFTCOC) will be hosted in Kampala, the Ugandan capital city, come October. The flagship event brings the continent’s finest digital storytellers in one place for one purpose only: to present pure and powerful African tourism. The conference will be held at the Protea Skys Hotel and expects over 200 content creators in attendance, specifically bloggers, vloggers, tourism boards, and brands.
Organized by Taste of Africa Vibes, one of the prominent Facebook communities with over 67,000 international members, the AFTCOC is focused on bringing influential African travel influencers to the forefront. The conference wants to connect the local and global tourism experts with the influencers to learn from each other, refine storytelling skills, and showcase the continent’s unseen to the world.
Online Marketplace for African Travel Content Creators
This year’s tagline, “Unveiling Africa Through Creative Content,” highlights the urgency to explore and promote the off-the-beaten-path places in Africa. With its intriguing cultural existence, vibrant arts scene, and natural appeal, Uganda presents the perfect backdrop for these proceedings. “It’s a wonderful achievement for Uganda to have this conference here,” says Precious Gumisiriza, who refers to herself as The Mukiga Traveller. “We will learn how to tell the best story about ourselves by listening to the masters of the digital storytelling craft.”
Kampala, being one of the fastest-rising cities in Africa, offers more than the venue for the event. The city in itself is the cultural centre, providing the perfect ambience for the content producers to feel and capture the culture, music, arts, and history of Africa. Through hosting the conference, the country will also promote itself as the next upcoming world tourism destination, aimed at tourists as well as business investors.
Ticketing and Accommodation Details
The three-day festival will be laden with seminars, conferences, and panel meetings discussing the subjects of content creation, digital marketing, and the role of the influencer in tourism. The organizers of the festival have various grades of tickets to make sure they accommodate everybody because the early punter tickets come at UGX 150,000 and regular tickets at UGX 180,000. The funds will enable the attendee to participate in all the activities at the conference including the performances as well as the question-and-answer sessions with the professionals in the field.
Protea Skys Hotel has assured of its preparedness to receive the conference, providing special rates for accommodation at single occupancy at USD 130 for visiting guests. David Omondi Onyango, on behalf of the hotel, indicated the hotel’s enthusiasm for hosting the conference guests, stating, “As a hotel, we stand prepared to offer our guests the best experience alongside the promotion of the hospitality in Uganda.”
A Focus on Sponsorship and Collaboration Opportunities
Ajena Jafar, one of the main partners of the festival, mentioned the tremendous value of the partnership with the Taste of Africa Vibes and the sponsorship opportunities available. The local tourism boards, the businesses, and the stakeholders in general will be able to promote the brands to the entire global community, forming significant relationships that would most assuredly reap future opportunities for collaboration and additional publicity.
“Small- and medium-scale enterprises within the local community will be able to present their services to content producers and tourism experts from around the world,” explained Jafar. “The partnership has the potential to benefit the Ugandan economy and promote the country’s image in global tourism arenas.”
Elevating Kampala’s Profile as the Top Travel Destination
The ultimate goal of the Africa Travel Content Creator Conference is to highlight the beauty and wealth of Uganda and the other African countries. Kampala’s budding tourism industry offers the city the chance to not just showcase its culture but to advance responsible tourism practices as well. Through the addition of digital storytelling events, seminars on content creation, and networking events for local enterprises, the AFTCOC is building the foundation for future partnerships in ensuring responsible travel.
The conference will also discuss how content creators can advocate for awareness regarding off-the-beaten-path sites in Africa and showcase them as competitive tourist sites. Considering local businesses, tourism boards, and international creators, the conference will advocate for the popularity of Kampala and Uganda as leading 2025 and beyond trip destinations.
Conclusion: An African Tourism Transformation Event
As the AFTCOC approaches, the tourism circles in Uganda grow more and more excited in anticipation of the encounter of the wave of innovativeness and creativeness bound to emanate from the conference. The event shall not only be where the content creators shall learn the most but shall also offer insightful understanding on how the tourism brand of Africa shall be great in the world. Kampala being the destination, the city shall consolidate its role as the driving force behind the initiative to showcase the tourism of Africa by digital means and creative storytelling.
Source : Travel and Tour world
