Two Ugandan travel tech startups; Tulavo and Tripesa have featured on the list of top African startups in the tourism sector that have resisted strong competition from multinational global tech giants in 2023.

Axel Peyriere, an African tourism enthusiast in the United Emirates who is also the CEO of Auto24.Africa participated in the compilation of this list which he posted on the LinkedIn platform. He acknowledged efforts by African tourism startups to thrive amidst competition from global giants like booking.com and Airbnb.

“It’s true, African tourism startups scene face stiff competition from global giants like Booking.com and Airbnb”, Axel admitted in a LinkedIn post before he went further to acknowledge African startups that he described as ‘local Heroes’ who are taking on the challenge from the global giants.

“But let’s tip our hats to the local heros who take on local challenges”. Exel advised.

Tulavo and Tripesa (formerly tripxio) were both accelerated by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) under the Travel tech for good (TT4G) program in 2020. The program which held by empact and Tui Care Foundation supported 6 companies selected from the 20 UN East African region and was held virtually due to the COVID-19 global lockdown.

Tulavo is a hotel booking platform for affordable hotels rooms which has an objective of promoting the visibility of affordable local hotels on the internet to allow more visitors on the continent. The company is ISO Certified.

Axel Peyriere will speak in the AutosBuzz 2023 in Lisbon

Tripesa is a booking engine for tourism services allowing tour companies to sell their services online.

Other African startups on the list is Bongalo from Rwanda, HotelOnline from Kenya, Purple Elephant Ventures from Kenya, Rhino Africa from South Africa and Tripitaca from Kenya.

Among the startups listed, Tulavo and Tripesa seemed to be the only unfunded startups. This could be attributed to the location issue since Uganda attracts few startup investors thereby affecting the growth and development of startups in Uganda.

The CEO at Tulavo, Stephen Okhutu revealed during an interview with Scribe that startup space in Uganda is so much disadvantaged due to lack of a connected Eco system supported by the ignorance from policy makers about how startups work.

The few startups that manage to survive either resort to bootstrapping or change location to either Kenya or Rwanda.

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