
At the summit —
Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, the most popular city for Airbnb in Africa with 17,600 active listings. The room rental giant has enjoyed rapid growth in Africa over the past year. Annual guest numbers have more than doubled from 572,000 to 1.2 million.

Main market —
South Africa is the platform's largest market in Africa by a distance with 43,400 listings generating income worth $86 million.

Morocco bound —
Popular tourist destinations such as Marrakech and Casablanca help make Morocco the second most popular African country, with 21,000 listings earning $22 million a year.

Gaining ground —
Kenya has seen guest growth of 143% over the past year with almost 40,000 visitors.The East African nation has 5,900 listings that raised $3.9 million over the past year.

Upward path —
Neighboring Tanzania has also enjoyed strong growth. The nation of Mount Kiliminjaro has 2,300 active listings and received 24,000 guests in 2016-17.

Rapid strides —
Nigeria is the fastest growing Airbnb market with 325% guest growth over the past year. But the country has relatively few active listings - just 730.



