What are the most influential cities in the world? Well, according to A.T Kearney 2019 Global Cities Index and Outlook, no African city featured among the top 20 most influential cities in the world.
The report, in ranking the cities, focused on human capital, thoughtful municipal policies, smart corporate investment, and a commitment to building a technology pathway into the future that has made the ranked cities a bustling, global hub that attracts people and businesses alike.
New York, London, and Paris maintain their decade-long dominance as the top three cities in the Global Cities Index.
London’s steady performance brings it to the very top of the Global Cities Outlook. San Francisco drops from first to third as challenger cities outpace the California tech hub in personal well-being and foreign investment.
Here 25 most influential cities in the world for 2019 according to A.T Kearney:
- New York
- London
- Paris
- Tokyo
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Beijing
- Washington D.C
- Sydney
- Brussels
- Seoul
- Berlin
- Madrid
- Melbourne
- Toronto
- Moscow
- Shanghai
- Amsterdam
- Boston
- San Francisco
- Barcelona
- Buenos Aires
- Vienna
From the list above, there is no single African city on the list. But do we have the most influential cities in Africa? Among the most influential cities in Africa in terms of the population of people they house, Lagos, Nigeria carries the day with at least 21 million people.
Here are the 10 most influential cities in Africa:
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Cairo, Egypt
- Kinshasa, DR Congo
- Luanda, Angola
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Johannesburg, South Africa