At FHS Nairobi, the Africa Hospitality Investors Council (AHIC) was officially launched as an independent body under the EEA framework, with its own Board and operational autonomy.

AHIC aims to serve as Africa’s collective voice for sustainable hospitality investment, enhancing the sector’s visibility in global capital markets and contributing coordinated investor perspectives to policy, market dialogue, and investment frameworks. 

Its mission is to unlock scalable, bankable hospitality projects across Africa, supporting long-term economic value creation, investor confidence, and sustainable growth.

Through collaboration with the EEA—which manages 50,000 hotel assets valued at approximately $400 billion—AHIC will engage directly with African ministries of finance, tourism, trade, planning, and infrastructure, ensuring alignment of investor priorities with regional and national objectives. 

The council will also shape sustainability, transition risk, and resilience practices across African hospitality portfolios via the EEA Capital Markets Committee.

AHIC’s mandate addresses challenges in Africa’s hotel sector, including fragmented regulations, uneven risk-return visibility, infrastructure gaps, and limited transparency.

Its strategic priorities include mobilising African and global capital, influencing government policies to unlock investable projects, de-risking capital deployment across the hospitality value chain, and strengthening transparency, disclosure, and procurement systems.

Recognising hospitality as key economic infrastructure, AHIC is committed to inclusive, low-carbon, and resource-efficient development that supports local employment, talent development, and community transformation. 

Founding members include leaders from Azalai Hotels, Atlas Hospitality, Westmont Hotel Group, Onomo Hotels, and other prominent investors. 

AHIC will serve as a permanent, investor-led council coordinating private capital with sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, and multilateral partners to drive sustainable hospitality growth across Africa. -TradeArabia News Service