26-27 October 2026
26-27 October 2026
26-27 October 2026
Eastern Africa
Future Leaders Challenge
Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa
Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa
Where the next generation meets the leaders shaping hospitality & tourism.
Where the next generation meets the leaders shaping hospitality & tourism.
Where the next generation meets the leaders shaping hospitality & tourism.
EASTERN AFRICA
EASTERN AFRICA
EASTERN AFRICA
About this edition
The Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa brings together leading hospitality & tourism schools, future talent and industry leaders for a national experience built around challenge, learning, connection and opportunity. Students are challenged to develop and defend their vision on real issues shaping the future of the sector, while building direct relationships with the people and organisations leading it today.
The Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa brings together leading hospitality & tourism schools, future talent and industry leaders for a national experience built around challenge, learning, connection and opportunity. Students are challenged to develop and defend their vision on real issues shaping the future of the sector, while building direct relationships with the people and organisations leading it today.
The Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa brings together leading hospitality & tourism schools, future talent and industry leaders for a national experience built around challenge, learning, connection and opportunity. Students are challenged to develop and defend their vision on real issues shaping the future of the sector, while building direct relationships with the people and organisations leading it today.
Community over Competition
We believe in community over competition. By bringing students, educators, industry leaders and governments together, we create an environment where people share knowledge, build relationships and work together to shape the future of the industry.
We believe in community over competition. By bringing students, educators, industry leaders and governments together, we create an environment where people share knowledge, build relationships and work together to shape the future of the industry.
We believe in community over competition. By bringing students, educators, industry leaders and governments together, we create an environment where people share knowledge, build relationships and work together to shape the future of the industry.
The previous Edition
Everyone in one room.
Everyone in one room.
2025
2025
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Participants
National Strategic Board
The people who set the standard locally.
The people who set the standard locally.
Every country runs its own strategic board – operators, educators and destination authorities who shape the brief and hold the outcomes to account.
Every country runs its own strategic board – operators, educators and destination authorities who shape the brief and hold the outcomes to account.
Every country runs its own strategic board – operators, educators and destination authorities who shape the brief and hold the outcomes to account.
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Every country has its own Strategic Board.
Partnership, felt not stated
What partners actually get out of it.
What partners actually get out of it.
Our partners do not buy a logo placement. Our partners become part of the ecosystem – gaining access to talent, education and industry networks while helping shape initiatives that create measurable workforce and economic impact.
Our partners do not buy a logo placement. Our partners become part of the ecosystem – gaining access to talent, education and industry networks while helping shape initiatives that create measurable workforce and economic impact.
Our partners do not buy a logo placement. Our partners become part of the ecosystem – gaining access to talent, education and industry networks while helping shape initiatives that create measurable workforce and economic impact.
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Partnerships
The voices of our partners
The voices of our partners
For organisations that want the Moroccan market specifically. Global packages covering all editions are set out on the Partners Page
For organisations that want the Moroccan market specifically. Global packages covering all editions are set out on the Partners Page
For organisations that want the Moroccan market specifically. Global packages covering all editions are set out on the Partners Page
Latest Release
Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa Announces Its Largest Edition Yet
Future Leaders Challenge Eastern Africa Announces Its Largest Edition Yet
Under the patronage of Hon. Rebecca Miano, EGH, the 2026 edition will bring together 11 countries and 30 institutions in Nairobi
Under the patronage of Hon. Rebecca Miano, EGH, the 2026 edition will bring together 11 countries and 30 institutions in Nairobi
Under the patronage of Hon. Rebecca Miano, EGH, the 2026 edition will bring together 11 countries and 30 institutions in Nairobi
For participating schools
Eligibility & how to enter
Eligibility & how to enter
Participation is free. Institutions enter teams of four; national coordinators handle logistics with each school directly.
Participation is free. Institutions enter teams of four; national coordinators handle logistics with each school directly.
Participation is free. Institutions enter teams of four; national coordinators handle logistics with each school directly.
Who can participate in the Future Leaders Challenge?
The challenge is open to schools, not individual students. To take part, your institution needs to meet all four criteria:
Your school offers a major in the hospitality and/or tourism industry
Your school is based in Eastern Africa
Your selected students and representatives master the English language
Your school provides a team of 4 final-year students
Each school enters one team of four, accompanied by a guiding teacher. If you're unsure whether your programme qualifies, contact us before applying – we'd rather talk it through than have you rule yourself out.
Who can participate in the Future Leaders Challenge?
The challenge is open to schools, not individual students. To take part, your institution needs to meet all four criteria:
Your school offers a major in the hospitality and/or tourism industry
Your school is based in Eastern Africa
Your selected students and representatives master the English language
Your school provides a team of 4 final-year students
Each school enters one team of four, accompanied by a guiding teacher. If you're unsure whether your programme qualifies, contact us before applying – we'd rather talk it through than have you rule yourself out.
Who can participate in the Future Leaders Challenge?
The challenge is open to schools, not individual students. To take part, your institution needs to meet all four criteria:
Your school offers a major in the hospitality and/or tourism industry
Your school is based in Eastern Africa
Your selected students and representatives master the English language
Your school provides a team of 4 final-year students
Each school enters one team of four, accompanied by a guiding teacher. If you're unsure whether your programme qualifies, contact us before applying – we'd rather talk it through than have you rule yourself out.
What does the challenge involve?
What does the challenge involve?
What does the challenge involve?
What does it cost to participate?
What does it cost to participate?
What does it cost to participate?
What do students and schools gain from taking part?
What do students and schools gain from taking part?
What do students and schools gain from taking part?
What happens after the national edition?
What happens after the national edition?
What happens after the national edition?
Be part of the Eastern African edition.
Be part of the Eastern African edition.
Schools attend free. Employers set the briefs. Governments use the outcomes. Choose your route in.
Schools attend free. Employers set the briefs. Governments use the outcomes. Choose your route in.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.
An initiative of the Future Leaders Platform – building the world's most connected hospitality and tourism talent ecosystem.