Ria's Colony
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Building partnerships

Aerial Connect

Connecting people, places, and opportunities.

Aerial View helps people discover new places. Aerial Connect helps those places reach more people. It connects tourism boards, governments and hospitality businesses with the audience, partners and investors already inside Ria's Colony.

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What it is

Aerial Connect helps tourism boards, governments and hospitality businesses tell their story to people who are already planning trips and looking for new places to explore. It also connects them with the businesses, investors and partners who want to work with them.

How it's different

Aerial View helps people discover new places. Aerial Connect helps those places reach more people.

Same audience. Different side of the story.

Why this matters right now

74M

international visitors welcomed by Africa in 2024, up 12% from the year before (UNWTO, 2025).

82%

of all global travel decisions are made by women (Skift Research, 2024).

15.7%

yearly growth in solo women's travel across the Middle East and Africa (Grand View Research).

What you get

Country stories

A full country guide covering culture, food, safety and history, plus photo and video content and posts across our channels. Made by our team, not outsourced.

Reach the right people

Direct reach into the people already inside Ria's Colony: women across Africa and the diaspora who are actively reading, learning and planning trips.

Business connections

We connect a government or business directly to the investors, operators and partners who are ready to talk.

Events

We plan and run trade shows, investment forums and tourism summits, and bring our own audience into the room.

Who this is for

Tourism boards

and government ministries who want more visitors and more investment.

Trade bodies

and event organisers building trade shows, forums and summits.

Corporate partners

and investors looking for a direct line to a real, engaged audience.

Run tourism or trade for a country or business?

Tell us about your country or business and what you need. We will get back to you directly.