“I support the West Africa Discovery team with marketing planning and campaigns. My passion for West Africa developed whilst studying anthropology at university. For the last few years I've  been interested in the possibilities of using the internet and social media to promote sustainability and development in Africa. For my next travel experience I'm hoping to make it to Mali, for the Festival in the Desert." Contact: harry@westafricadiscovery.co.uk

"For most of my career I have worked in various positions looking after programmes for sustainable development, responsible tourism development and Millenium Development Goals along side organisations such as the WTO and MDG-F. Today, with my experience, I follow, support and strengthen various Responsible Tourism structures in the Northern Senegalese regions of Louga and St. Louis. I advise and train small tour operators operating in the region so that they respond to Responsible Tourism criteria and make sure that the host families included in the projects are trained to deal with tourists needs."

"I am a student in Ghana of tourism and finance and have been involved in the Ghanaian tourism industry as part of my studies. I offered West Africa Discovery my research and photographic skills in order to allow them to have a better understanding of Ghana, its people, natural habitats, history and culture. I work closely with tour operators in the country and am passionate about implementing responsible tourism policies in the industry as I feel that it will provide many opportunities for the local communities on an economic scale but also will develop respect for the heritages we are so proud of in Ghana."  Contact: manuel@westafricadiscovery.co.uk

"As a state Coordinator of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), I care deeply about the development of the volunteer sector in Nigeria. With an interest in Volunteering, I have been nurturing an idea to improve the issue of voluntourism in Africa which has lead to the initiative of “African–European Volunteer Network”. After having an opportunity to attend MBOKA 2008 (The Gambia), I found it worthy to connect tourism with volunteering. I found West Africa Discovery as an avenue to have more experience about tourism and to expand my volunteering in other areas." Contact: taiwo@westafricadiscovery.co.uk

"During my 4 years at university, whilst doing a degree in Marketing and French, I had the opportunity to spend a year in Senegal researching the possibility of developing community based ecotourism and how to market it to the UK. Thanks to this experience, I developed a passion for responsible tourism, and decided to create West Africa Discovery. Currently I am doing an MSc in Responsible Tourism Management and have just come back from Sierra Leone where I conducted some research on the potential for implementing and developing the concept of responsible tourism." Contact: thomas@westafricadiscovery.co.uk