|
RANK |
CITY |
COUNTRY |
|
1 |
Accra |
Ghana |
|
2 |
Lusaka |
Zambia |
|
3 |
Luanda |
Angola |
|
4 |
Dar es Salaam |
Tanzania |
|
5 |
Addis Ababa |
Ethiopia |
|
6 |
Nairobi |
Kenya |
|
7 |
Kampala |
Uganda |
|
8 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
|
9 |
Kinshasa |
Dem. Republic of Congo |
|
10 |
Durban |
South Africa |
* Rankings are based on data for the following variables from 2009-2011
- GDP per capita growth
- Household consumption expenditure growth
- Governance factors (includes political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, voice and accountability, rule of law, control of corruption)
- The World Bank’s Doing Business
- City population growth
- National urbanization
- Middle class household growth
And on projected data for 2012 to 2017 for the following variables:
- GDP per capita growth
- Household consumption expenditure growth
- Human development index factors (includes health and education
- Infrastructure development factors (includes gross fixed capital formation as percentage of GDP, access to water, access to electricity, access to sanitation
- Mobile telephone subscriptions
- Inbound travel factors
Source: MasterCard African Cities Growth Index, January 2013
