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10/28/25, 9:26 AM UAE-Africa Tourism Investment Summit Launches $6bn Investment Mapping, Projecting To Generate 70,000 Jobs - UrduPoint
bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler

of Dubai.

Held under the theme “Tourism at the Heart of Africa’s Growth Agenda,” the

roundtable was attended by Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and

Tourism, alongside tourism ministers and officials from more than 20 African

nations. The ministers underscored their commitment to strengthening

collaboration to facilitate investments and enhance air connectivity and

infrastructure in Africa, and to innovate sustainable solutions and policies that
bolster the resilience of the tourism economy in the face of global challenges.

Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri said: “Today, the UAE and Africa stand at a pivotal

moment in developing a resilient and sustainable tourism sector. This milestone is

marked by the launch of a new investment mapping featuring diverse tourism
projects in the fields of aviation, logistics services, infrastructure, and the digital

sector, with an estimated total value of approximately $6 billion and the potential

to generate 70,000 job opportunities in various countries of the African continent.

This step aims to create a qualitative shift in the level of tourism partnerships
between the UAE and Africa. It will also pave the way for regional and

global business communities to participate in UAE-Africa tourism investment

projects, thus enhancing the position of tourism as a fundamental pillar of

sustainable and comprehensive economic development.''

He emphasised the importance of tourism cooperation in the next phase to build
new partnerships between the public and private sectors with the aim of exploring

and developing innovative financing and investment tools in various tourism

activities. He further noted that the UAE has emerged as a strategic hub for

building such effective and impactful international tourism partnerships and

serves as a successful model for sharing its tourism expertise and capabilities
with Africa, supported by its robust experience and world-class infrastructure.

The meeting focused on advancing cooperation to transform tourism from a

cultural activity into a strategic pillar within the economic policies of the

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