Nairobi, May 11 -- With the scarcity of presidential suites, Nairobi's luxury hotels have been forced to improvise as they scramble to cash in on the wave of VIPs and VVIPs arriving for the Africa-France Summit.

At least 30 presidents were expected in the country for the two-day summit that began on Monday and concludes today.

By yesterday, 10 heads of state and their entourages had already landed in Nairobi, among them leaders from Congo Brazzaville, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Botswana, Egypt, and Somalia, alongside Ethiopia's Prime Minister and France's President, with more dignitaries expected to jet in today.

Hotels with presidential suites are charging anywhere between $5,000 (Sh640,000) and $10,000 (Sh1.3 million) a night.

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