Des here - team builder at Walk4Africa (W4A). Our collective vision is to grow Africa's share of the outdoor (adventure) tourism market in support of the #AfricaAgenda2063 goals. I am developing an outdoor event marketplace to boost sustainable tourism in Africa. 👉 You're invited to join the team as a co-founder in your (African) country. We have co-founders in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia. Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania are pending confirmation. Co-founders for the remaining 46 African states are actively being sought. To help you decide (respond to this post), here's a brief Q&A: Why is W4A re-launching as a marketplace? Let's look at some stats (from futuremarketinsights.com): 🌍 The global outdoor (adventure) tourism market earned $282 billion in 2021. 🐘 Market statistics for the Africa continent as a whole is estimated at $112.2 million 😱 For Africa, this figure represent a market share of under 0.04%! Why is Africa performing poorly? Ther...

I'm Desmond Langkilde, a limber 63 year young fossil, a travel writer, and a dreamer. I have a dream that's born of passion, nurtured through countless hours, even years, of planning, budgetting, and grant funding application rejections. And still the Dream persists! Undaunted by others who consider the Dream to be fanciful, unrealistic, or just plain crazy. If your dreams are similar, then I'm in good company. This is a long story. So sit back, grab a coffee (or your favourite tipple), and read on as I share my dream with you. Then, at the end, make a comment. Be critical. Share your dream. How did you overcome setbacks to turn your dream into reality? After all, I'm posting this to get feedback and inspiration from the Travel Massive community (or anyone you care to share this post with). 👉 So, here's my dream; to walk the entire Africa coastline, including the continents' islands - 40 countries, 40,000km, 52 million steps. And while walking, to tell Africas' stories. Storie...