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Africa: Do You Need Another App to Discover Beautiful Places When You Travel?
TechCrunch, 28 September 2021
The founders of Backdrop, a photo-sharing app that merges tech, social media and travel, think you do Read more »
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East Africa: Slow Digital Uptake in Domestic Air Travel
East African, 6 July 2021
The digital travel locator app, Jitenge, launched on June 18 for domestic airline travel across all Kenyan ports of entry has recorded a slow uptake, two weeks after its… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Hosts First Virtual Tourism Expo in the Region
Monitor, 8 May 2021
Yvonne Sandra Kunda, a tour consultant, appeared to be in a jovial mood at the closing ceremony of this year's Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala.… Read more »
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Uganda: New App to Inspire Ugandan Youths, Boost Tourism
Monitor, 21 April 2021
A Ugandan businessman has unveiled a video-sharing social networking Application intended to inspire youth and market the east African nation to the outside world with a view of… Read more »
Can This App Find More Hot Travel Spots In Africa?
In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends, writes Tage Kene-Okafor for TechCrunch.
One friend reached out to Ajiboye asking if he knew of any platform where she could find new, aesthetically pleasing places to dine in, visit and take pictures. And then, during a trip to Miami, he and his friends actively sought out beautiful places to eat - and take photos.
More than 36% of social media users use platforms for travel ideas, according to Statista; over 60% of these people share photos when travelling. There's currently no go-to platform to find attractive places just for the sake of it. The founders say Backdrop is primarily built for this, as well as travel discovery.
With Backdrop, users can discover and share beautiful places to take pictures based on their interests and criteria. The founders believe that with post-pandemic travel becoming more complex, Backdrop can serve as a travel companion for millennials and Gen Zers, especially those obsessed with travelling to pretty places.
Top-left: Fishermen in Mauritius. Top-right: The coastline in Essaouira, Morocco. Bottom-left: Safari in the Serengeti. Bottom-right: A tourist dances along to a cultural song in Ethiopia.
