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35% of the net assets of an average African HNWI. Prime
residential property is a popular asset class for Africa’s
wealthy, especially luxury apartments, homes of residential
estates and beachfront villas.
The most expensive cities for prime residential property in
Africa are ranked below.
City (ranked in US$ per square metre):
• Cape Town (Bantry Bay and Clifton): $6 100
• Durban (Lagoon Drive in Umhlanga): $2 900
• Johannesburg (Central Sandton)
• Nairobi: $1 900
: $2 800
• Marrakesh: $1 800
• Tangier: $1 800
• Mombasa: $1 700
• Luanda: $1 700
Luxury travel destinations
South Africa is the main luxury tourist destination in Africa.
Major SA destinations for wealthy people include: Kruger
Park area, Cape Town, Umhlanga and Franschhoek.
Major destinations for them in the rest of Africa include:
Mauritius, Seychelles, Marrakech in Morocco, Casablanca in
Morocco, Cairo in Egypt, the Serengeti in Tanzania, Sharm
El Sheikh in Egypt, the Masai Mara in Kenya, Livingstone
in Zambia and the Okavango Swamps in Botswana. Gorilla
safaris in the Virunga Mountains and the Bwindi Forest
(Uganda) are also popular.
Popular hotels for wealthy people visiting Africa include:
La Mamounia in Morocco, the Four Seasons in Seychelles and
the 12 Apostles Hotel & Spa in Cape Town.
Popular game lodges for them include: Ngorongoro Crater
Lodge in Tanzania, the Royal Livingstone in Zambia, Cottar’s
1920s Safari Camp in Kenya and Singita in South Africa.
• Casablanca: $1 500
• Accra: $1 200
• Lagos: $1 100
• Abidjan: $1 000
• Alexandria: $1 000
• Maputo: $900
• Cairo: $900
• Kampala: $800
Note: Figures for Dec 2017. Refers to the US$ price
of a prime 200-400 square meter apartment/villa in best
part of each city/town. For our purposes Durban includes
Umhlanga.
As reflected, South African cities dominate the above
list. It should, however, be noted that residential prices in
South Africa are coming under strain as the threat of land
redistribution begins to sink in. The ongoing drought in
Cape Town has also had a negative impact on prices.
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