Cairo jumped from eighth spot straight to number one on the new African Cities Attractiveness Index after Gulf countries and China dumped massive cash into the place, and they started building the wild New Administrative Capital project. Kigali stayed put at second for being super clean and well-run, while Nairobi climbed to third because the tech scene there keeps expanding with all the infrastructure work happening. Cape Town dropped from first to fourth, and Moroccan cities basically invaded the top ten with Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, and Marrakech all making appearances.
The ranking mixed survey responses from almost 8,000 people living across African cities with foreign investment data from the past few years. Port cities and smaller hubs started showing up more on the list, and English-speaking cities generally pulled in more investment than French-speaking ones. The whole thing tracks with Africa's population explosion, since city populations are supposed to double by 2050 and hit 1.4 billion people.
The ranking mixed survey responses from almost 8,000 people living across African cities with foreign investment data from the past few years. Port cities and smaller hubs started showing up more on the list, and English-speaking cities generally pulled in more investment than French-speaking ones. The whole thing tracks with Africa's population explosion, since city populations are supposed to double by 2050 and hit 1.4 billion people.
