Auteur/autrice : lautaro frick
Five Debates That Defined Angola’s Global Tourism Investment ForumLUANDA — If the opening ceremony of the GTF Angola Tourism Investment Forum set the political and strategic tone, the panel sessions that followed gave that ambition its intellectual substance. Over the course of the summit, a wide range of international experts, industry executives and development specialists took to the stage to debate the conditions required for Angola — and Africa more broadly — to realise their tourism potential. The exchanges were candid, comparative and at times pointed. This article draws on a selection of those contributions. Many other speakers participated across…
LUANDA — Angola formally opened the Global Tourism Forum (GTF) Investment Summit Angola 2026 this week in Luanda, a three-day gathering running from 17 to 19 June that has brought together more than a thousand investors, policymakers and tourism industry executives in the Angolan capital. The opening ceremony was presided over by President João Lourenço and attended by Mozambican President Daniel Chapo, lending the proceedings a distinctly regional character and underscoring the summit’s ambition to extend beyond Angola’s borders into a broader conversation about tourism investment across Southern Africa. Organised by the Angolan government in partnership with the World Tourism…
Belgium and Türkiye have maintained close economic and political relations for decades, shaped by strong trade ties, NATO cooperation, industrial integration, and a large Turkish diaspora in Belgium. In recent years, however, those relations have begun to acquire a new strategic dimension. As Europe confronts a rapidly deteriorating security environment, Türkiye is increasingly being viewed not only as a commercial partner, but also as a geopolitical actor central to the continent’s future security architecture. Against this backdrop, Queen Mathilde’s economic mission to Türkiye from 10 to 14 May 2026 carried significance well beyond traditional trade diplomacy. The visit — the…