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| African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 2:58pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
And this overview of Africa’s richest cities, indicates where clusters of wealthy cities are developing across the continent, as well as showing a few more isolated locations of money aggregation. Long the most developed nation on the continent, South Africa – with four of Africa’s ten richest cities – continues to be the economic engine of Africa’s southern half. With a total GDP of $722 billion, South Africa as a whole continues to be the continent’s wealthiest country, but on a per-capita basis it comes second after the tiny island nation of Mauritius ($32,700). The East African economy is dominated by a string of wealthy cities, from Uganda’s capital Kampala via Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city. In West Africa, a similar transnational conglomeration runs from Abidjan in Ivory Coast over Ghana’s Accra to Lagos and Abidjan in Nigeria. In Morocco, Casablanca’s wealth is flanked by that of Tangier and Marrakesh. In Egypt, Cairo dwarfs but not completely outshines Alexandria. The ‘isolates’, in descending order, are four capitals: Luanda (Angola), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Windhoek (Namibia) and Lusaka (Zambia). 1. JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA): $276 BILLION Fittingly, Africa’s richest city was built on gold – on the Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886, to be exact. It’s the commercial capital of South Africa and the wider region. 2. CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA): $155 BILLION The city with Africa’s highest prime residential rates, at around $6,100 per square metre (similar to DC or Berlin) also is an important hub for financial services, retail and tourism 3. CAIRO (EGYPT): $140 BILLION Real estate, financial services and construction are some of the key sectors in this city of 9 million, the biggest metropolis in the Middle East.
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| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 3:00pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
4. LAGOS (NIGERIA): $108 BILLION It may no longer be the country’s capital, Lagos still is the gateway for 80% of Nigeria’s exports – and the centre of the burgeoning film industry, a.k.a. Nollywood. At 21 million inhabitants (2016 est.), it’s Africa’s largest metropolis, as well as one of the world’s fastest-growing cities. 5. DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA): $55 BILLION Subtropical Durban is South Africa’s third-biggest city (after Johannesburg and Cape Town), second-biggest manufacturing hub and biggest port, as well as a major tourist destination. Durban’s Gateway Theatre of Shopping is Africa’s biggest mall. It has 12,000 parking slots, 390 stores, 90 restaurants, more than a dozen movie theatres (including an IMAX theatre), a skate park designed by Tony Hawk, and the highest fountain in Africa 6. NAIROBI (KENYA): $54 BILLION Kenya’s capital and largest city (metro area: 7 million) Nairobi is also known as the Green City in the Sun. Founded in 1899 by the British as a rail depot, the city today is home to thousands of Kenyan businesses, as well as the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Africa’s 4th-largest stock exchange; and regional hub for hundreds of multinationals.
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| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 3:02pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
7. LUANDA (ANGOLA): $49 BILLION Luanda is the biggest city, major port and capital of Angola – and its metro area is home to one in three Angolans. While the majority of Luandans live in poverty, the booming oil and gas industry has created huge wealth for a minority (as well as a boom in banking and building). Luanda is one of the world’s most expensive cities for ex-pats, in part because of high import tariffs imposed to help pay for diversifying the economy. 8. PRETORIA (SOUTH AFRICA): $48 BILLION The administrative capital of South Africa and the hub of the wider Tshwane metro area, Pretoria is also a centre for academia and R&  , as well as commerce and industry, including metalworks to car factories.9. CASABLANCA (MOROCCO): $42 BILLION Officially ad-Dar al-Bayda in Arabic but informally known as Kaza, Casablanca is the largest city in the entire Maghreb region (metro area: 7 million), and its economic hub. It is important both as port city and financial centre. Major Moroccan and multinational companies are headquartered here rather than in the political capital Rabat. 10. ACCRA (GHANA): $38 BILLION A merger of coastal settlements around British, Dutch and Danish coastal forts, Accra in 1957 became the capital of sub-Saharan Africa’s first independent nation. Today, it is a centre for manufacturing, marketing, finance, insurance, and transportation. Over the next decade, the AfrAsia Bank’s report expects growth to remain strong in South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Nigeria – not coincidentally countries hosting many of the hubs shown on this map. But the strongest growth projections apply to some of the smaller countries in Africa: Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana and Mauritius.
