African Travel Market, a Lagos-based leading travel and tourism event in West Africa, would once again participate at this year’s Magical Kenya Travel Expo (MKTE), which will be held in Nairobi this October.
Akwaaba, which will participate at the expo as an exhibitor, is the only international travel fair in West Africa in the last 22 years, and has consistently participated at several travel fairs around the world including: World Travel Market WTM London, EMITT Travel Expo Istanbul, Turkey, ITB Berlin, Germany, Magical Kenya Travel Expo, Kenya, Pearl of Africa Travel Expo POATE, Uganda, Kilifair Expo in Arusha, Tanzania, Sanganai in Zimbabwe, Travel Indaba in Durban, South Africa, among others. In 2025, Akwaaba made its presence at MKTE as an exhibitor for the first time and will again participate this year as an exhibitor. The 16th MKTE is set to take place from October 6-8, 2026, at the Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Akwaaba, targeted mainly at Africans promoting Africa to Africans, has successfully opened up intra-African travel, connecting Africans to each other. In its 22 years of existence, it has networked African tour operators, hospitality, aviation and other travel professionals. It attracts over 3000 tourism professionals from over 20 African countries. The three-day exhibition attended by delegates from all over Africa, will hold its 23rd edition from September 5-7, 2027.
In 2022, it received an award of excellence from the UN Tourism and the Nigerian Ministry of Tourism.
Many presidents and VIPs have attended Akwaaba, including President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Dawda Jawara of The Gambia, current President Bola Tinubu among others. It is the host of the annual Africa Travel 100 Awards, the African Medical Tourism Expo and the West African Jollof Rice war.