{"id":122865,"date":"2022-03-25T09:47:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T08:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=122865"},"modified":"2023-01-04T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:06:16","slug":"top-business-cities-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/top-business-cities-africa","title":{"rendered":"Africa's top business cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vapo-snippet automatic\">\n\n<p><strong>Cairo, Africa's best city for doing business<\/strong>? Those who already know the Egyptian capital may be surprised by this result. The city is notorious for its pollution, traffic jams and infrastructure problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/meilleures-villes-pour-les-expats-20221202.html\/\" data-id=\"137369\">Surprises in the InterNations ranking of the best cities for expats<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, the Egyptian metropolis offers a very westernised and pleasant life to those who know what it's all about - particularly in the suburbs and districts such as Maadi, Garden City, Heliopolis and the north of Zamalek. The construction of New Cairo, with its gleaming buildings and shopping centres, is transforming...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-content\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p><strong>Cairo, Africa's best city for doing business<\/strong>? Those who already know the Egyptian capital may be surprised by this result. The city is notorious for its pollution, traffic jams and infrastructure problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/meilleures-villes-pour-les-expats-20221202.html\/\" data-id=\"137369\">Surprises in the InterNations ranking of the best cities for expats<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, the Egyptian metropolis offers a very westernised and pleasant life to those who know what it's all about - particularly in the suburbs and districts such as Maadi, Garden City, Heliopolis and the north of Zamalek. The construction of New Cairo, with its gleaming buildings and shopping centres, is transforming the ancient Egyptian city. The Cairo of tomorrow will look more like Dubai or Doha than a traditional African city...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-france-afrique-20220915.html\/\" data-id=\"130965\">Air France adjusts its frequencies to Africa<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet this is the result of a study by <strong>Statista, <\/strong>a leading private provider of data and statistics based in Hamburg. This German-based supplier of data and statistics has listed <strong>200 towns around the world<\/strong>. And found that <strong>Cairo was the best city in Africa<\/strong>. To do this, it has applied a series of economic and empirical criteria that justify companies' decisions to locate there. In addition to population size and GDP, a number of other factors play an important role in determining the suitability of a city as a business location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/afrique-reprise-aerienne-france-20221007.html\/\" data-id=\"133183\">Africa boasts the highest rates of return flights from France<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>The index is based on a number of sub-indices: <strong>The 'Economy' dimension examines the economic strength and level of development of the city in question. <\/strong>The Business Environment dimension focuses on infrastructure and logistics. The \"Society\" dimension analyses population development, education and living standards. The \"Charisma\" dimension highlights aspects such as tourism, culture and the environment.    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/transavia-aeroport-lyon-dakar-istanbul\">Also read: Dakar, Istanbul: new business destinations for Transavia in Lyon<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-afrique-du-nord-et-du-sud-excelle\"><span style=\"color: #a71f31;\">North and South Africa excel<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Cairo scored particularly highly for its operating environment. While the city's overall ranking out of the 200 analysed was only 176, <strong>Cairo, on the other hand, comes 113th in this category.<\/strong>. Among the top-ranked cities for conducting business are <strong>Algiers, Johannesburg and Casablanca<\/strong>. They also performed well compared to other African cities. Johannesburg, ranked 176th overall, was the strongest in the Society sub-index.<\/p>\r\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-transport-africa-2022\">Read also: African air transport hopes for a stronger recovery in 2022<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/statista-villes-afrique.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"wp-image-122869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/statista-villes-afrique.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/statista-villes-afrique.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/statista-villes-afrique-300x300-derived.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/statista-villes-afrique-150x150-derived.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p>While the index analyses in detail all the components linked to the standard of living and well-being, it can be criticised for not including cities as important in Africa as Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Abidjan, Dakar or Kigali in Rwanda.<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-widget\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statista recently published its list of the best business cities in Africa, taken from a more comprehensive report covering cities worldwide. 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