Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The “UAE and Africa Tourism Investment Summit 2025” in Dubai witnessed, on Monday, the announcement of the launch of a new investment map with diverse and priority tourism projects in the fields of aviation, logistics services, infrastructure, and the digital sector, with a total value estimated at about six billion dollars, and providing 70 thousand job opportunities in various countries of the African continent.
The Ministry of Economy and Tourism revealed that Emirati companies invested more than $110 billion in new projects on the African continent between 2019 and 2023.
This placed the UAE among the four largest global investors in Africa, after the United States, China and the European Union.
As well as the largest global investor in terms of the volume of new projects.
In detail.. The UAE organized a ministerial roundtable meeting with more than 20 African countries in Dubai, which resulted in the issuance of a joint ministerial statement that includes the development of a new investment map to enhance cooperation and partnership in the tourism, aviation, logistics, infrastructure and digital transformation sectors.
Which places tourism as a major driving force for achieving sustainable economic development in the UAE and the African continent.
This came on the sidelines of the 2025 UAE-Africa Tourism Investment Summit.
It was held in Dubai on Monday, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Tourism, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, and tourism ministers and officials from more than 20 African countries.
The participating ministers affirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation to direct investments, enhance air connectivity and infrastructure on the African continent, and innovate sustainable solutions and policies to support the resilience of the tourism economy in facing global challenges.
The meeting focused on cooperation to transform tourism from a cultural activity into a strategic pillar within the economic policies of the participating countries.
He highlighted the UAE’s model for tourism development and attracting qualitative global investments.
