South Africa, Feb. 24 -- In only three years since the annual destination Brand Summit was inaugurated, the number of award nominations have grown from about 20 in 2018 to just over 30 in 2019, and the geographic spread has also grown impressively, attracting nominations from several provinces of South Africa.

Following a two-year South Africa-focused incubation, the Brand Summit Africa/Africa Brand Summit is progressively spreading its thematic and programmatic focus to integrate broader, Pan-African, relevance. Organisers aim to grow the number of African countries represented from nine in 2019 to a lot more, in 2020 and beyond.

The confirmed presence of the United Nations and the African Development Bank, in addition to confirmed att...