Our Core Pillars
We leverage our deep understanding of the African hospitality landscape to deliver tailored solutions, drive impactful research, and foster capacity building, while creating premier platforms for networking and collaboration
Advise
Approach us for solutions related to leadership, talent, policy, strategy, finance, operations, and technology. We provide expertise, guidance, and strategic insights tailored to meet the unique challenges that stakeholders face in Africa’s complex and dynamic industry.
Engage
The Initiative is a platform for stakeholder and practitioner engagement through curated events and activities that inform, inspire, empower, and connect investors and practitioners. We curate high-end industry engagements and serve as a major networking platform for stakeholders in Africa’s Hospitality Industry
Research
The LBS Hospitality Initiative is a centre for industry research that supports businesses in their search for workable solutions to their challenges. Being Africa-centric, we take into account the critical context that operating hospitality businesses in Africa entails. Through rigorous industry research, we provide a foundation of empirical evidence and insights to serve as a compass to inform and guide decision-makers in their strategic choices.
Build
We curate executive-level programmes, internships and immersion trips to develop professionals with strategic insights, leadership skills, and specialised knowledge. We provide high-level executive programmes that address the gaps needed to build, grow, and sustain profitable businesses in the industry
Our Team

Dr. Belinda Nwosu
Academic Director,
LBS Hospitality Initiative
Faculty, Lagos Business School

Olamide Akinyemi
Project Manager,
LBS Hospitality Initiative
Advisory Board

Mossadeck Bally
Founder & CEO,
Azalaï Hotels

Moyo Ogunseinde
Executive Director,
Uraga Real Estate Limited.

Jameel Verjee
Founder & CEO
CityBlue Hotels

Trevor Ward
CEO/Principal
W. Hospitality