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Globe and Mail
20 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Adventure Out Loud Features New High-Impact Safari Travel Options Across Africa
Brisbane, Australia - July 2, 2025 - Australian social enterprise Adventure Out Loud announced a renewed focus on high-impact safari & adventure travel experiences throughout Eastern and Southern Africa. This initiative reflects the company's mission to integrate transformative travel with social good, as 50% of its profits continue to support education and conservation initiatives across the continent. Founded in 2015, Adventure Out Loud offers tailor-made and small group trips that combine luxury adventure with charitable engagement. These curated Africa vacations span iconic Big Five safaris, mountain treks, and cultural immersions, while also enabling travelers to connect directly with local communities and charities. This unique blend of exploration and impact positions the company as the leader among safari travel agencies serving international clients, especially those seeking meaningful ways to travel. 'Travel can be a force for good,' said Nathan Taiaroa, founder of Adventure Out Loud. 'Our travelers see the real Africa, not just through game drives and landscapes, but through the eyes of the people they meet and the projects they support.' Adventure Out Loud's approach to impact travel has already achieved substantial outcomes. Since inception, the company's travel-driven contributions have funded over 880,000 hours of education, supported 136 students through high school and tertiary education, and raised more than $600,000 for nonprofit partners. The company currently collaborates with eight charities across Africa, and each trip includes opportunities for travelers to witness the results of their contributions firsthand. Adventure Out Loud designs private and group itineraries throughout Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, and East and Southern African destinations. The itineraries accommodate different travel interests, incorporating various activities but not limited to guided wildlife safaris, gorilla trekking, mountain expeditions, golf-focused travel, and cultural experiences. The expanded scope aims to meet increasing demand for personalized travel across the region. With the announcement, Adventure Out Loud reinforces its position within the impact travel movement, a growing sector among ethical and luxury travel providers. The company's transparency in reporting social contributions and its dedication to sustainable tourism further distinguishes it from other safari tour operators. Adventure Out Loud's team of Africa travel specialists continue to prioritize personalized service, working closely with clients to craft bespoke journeys. These experiences not only offer personal rejuvenation and adventure but also align with global calls for more responsible tourism practices. To learn more or plan a journey that blends exploration with purpose, visit: About Adventure Out Loud Adventure Out Loud is a Brisbane-based travel social enterprise that curates high-end, tailor-made African travel experiences with a focus on charitable impact. With 50% of profits directed toward education and conservation initiatives, the company's model empowers travelers to make a difference while exploring Africa's most iconic destinations. Media Contact Company Name: Adventure Out Loud Contact Person: Nathan Taiaroa Email: Send Email Phone: +61 432 822 652 Country: Australia Website:
Entrepreneur
10-06-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Inside 'Culture Shock' at Goldman Sachs, 'Black Capitalism'
Dr. Rachel Laryea shares what it means to be a Black capitalist — and how anyone can use capitalism as a force for social good. "I've always been someone who has a curiosity about people and society and culture," Dr. Rachel Laryea tells Entrepreneur. Image Credit: Courtesy of Penguin Random House. Dr. Rachel Laryea. Raised by a single mother who immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana, Laryea started her career at Goldman Sachs and holds a dual PhD in African American studies and sociocultural anthropology from Yale University — experiences that helped shape the founding of her lifestyle brand Kelewele, current research at JPMorgan Chase and her new book, Black Capitalists: A Blueprint for What Is Possible. "It was certainly a culture shock," Laryea says of her time working in Goldman Sachs' corporate services and real estate division, "and I've had a few culture shocks in my short life thus far. But it was also an experience that set me on [my] trajectory in a very pragmatic way, that unlocked a lot of the questions and curiosities that led me to write [Black Capitalists]." Related: 5 Trailblazing Black Women Entrepreneurs Share How They're Breaking Barriers — And How You Can Too In her academic work, Laryea examined Black radical tradition and how history and critical race theory around the Black lived experience intersect with capitalism. Often, such scholarship suggests that Black people can't have a relationship with capitalism that isn't exploitative because of the history of American capitalism, given that