The Ministry of Financial system and Tourism introduced that it’s going to host the UAE Africa Tourism Funding Summit on October 27, 2025, in Dubai, as a part of the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS World 2025) – one of many main world platforms for the hospitality, tourism, and funding sectors. The Summit goals to reinforce financial and tourism partnerships between the UAE and African nations, boosting mutual investments throughout key precedence sectors, notably tourism, hospitality, and associated companies.
As a part of the initiative, the Ministry of Financial system and Tourism signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Bench – the organizers of FHS World – within the presence of H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Financial system and Tourism. The MoU was signed by H.E. Badreya Al Maidoor, Assistant Undersecretary for the Help Companies Sector on the Ministry, and Daria Smith, Portfolio Director at The Bench. The 2 events will collaborate on organizing the occasion and coordinating its promotional efforts, in step with the Summit’s goal of highlighting funding alternatives in tourism-related actions and initiatives throughout the African continent.
The occasion will convey collectively over 250 high-level members, together with senior authorities officers, decision-makers, and buyers from 53 African nations, together with tourism ministers and representatives of funding promotion companies from throughout the continent. This reinforces the UAE’s position as a dependable funding accomplice for Africa and opens new avenues for strategic collaboration in important sectors that contribute to constructing a extra built-in and sustainable financial future.
H.E. Badreya Al Maidoor stated: “The UAE Africa Tourism Funding Summit will function a strategic platform for exchanging insights and experience between the UAE and African nations, supporting sustainable growth efforts by means of the institution of initiatives and partnerships that serve mutual pursuits. This aligns with the goals of ‘We the UAE 2031’ imaginative and prescient, which goals to place the nation as a number one world hub for the brand new economic system, pushed by worldwide partnerships and future-focused sectors.”
Jonathan Worsley, Chairman & CEO of The Bench stated: “We’re honoured to accomplice with the UAE Ministry of Financial system & Tourism to launch the UAE Africa Tourism Funding Summit as a part of FHS World 2025. This collaboration displays our shared ambition to speed up funding and growth throughout Africa’s hospitality sector. The UAE has lengthy served as a bridge between world capital and rising markets, and this new platform will strengthen the connections between African nations and the worldwide funding neighborhood. Collectively, we’re creating an ecosystem that fosters significant dialogue, unlocks deal movement, and drives long-term financial development throughout the continent.”
The Summit will allow members to discover alternatives for collaboration between authorities entities and the non-public sector throughout the tourism, funding, infrastructure, and hospitality sectors in each the UAE and the African continent. It additionally seeks to spotlight future initiatives throughout the tourism and hospitality sectors in each markets.
For extra details about the “UAE–Africa Tourism Funding Summit” please go to the official web site on the following hyperlink: https://www.futurehospitality.com/ais.