According to a report titled Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Africa by the W-Hospitality Group, “has been analyzed initially according to two main regions, namely North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.”
The report, which covers 54 African countries, including North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian Ocean islands, provides consistent, reliable, and comparable information on the pipeline activities of existing hotel chains in Africa as well as those looking to establish themselves on the continent.
According to the report, “the hotel chains have deals signed in 42 countries in Africa. West Africa leads with 13 countries (out of a total of 18), followed by the Southern & Indian Ocean sub-region where there are 11 countries with pipeline development activity. Central Africa has seen increased activity, now with deals in five of the eight countries in the sub-region, Gabon and Chad joining the group this year.”
Based on their pipeline state, the following ten African countries are predicted to have the biggest investments in the hospitality sector in 2023. In this context, pipeline status refers to the number of projects still in the works in the hospitality business.
The graphs below show the status of the transactions by region, regardless of whether or not construction has begun. Said figures have mostly remained stable for a year, with a higher proportion of projects under development in Sub-Saharan Africa than in North Africa, owing to a huge number of new signings in the latter, particularly in Morocco and Egypt.
| Rank | Country | Hotels | Total Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Egypt | 103 | 24,944 |
| 2. | Nigeria | 42 | 6,772 |
| 3. | Morocco | 46 | 6,369 |
| 4. | Ethiopia | 33 | 6,129 |
| 5. | Kenya | 25 | 3,729 |
| 6. | Cape Verde | 14 | 3,660 |
| 7. | Algeria | 15 | 2,862 |
| 8. | South Africa | 21 | 2,768 |
| 9. | Senegal | 15 | 2,650 |
| 10. | Côte d’Ivoire | 16 | 2,445 |