2024 has been a fantastic and transformational year for Vipingo Ridge. Throughout the year we publish articles about the events, partners and activities at the Ridge.

Here we look back at some of the highlights of the year. Click through to read more about each of these exciting milestones, here’s our top 10 areas of highlights.

1. Winner of Africa’s Best Golf Real Estate Venue at the World Golf Awards

It was an honour in 2024 to receive an international award from the World Golf Awards in Portugal.

2. New Additions: the New Pool Gardens outlet and Sports Club launch

As well as updates to the Clubhouse and Beach Club outlets, we have made significant changes to the experience at the Ridge with two key new features. Our Pool Gardens Outlet is a new restaurant, with a new pizza and pasta menu, poolside chill areas and a shady restaurant.

The Sports Club includes a new Padel Court, Pickleball introduction, Badminton and Cricket nets - all set in lush new gardens. We also been hard at work creating some new events spaces, to be released in 2025.

3. Successful fourth Magical Kenya Ladies Open

The PGA Baobab Course is a Championship Course. This is recognition from holding Championship events at the venue. In 2024 we were the venue for our fourth Magical Kenya Ladies Open (MKLO) event.

A part of the Ladies European Tour (LET) the MKLO marked the start of the season and was a great success, including going viral as giraffes interrupted play on the 18th.

4. Growing Golf in Kenya and at Vipingo Ridge

2024 was a year of significant change for the golf operations of Vipingo Ridge. We recruited a new PGA Professional, an Advanced Fellow within the Professional Golf Association (PGA). Alongside the appointment of David Marsh, we also progressed with a number of exciting projects. We end 2025 announcing a new partnership with Callaway Golf, with the rental club sets arriving just before the end of the year.

5. Naomi Wins Amateur Stroke Play Trophy and Captains Kenya in Morocco

Vipingo Ridge supports golf development in many ways. One such focus is employing Kenya’s number one lady golfer Naomi Wafula, supporting her through tournaments, access to lessons with our PGA Professional and having PGA Baobab Course as her home course.

This year we caught up with her in November to look back at a great year:

Golf Triumph and Growth: Naomi Wafula 2024

There were many milestones in 2024, take a look at some of the articles we where we covered in more detail her journey, including the most recent bronze medal in Morocco where she captained the Kenya team.

6. Largest ever Kenya Coast Cycling Event

Vipingo Ridge is 2000 acres, with many cycling, running and walking routes for Members and Guests to have an active lifestyle. We also are set in picturesque Kilifi. This year we were delighted to be the venue for largest ever event at the Kenya Coast for the LOOP sponsored Safari Gravel Race Series.

7. Busy Golf Calendar

In 2024 we introduced a number of new events to the calendar. We have regular member events including Clubnight and the Monthly Mug & Medal, some of the events we covered in our news and blog are below.

8. Kilifi County International Investment Conference

December marked the occasion of the largest event in Vipingo Ridge’s history in terms of delegates and scale of production. With over 1300 international delegates on each of the three days, and a golf tournament to conclude, it was a momentous event, positioning Vipingo Ridge as a premium investment partner.

9. First International Motocross

Vipingo Ridge encourages outdoor pursuits and has a legacy in motorsport. In 2024 we had the opportunity to be the venue for our frist ever international MotoX event, welcoming the Central Africa Championship to the 2km track within the Vipingo Ridge development.

10. Great Sports Calendar concludes

The final big event of 2024 was the Beach Triathlon. We encourage our Members, Guests and the public to participate in a number of sports events. This year also marked the first time the Vipingo Ridge team were sponsored to enter, creating time in their work schedules for training, access to equipment, and of course a safe place to train, bond and enjoy the journey,

Wonderful Highlights of 2024

1. Winner of Africa’s Best Golf Real Estate Venue at the World Golf Awards

Read more about our award:

2. New Additions: the New Pool Gardens outlet and Sports Club launch

Read more about the new experiences in 2024:

3. Successful fourth Magical Kenya Ladies Open

Read more articles about the MKLO:

4. Growing Golf in Kenya and at Vipingo Ridge

Read more articles about Golf at Vipingo Ridge:

5. Naomi Wins Amateur Stroke Play Trophy and Captains Kenya in Morocco

Read more articles about Naomi Wafula and Vipingo Ridge: