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The inaugural Tatler Best Africa Awards in Nairobi brought together over 300 industry leaders and insiders to celebrate the pinnacle of hospitality on the continent. During the gala, we revealed the Best 100 Hotels and the Best in Class honourees, recognising the properties raising the bar for service, design and guest care across Africa. Swipe for a look inside the evening. Tatler Best Africa is presented in partnership with @magicalkenya Images Courtesy of @imageryflow
The inaugural Tatler Best Africa awards in partnership with Magical Kenya brought together the continent’s leading hospitality voices, celebrating one-hundred premier hotels and twelve Best-in-Class winners. Guests shared the exceptional Kenyan properties that define luxury for them, alongside the unmissable African destinations currently topping their travel wish lists. Watch for your next travel inspiration. Video Courtesy of
Kiano Moju cooks Kenyan and Nigerian food the way she grew up eating it in California, under her culinary studio Jikoni in Beverly Hills. She named the cuisine AfriCali, wrote a cookbook under the same name and now serves its recipes at the studio's pop-ups and dinner parties. Swipe for a closer look at the studio and the food. Images Courtesy of Jikoni, @jikoni.la
South African jurist and international judge Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Her career shaped the modern global legal order through decades spent defending anti-apartheid freedom fighters and prosecuting genocide. Swipe to see the landmark victories that earned her the world’s highest peace honour. Images Courtesy of Getty Images: picture alliance / Contributor, Anadolu / Contributor, Pascal J Le Segretain / Contributor, Carlos R. Alvarez / Contributor, Gallo Images / Contributor
The inaugural Tatler Best Africa awards, in partnership with Magical Kenya, took place at the JW Marriott Nairobi on 8th October, celebrating a historic milestone for the continent’s hospitality industry. Before an audience of global hoteliers, industry leaders, and visionaries, we unveiled Africa’s Best 100 Hotels alongside the 12 definitive Best-in-Class winners. Watch for a look inside the electrifying night.
Cultiva is a farm and a restaurant on the same plot in Karen, where a new menu is created each morning based on whatever is ready in its garden. Founded by Ecuadorian chef Ariel Moscardi and led by head chef Khaled Allibhai, the kitchen applies Latin American technique to Kenyan produce it grows itself. Swipe for a closer look at the farm and the food. Images Courtesy of @cultivakenya
Tatler Best Africa is delighted to present the Best in Class winners from our inaugural edition. Our panel of over 95 industry professionals chose all twelve from within the Best 100 Hotels, recognising the properties raising the bar for design, service, innovation and guest care across the continent. Swipe to see every winner. The Tatler Best Africa awards are presented in partnership with @magicalkenya
Tatler Best Africa is delighted to present the Best in Class winners from our inaugural edition. Our panel of over 95 industry professionals chose all twelve from within the Best 100 Hotels, recognising the properties raising the bar for design, service, innovation and guest care across the continent. Swipe to see every winner. The Tatler Best Africa awards are presented in partnership with @magicalkenya
Tatler Best Africa is delighted to present the Best 100 Hotels across Africa, from our inaugural edition. Across city landmarks, coastal resorts, desert camps, winelands estates and the great safari lodges and tented camps, these properties represent the pinnacle of luxury hospitality on the continent. Swipe to explore the full list. Follow as we reveal more of the Best in Class winners. The Tatler Best Africa awards are presented in partnership with @magicalkenya
The Cloth, founded in Trinidad in 1986 by Robert Young, is one of five labels selected for the Brand63Africa pop-up at Harrods, running until 27th October 2026. Young cuts sculptural, relaxed silhouettes in West Indian Sea Island cotton, paper-thin linen and indigo, with appliqué that sets Carnival, Orisha and Spiritual Baptist references into the cloth. Brand63Africa founder Eva Omaghomi named the platform for the year the African Union was formed, because the Union counts the diaspora, of which she is part, as its sixth region. Swipe for a closer look at the brand and the story behind it. Images Courtesy of The Cloth, @theclothofficial
The invitations are out, the city’s abuzz and the first Tatler Best Africa awards are just a day away. Tomorrow we reveal the Tatler Best Africa 100 and the Best in Class honourees, the properties that represent the pinnacle of hospitality on the continent. The Tatler Best Africa awards are presented in partnership with @magicalkenya.
Tatler Best Africa 2026 is the first African edition of Tatler Best, and on 8 October we will award the continent's best hotels at a gala at the JW Marriott Nairobi. Our panel of over 95 industry professionals votes for the awardees of the Best 100 hotels, from which a few will make up the Best in Class across 11 categories. Swipe for a closer look at the awards format and the categories.
The Magical Kenya Travel Expo returns to Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi from the 6th to the 8th of October for its 16th edition, organised by the Kenya Tourism Board. More than 400 exhibitors and over 250 hosted international buyers are expected across the three days, with this year's programme shaped around digital transformation and artificial intelligence in tourism. Swipe for everything to know before it opens.
For the launch of her pioneering brand TTYA LAB, Irene Agbontaen partnered with renowned photographer and fellow Nigerian, Gabriel Moses, to create a campaign which she described as "for us by us". Watch for a behind-the-scenes look of the duo at work. Video Courtesy of Concrete Rep Limited
Alphonsus Modebe has spent almost a decade treating clients under his practice, ARU NA UCHE, where he has become a favourite among celebrities and beauty insiders. He specialises in a holistic approach to deep tissue physical therapy, curating the music and creating a custom experience for each client. Swipe for a closer look at the practice. Images Courtesy of Aru Na Uche, @alphonsus_modebe