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| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by FERNANDEZISBACK: 3:04pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Lagos is indeed a great city..  Other state need to step up their game too..  5 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by cherishmichael: 3:09pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
South Africa kodus, your numbers counted multiple times. 5 Likes
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| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 3:10pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
cherishmichael: Southafrica is still the giant of Africa forge that the blacks are not trying but still sA is second to none 1 Like |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Sonyboom765: 3:12pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Over to the jews without a single city on the list. Them go say na afonja media compose am 10 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:21pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Dawn91:you expect alot from people like that? 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:26pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
FERNANDEZISBACK:Now compare SA with three cities and Nigeria with just one. doesnt that tell you anything? The GDP of Lagos is not realistic in the sense that if Nigeria decides to practice true federalism, do you in all honesty think Lagos would be among top 5 richest state in Nigeria? it would go to the Niger Delta states. The population in Lagos is as a result of over concentration of infrastructural development by the FG in Lagos and by the British during colonialism. if you notice, Ports are working only in Lagos, before the major international Airport was Muritala. let there be an even development let us know the true nature of the performance of all 36 state in Nigeria. 8 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by FERNANDEZISBACK: 3:28pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays:Tell that to your fellow country men cos these talks wasn't necessary..I don't need you to start telling me about your country's history.. My comment was to appreciate Lagos and it's growth not some petty debate..  13 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:29pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Imagine, you have top 10 and SA has 4 states on the List. Nigeria and its fake economy. Even a Dangote Operates a monopoly. how can you have a sharp difference in the top richest africans with dangote as number one and the next Nigerian is far away?? same with states. how can you have just one state in the whole list from the top ten and people are celebrating? SA is the real giant of africa jare 4 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:29pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
FERNANDEZISBACK:k |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by EastisBae: 3:29pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Sonyboom765: Neither did I see any Yoruba city but you can continue seeing Igbo giants. 5 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by FERNANDEZISBACK: 3:30pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:30pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Kaiser20: 3:31pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
According to Nairaland nnewi and Onitsha traders their cities are competing with Frankfort, Tokyo and Newyork 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by FERNANDEZISBACK: 3:31pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 3:39pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays: Sound analysis and facts only 2 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by princdebola201(m): 3:41pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays:Mention 5 FG infrastructures that is Alive in lagos? 9 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Sonyboom765: 3:49pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
I tot your father so not have problem with bragging..lol. Dawn91: The Lagos on the list belongs to you Israelites ba ?! Igbo giant or slaves. EastisBae: 4 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Nobody: 3:51pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays: Igbo man think everything is import import, if you are smart as you proposed, alaigbo should be better than Lagos now 4 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Billingslord: 3:52pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
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| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:52pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
princdebola201:After the civil, the 3 Rs were supposed to done in the SE but Gowon chose to develop Lagos massively. International Airport Muritala MM1,MM2 Apapa ,Tin can ports The Bridges 3rd mainland and other connecting Ones. The National Theatre The National Stadium Festac 77. The relocation of major Oil companies by Awolowo to Lagos. The centralization of major government agencies in lagos before Abuja. Consular offices. All Important Embassies are In Lagos. Airforce Base Ikeja,Shasha,VI. Army Base Ikeja.Oshodi,Ipaja Naval Base Satellite town. etc no state in Nigeria has this number. if you must know, these attracts people and increases population so its easier to generate IGR. simple 6 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 3:54pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Sonyboom765: Secondly I am not Ibo 1 Like |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:56pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
SlyDev:If the federal Goverment should replicate the items i listed below in a state like Anambra and makes sure it does the same infrastructural development during the regime of Gowon,Babangida,Abacha, i doubt we would be having this unnecessary talk. FG upgraded Abuja and its one of the best states in Nigeria. International Airport Muritala MM1,MM2 Apapa ,Tin can ports The Bridges 3rd mainland and other connecting Ones. The National Theatre The National Stadium Festac 77. The relocation of major Oil companies by Awolowo to Lagos. The centralization of major government agencies in lagos before Abuja. Consular offices. All Important Embassies are In Lagos. Airforce Base Ikeja,Shasha,VI. Army Base Ikeja.Oshodi,Ipaja Naval Base Satellite town. etc no state in Nigeria has this number. if you must know, these attracts people and increases population so its easier to generate IGR. simple 5 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 3:58pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Billingslord:i mentioned the infrastructure but in your brilliance you decide to start with insults? okay oh! no complain later sha 2 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Dawn91(m): 4:05pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays: You gave some brilliant points to back up your argument, let's wait for his reply 5 Likes |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by Nobody: 4:08pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
NimrodEndOfDays: Why can't your leader who are from the smartest tribe in Africa do this? You cannot give what you don't have, igbo don't understand democracy and leadership. You blame Tinubu but not the leaders you elected in alaigbo Yoruba leaders are wise, smart and sophisticated, they have been practising good governance for the past 400 years, appoint Yoruba a leader of an organisation and watch it progress, give igbo man Lagos and he will turn it to Abia in 4 years Learn from us and select a good leader, stop blaming us we are not your elders 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: African Cities With The Highest GDP by NimrodEndOfDays(m): 4:10pm On Feb 22, 2022 |
Dawn91:if lets say the FG replicates this in a state like Akwa Ibom, what will i be doing in Lagos? I love Lagos oh! na their dem born me but this idea of saying other states should do what Lagos has done is very difficult. but if The Niger Delta states have 100% resource control, Lagos would loose that position immediately. if you have been to states like Rivers, Akwa Ibom or Cross River, my brother, and with the governors they have had, you will leave Lagos too. 1 Like |
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