One of the most popular city in Africa, Lagos has been named among the top five best cities in Nigeria.
Lagos emerged as the fifth best African city with high desirability by people to live, work, and invest, according to a report by Brand Finance City Index 2023.
The ranking goes as follows;
1. Cape Town (South Africa) 62.9
2. Cairo (Egypt) 60.7
3. Johannesburg (South Africa) 59.7
4. Casablanca (Morocco) 59.3
5. Lagos (Nigeria) 56.7
On global rankings, Cape Town, Cairo, Johannesburg, Casablanca, Lagos and Nairobi are the only six African countries that appear on the 100 world’s best cities as numbers 60, 67, 72, 76, 90, and 94 respectively.
London (England) is the world’s best city brand in the ranking scoring, 84.6 per cent, while New York (the United States) and Paris (France) come as 2nd and 3rd, garnering 83.0 and 79.7 per cents respectively.
“The ranking is based on a global survey of close to 15,000 members of the public conducted in April 2023 in 20 countries on all continents to measure perceptions of the world’s top 100 cities,” the report says.