Black people "were, and often still are, the laborers of capitalism, but hardly ever the beneficiaries of it," Laryea says. However, at Goldman Sachs, Laryea saw many people of color have " complicated, interesting, contradictory relationships" with the "belly of the beast" — Wall Street. The experience made her rethink a lot of what she'd learned and consider how to make space for Black people within the U.S. economic system, to explore how they might benefit from capitalism themselves. "Anyone can be invested in and practice Black capitalism." Laryea's work on Black Capitalists began as she researched and wrote her dissertation, which focused on Black capitalists in the trans-Atlantic industry. As she continued with the project, she confronted the question of how people might use the tools of capitalism to uplift their communities. Image Credit: Courtesy of Penguin Random House Laryea's book hinges on two essential terms: "Black capitalist" and "Black capitalism." " I define a Black capitalist as an individual who identifies as a Black person and strategically repositions themselves within the economy in order to benefit from it [and] in order to create social good," Laryea explains. On the other hand, "Black capitalism" is race agnostic, Laryea notes. "Anyone can be invested in and practice Black capitalism," she says, "because it can be an individual or collective that is doing that same thing of repositioning themselves within the economy in order to create social good." Related: This Black Founder Was Denied a Business Loan and Set Out to Prove the 'Gatekeepers' Wrong. He's Made More Than $500,000 So Far — But It's Just the Beginning. According to Laryea, that communal mindset has the potential to "rupture" contemporary ideas about capitalism — about what it can be and how we can participate in it. "For many people, the idea of a Black capitalist is oxymoronic or even an identity crisis." Laryea admits that some people will have a "visceral reaction in a negative way" to the title of her book: Black Capitalists. "For many people, the idea of a Black capitalist is oxymoronic or even an identity crisis because the question becomes, How could I adopt an economic system that has never allowed me to benefit from it, and in fact has only been exploitative towards me and my community?" Laryea explains. It's a tense question that's fueled by a history of legalized slavery in the U.S., generations of economic trauma carried into the present and the continuously widening racial wealth gap, Laryea says. Related: America is Becoming the Land of Inequality and Diminishing Returns. Here's Why. Laryea also notes the distinction between a Black capitalist and a Black person who participates in capitalism. In the latter case, someone who is participating in capitalism to "reproduce the harms of capitalism" wouldn't fit within Laryea's definition. "It became apparent to me that I would need to use my own story." A couple of the stories Black Capitalists unpacks are those of a Black Goldman Sachs employee and Ifa priest who describes himself as a "spy" gaining access, acquiring excess resources and giving back to his Black communities in Brooklyn, New York, and the Nigerian entrepreneur Wemimo Abbey, who co-founded unicorn fintech company Esusu, which allows low-to-moderate-income households in the U.S. to report rent payments and build credit. "[Esusu is] this win-win-win construct," Abbey told Entrepreneur in 2023. "It's a win for the renter because they can establish their credit score or build their credit score and not go through what my mother and I went through when we came to this country, and during a tough time, [renters also] get access to zero-interest rent relief. The landlord can also get paid instead of evicting the renter. And the last win is for society — to prevent eviction and homelessness." Related: This Black Founder Stayed True to His Triple 'Win' Strategy to Build a $1 Billion Business Laryea also made the "difficult choice" to tell her own story in the book. As she conducted interviews for the book, many of the women she spoke with had concerns about being included and identifiable despite anonymity. "It became apparent to me that I would need to use my own story in a way to stand in for so many of the women that I spoke to," Laryea explains. "Because at the end of the day, so many of our stories and experiences were similar in terms of how we navigate corporate America — so many of the negative experiences that we've had, the diminishing returns many of us experience in being in these spaces but never really reaping the benefits of them." Ahead of the publication of Black Capitalists on June 10, Laryea hopes the book moves readers to unified action. "What's so important, especially in the time in which we're living, [is to] lock arms and get on the same page about how we are going to live through this moment and get through this moment," Laryea says. "We know that capitalism isn't going to be dismantled tomorrow, so from a pragmatic standpoint, it's a question of, How can we can use the tools of this system in order to create social good [and] a more equitable system, in a constant endeavor to get us to something that's a little bit more just?"
