{"id":52074,"date":"2024-12-01T10:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T10:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-secures-second-spot-as-africa-s-most-attractive-city\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:11:13","slug":"kigali-secures-second-spot-as-africa-s-most-attractive-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-secures-second-spot-as-africa-s-most-attractive-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali secures second spot as Africa’s most attractive city"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Africa Report is a Paris-based, English-language quarterly magazine focusing on African politics and economics, founded by Patrick Smith two decades ago.<\/p>\n

In its first ranking of African cities, the pan-African media platform recognized Kigali as Africa’s second most inviting, livable, and investment-friendly city. <\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s Cape Town and Johannesburg claimed the first and third spots, followed by Morocco\u2019s twin cities of Casablanca and Rabat. Nairobi, Kenya, ranked sixth.<\/p>\n

Other cities in the top 10 include Alexandria, Cairo, Abidjan, and Accra. Additional rankings feature Lagos, Dakar, Gaborone, Addis Ababa, Tunis, Lusaka, Cotonou, Oran, Kampala, Abuja, Lom\u00e9, Algiers, Douala, Yaound\u00e9, Luanda, Maputo, Harare, Kinshasa, Libreville, and Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n

The report highlights progress made by urban centres while identifying areas for growth, using a comprehensive survey of readers and foreign direct investment data to provide insights into Africa\u2019s evolving urban landscape.<\/p>\n

Kigali has previously been recognized for its ease of doing business, driven by streamlined regulatory processes, transparent governance, and supportive policies for entrepreneurs and investors. <\/p>\n

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The city also boasts a clean, orderly environment thanks to initiatives like monthly Umuganda community cleanups and strict waste management systems, earning it a reputation as one of Africa\u2019s cleanest capitals.<\/p>\n

In addition, Kigali embraces innovation with tech hubs, smart city initiatives, and a growing startup ecosystem fostering creativity and modern solutions, making it an attractive destination for both business and living.<\/p>\n

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In July, Kigali was ranked among the top five favourite destinations for travellers visiting Africa and the Middle East. It moved up four spots from ninth place in the World\u2019s Best Awards 2024, behind Marrakesh, Cape Town, Jerusalem, and Dubai, respectively. <\/p>\n

The awards, organized by Travel + Leisure, a New York City-based travel magazine, consider traveler experiences to rank the world\u2019s top cities based on parameters such as sights\/landmarks, culture, food, friendliness, shopping, and value.<\/p>\n

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In the 2024 edition, voters described Kigali as a beautiful and well-organized hub with friendly and helpful residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazingly clean and progressive city! I felt safe walking all over,\u201d wrote one voter. \u201cThere is a wide variety of cuisine available and amazing coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rwanda\u2019s capital, Kigali, has been named the second most attractive city in Africa in the inaugural city rankings by The Africa Report and its sister publication, Jeune Afrique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000077865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000077865,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdsutuaw0aa4bbi.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52074"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52074"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}