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The Tourism Investment Forum Africa (TIFA) offers destinations an ideal platform to support and contribute to their economic development and growth efforts by actively promoting investment and trade opportunities within their tourism and related sectors of their economies. TIFA seeks to promote tourism and related sectors investment, finance solutions and opportunities between African countries and the rest of the World.
As an investment conference predicated on the philosophy of “a global platform for local action”, the TIFA aims to position and profile host locations and other participating African destinations as attractive investment locations and tourism destinations, thereby contributing to the achievement of their economic development and growth ambitions. By creating a platform for access to capital, networks and exchange of insights, the Forum also aims to facilitate the development of start-ups and growth of emerging and established businesses in the tourism and related sectors. The TIFA also aims to promote and facilitate investment into other sectors of the economy which directly and indirectly impact the business travel and tourism economy of the host and participating destinations.
Held in the Green Kalahari in Upington, Northern Cape in June 2023, the inaugural TIFA attracted more than 190 delegates and saw 13 countries presenting more than 50 investment projects and opportunities to the tune of more than $40 billion. Along with Development Finance Institutions, Private Equity and Venture Capital companies, the conference was also graced by multilateral organisations such as the AfCFTA Secretariat, the United, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNWTO and the South African Ministries of Tourism and Transport
The Key Objectives of the Tourism Investment Forum Africa are to:
Unlocking Intra Africa Tourism Investment,
Building Long Term Sustainability and Resilience
"Forging Global Partnerships for Inclusive Local Economic
Development Through Sustainable Investment
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Millvest is a South African company that operates services in different sectors of the economy. Our primary service offering is client-need-driven advisory, consulting and project management services in the tourism, hospitality and convention industries. We also undertake investment facilitation in these and other sectors of the economy.
Miller Matola, the Founder and Director of the company has more than 25 years’ experience in management and leadership roles in the Tourism and Business Events Industries collectively. His experience and expertise spans areas such as Tourism Quality Assurance, Destination Marketing, Event Venue Operations, Event Organising, Tourism Business Consulting and Investment Facilitation. He participates on various platforms as a speaker, both in South Africa and across the Continent. He has also led country branding initiatives for South Africa, in which role he was responsible for numerous investor and stakeholder outreach initiatives in the USA, China, Kenya, Nigeria, Australia, UAE, as well as at major multi-national platforms such as World Economic Forum, State Visits, BRICS Forum and the Global Forum.
Since its establishment in 2015, Millvest has organised or managed several high level investment conferences and missions for both local and international clients, including North West Investment Mission (2015), Tshwane Trade & Investment Conference (2016), North West Trade & Investment Conference (2017), Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (2019), Zhejiang-South Africa Tourism Seminar (2019), Tshwane Investment Summit, 2019, Africa’s Travel & Tourism Summit (2021),and BON Day Business Seminars and Workshops at Africa’s Travel Indaba (2022) and the Ghana- South Africa Week Tourism & Investment Conference – 2022
Millvest has also provided advisory, project management and investment facilitation services on various projects across the agribusiness, mining, energy, tourism and convention industries.
