Africa Travel Week

Unlock Podcast: Connecting Africa with Phaka Hlazo

Innovator and connector, Phaka Hlazo shares how her love for travel started, why she is passionate about Africa and what the future holds not only for her but the African travel industry.

Phaka Hlazo is the Founder and Managing Director of Zulu Nomad. She is a seasoned strategist, and a hands-on operational lead with vast experience in the implementation of strategic change initiatives in Africa, Europe and Asia. The founder of Zulu Nomad, a digital services business servicing the tourism industry, Phaka has over four years operational presence in the African travel market, and over seven years in change management and digital transformation consultation. Phaka believes that technology innovation is a necessary enabler to true transformation and inclusion in the tourism sector, as such in 2019, Zulu Nomad launched the inaugural Africa Travel Hackathon.

Africa Travel Week

Africa Travel Week (ATW) focuses on inbound and outbound markets for general leisure tourism, luxury travel, LGBTQ+ travel and the MICE/business travel sector as well as travel technology. Shows include: ILTM Africa, WTM Africa, EQUAL Africa, ibtm AFRICA, Travel Forward, Sports & Events Tourism Exchange and African Tourism Investment Summit.