East Africa Property Investment Summit 2023: Technology In Africa’s Real Estate Market
Linah Amondi . 2 years ago
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Article Summary: Technology in Real Estate was one of the major topics discussed at the 2023 East Africa Property Investment Summit event that ended on 18th May 2023, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Upper Hill, Nairobi. While there were various market dynamics discussed in the proptech forum, below were our key takeaways from the session; Africa’s Proptech…
Technology in Real Estate was one of the major topics discussed at the 2023 East Africa Property Investment Summit event that ended on 18th May 2023, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Upper Hill, Nairobi. While there were various market dynamics discussed in the proptech forum, below were our key takeaways from the session;
Africa’s Proptech Market Is Still Small When Compared To the Global Market
Africa’s proptech market growth has been gaining momentum across the region in the past ten years. However, the growth has been at a slow pace and as such the market is still very small when compared to the global market. In 2022, Africa’s proptech funding size amounted to $16.7M, whereas the global market had a market size value of $18.2B, and expected to reach $86.5B in 2032. Tilda Mwai, Research Associate at Estate Intel, also added that African startups in general raised a total funding of $3.3 bn in 2022, which is higher than the proptech funding, and a sign that the market still has a long way to go.
Source: Disrupt Africa, Estate Intel
On the brighter side, the 2022 proptech performance was five times better than the $3.8M funding realized in 2019, with key companies such as Nawy, Small Small, Spleet, and Estate Intel having raised $5.0M, $3.0M, $2.6M, and, $0.5M, respectively, which is a positive sign in the sector.
In addition to this, Coldwell Banker Egypt recently partnered with Estate Waves to launch a proptech platform dubbed Meta Egypt, which is expected to showcase over 450 projects and over 30,000 residential, commercial, and administrative units from 100 of Egypt’s largest real estate development firms. Notably, the investment amount for Meta came in at EG 150B ($ 4.9M), from an undisclosed source. Despite this, mild activities are still witnessed in the East Africa proptech sector.
Financing Stands Out As A Key Issue Affecting Africa’s Proptech Sector
From the aforementioned outlook, financing stands out as a key issue affecting Africa’s Proptech Sector and as such the market is still small when compared to the global market. Other setbacks witnessed in the sector include but are not limited to power shortages in some regions, coupled with some regions having a localized property market making integration of technology a challenge.
Nigeria Dominates African Proptech Market While Egypt Tops in Revenue Generation
In terms of proptech players distribution, Nigeria stood out strongly out of sampled 225 proptech companies spread across Africa, followed by South Africa, and Kenya, as at 2022. However, in terms of revenue generation, Egypt topped the list with an average sum of $1.8m p.a. This was followed by South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya which generated an average revenue of $205,100, $50,420, and $16,290 p.a, respectively. In terms of category, the majority of proptech players are concentrated on the property listing and management sector.
Source: API Events, Estate Intel
Source: API Events, Estate Intel
East Africa, An Underexplored Market
In terms of investment opportunity, Chriscabell Ojuk, co- founder rentscore pointed out that East Africa’s proptech market continues to remain largely unexplored and as such there is a need to establish an ecosystem such as Nigeria’s and South Africa’s.
Additionally, Ciru Okobi, Mi vida homes emphasized on the adoption of technology in property which is the next frontier for real estate, with the global adoption of AI companies increasing as people try to keep up with the rest of the world.
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