Africa Horizons 2021/2022
Nairobi is the top city in Africa for innovation and ranks among the top 100 globally, the Knight Frank’s 'Africa Horizons Report 2021/22' indicates. The Kenya's capital ranked ahead of Cape Town which was second, Kampala third with Cairo and Johannesburg at fourth and fifth place respectively. Dar es Salaam came in sixth folowed by Lagos, Dakar (Senegal), Accra (Ghana) with Addis Ababa closing the top ten list. The survey was based on statistical modelling techniques to determine which observable variable best represented innovation and create an innovation score for each city. This score comprises three components of innovation activity such as the total number of start-ups, level of innovation funding and innovation infrastructure, such as the number of research institutions, where Nairobi stood out.
