Radisson Group to Open Hotels in Kenya

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A report by Nigeria-based W Hospitality group shows that there are 577 hotels and resorts, with 104,444 rooms, in the development pipeline on the continent.

The Radisson Hotel Group is set to open two hotels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as interest in the country’s luxury hospitality sector grows, while The Radisson Blu Hotel, Kinshasa, will open in late 2026 on Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi in the Gombe district, Kinshasa’s prime residential and business area.

The Radisson Hotel Lubumbashi, scheduled to open in mid-2027, will be located in Lubumbashi, the DRC’s second largest city. A report by Nigeria-based W Hospitality group shows that there are 577 hotels and resorts, with 104,444 rooms, in the development pipeline on the continent.

Interest in the luxury segment in the DRC hospitality sector has spiked in recent years. There are currently 10 hotel and resort projects with 1,384 rooms ongoing in the country, according to the 2025 Hotel Chain Development Pipelines in Africa survey by W Hospitality Group.

In addition to the Radisson projects, this includes Novotel by Accor, Kertel Suites by Sokerico Group, and several others, including US-based Valor Hospitality.

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Across the continent, Egypt is still the dominant country in the number of total rooms, accounting for 32.5% of rooms in the pipeline with 143 hotels and 33,926 rooms, more than four times the next-placed Morocco. Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania top the East African countries with the highest number of planned hotels and rooms.

Radisson has signed 11 new hotels and 7 openings in the last 15 months, totalling over 2, 000 signed and 1, 500 opened rooms. It entered Tanzania with with Radisson Blu Hotel & Apartments in Dar es Salaam, and is set to open a hotel in Mwanza later this year. It is also set to open a Park Inn property in Addis Ababa, its third in the Ethiopian capital.