The Qatari billionaire Al-Khayyat family is stepping up its expansion into Africa’s infrastructure sector, targeting multi-billion-dollar opportunities in aviation and construction as competition for large-scale development projects intensifies across the continent.
The family, through the leadership of brothers, Moutaz Al-Khayyat and Ramez Al-Khayyat, is seeking to broaden its footprint by bidding for major transport and logistics projects in key African markets, particularly in East and Central Africa.
According to Boyd Merrett, group chief executive officer of UCC Holding - a unit linked to the broader investment group, the firm is actively pursuing Ethiopia’s $12.5 billion new international airport project while also eyeing a 400-kilometre highway development in the Democratic Republic of Congo as per Bloomberg
Ramez Al-Khayyat is a Qatari entrepreneur and business leader based in Doha. He serves as President and Group CEO of Power International Holding (PIH), where he oversees strategy, operations, and the group’s international expansion.
His brother, Moutaz Al-Khayyat, is the founder and chairman of PIH as well as several major Qatari companies, including UCC, dairy giant Baladna, and Estithmar Holding.
