At a Glance
- Rock City Hotel targets 2,700 rooms, making it Africa’s largest resort by 2025.
- The $300 million project features a convention center, aquarium, zoo, and golf courses.
- Black-owned and women-designed, the resort highlights Ghana’s hospitality and tourism ambitions.
Rock City Hotel, a $300 million project owned by Ghanaian politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Bryan Acheampong, is on track to become Africa’s largest hotel by room count, with 2,700 rooms planned by 2025.
A phased build since 2008
Construction began in 2008 in the mountain town of Nkwatia, Kwahu, in Ghana’s Eastern Region. The first phase, with more than 600 rooms, opened in 2019, while an additional 880 rooms are under construction. The project has been built in phases to manage financing and operational rollout.
Once completed, the resort will feature 2,700 rooms, a 2,200-seat convention center, 45 breakout meeting rooms, an aquarium, a water park, a zoo, and both 18- and 9-hole golf courses. The developer has billed the project as “Ghana’s Golden Castle.”
A political-business crossover
Rock City is the brainchild of Bryan Acheampong, a former soldier turned entrepreneur and politician, currently Ghana’s Minister of Food and Agriculture. His dual role has kept the resort in public view, particularly in 2024 when his company bid to acquire controlling stakes in several state-owned hotels, sparking a public debate on conflict of interest.
Black-owned and women-designed
The resort is fully Black-owned, with women-led teams of Ghanaian architects credited for its design. That has amplified its symbolism beyond tourism, presenting Rock City as a case study in homegrown African hospitality capacity.
2025 and beyond
Acheampong has publicly targeted 2025 for full completion, though independent verification is limited and large-scale hospitality projects in the region often slip beyond target dates. Still, parts of the resort are operational and already listed on global booking platforms, making Rock City both an active hotel and a mega-project under construction.
If completed on schedule, Rock City will dwarf existing African resorts in size and position Ghana as a major conference and leisure destination, rivalling long-established tourism markets in North and Southern Africa.
