The capital city of Kenya, Nairobi, has been ranked the top city in Africa according to Knight Frank’s Africa Horizons Report 2021/22.
According to the report, African countries will emerge resilient from the Covid-19 pandemic if only they are innovative and provide long term social solutions to their residents, attracting funding and generating new demand for space.
The research looked through over 100 data points applied to 29 capital cities from a long list of over 500 cities in Africa to arrive at a unique innovation score. The innovation score comprises four components: