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Matters eRising – The African startup ecosystem and why Yaba, Lagos matters
By ITEdgeNews -April 14, 2017027
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By Segun Oruame

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017 puts Lagos ahead of other cities as Africa’s most valuable startup ecosystem. Surprise? You shouldn’t be. Lagos has always been a promising city for entrepreneurs and a hub for ambitious innovators.

The new report by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) did not even mentioned Nairobi, famously held as a thriving city for technology innovation on the continent.

The section on Africa in the report features just three cities as the major flag bearers for the African Startup Ecosystem. They are Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Lagos.

While the metrics used include average salaries for software engineers, ecosystem value, and early-stage funding, the authors particularly lay emphasis on which ecosystem could best allow startups have an early run into global reckoning. The answer is Lagos, followed by Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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