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Mayowa Adeosun, founder and CEO of proptech firm Assetrica, says Nigeria's proposed built-environment regulation will formalise developer licensing, escrow and disclosure standards and help unlock institutional capital for housing.
The Venus, a boutique apartment development in Accra's Labone neighbourhood, is introducing Ghana's first rooftop observatory, with one-bedroom units starting at $95,000.
Land prices in Ole Kasasi, a fast-growing Nairobi satellite town in Kajiado County, have climbed from as little as Sh500,000 an acre about 15 years ago to as much as Sh30 million in prime sections.
After a business failure left her with $2.5m in debt, Theresa Oppong-Beeko retrained, entered real estate in 1994 and built Manet Housing into a developer of more than 1,800 homes in Accra.
Rents have reached record levels in several African capitals, with Lagos ranked the continent's most expensive city for residential rents, as urbanisation outpaces housing supply.
A new report projects Kenya's real estate market to grow at 5.1 per cent CAGR between 2025 and 2029, ahead of Rwanda's 3.6 per cent, while highlighting Kigali's planning stability as a counterweight for investors.
Luxury developer Sujimoto Holdings says it has repaid more than N40 billion to banks and private lenders after 14 months of financial pressure, with a pledge to clear all legitimate obligations by January 1, 2027.
A new PenOp report says Nigeria's N30.94 trillion pension industry invests less than one per cent of its assets in real estate, even as the country's housing financing gap is estimated at up to N59 trillion.
Estate surveyors say the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway is already reshaping urbanisation and land values along the corridor, with hotspots such as Bluewater Okunde recording sharp appreciation.