Egypt and Morocco Dominate Africa’s Hotel Pipeline

Egypt is driving the surge in Africa’s chain hotel development pipeline — accounting for more than a third of the continent’s planned supply.

Africa’s pipeline is at a record high, according to a new report from Lagos-based advisory firm W Hospitality Group, with 675 hotels and 123,846 rooms as of early 2026, an 18.6% increase from last year.

Egypt has 185 hotels and 45,984 rooms in development after its pipeline grew 35.5% in a single year. Fifty-three new deals were signed in the country in 2025 alone, more than anywhere else on the continent. Egypt hotels recorded an occupancy of 69.9% for 2025 and 61.8% this March, according to CoStar.

Greater Cairo has the largest urban hotel pipeline of any city in Africa, with 22,111 planned rooms representing 18% of the entire continental pipeline, the report said. Egypt’s resort markets are equally active. Sharm El Sheikh has nine pipeline projects averaging 539 rooms each, the largest resort average