Amos Wekesa’s 22-year tourism story is a typical ‘started from the bottom, now we are here’ story. He proudly indicates on his CV that he started out as a sweeper with Belex Tours and Travel (1997-1998) from whence he became an office messenger with Nile Safaris (1998-1999) and then scaled the ladders up to a Tour Guide with Habari Tours (1999-2000). Between 2000-2001 he got a job as a Sales and Reservations Officer with Afrique Voyage (2000 -2001) before throwing in the towel and founding his own Great Lakes Safaris Ltd in April 2001. Business thrived and in…





