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Johannesburg Beats Cairo, Nairobi And Lagos To Rank Most Culturally Vibrant City In Africa

 


Johannesburg in South Africa has been ranked the highest overall ranking score for creating the most enabling environment for creativity and quality index, followed by Cairo in Egypt and Lagos in Nigeria.


The Creative Vibrancy Index for Africa (CVIA) has ranked Lagos as the third most culturally vibrant city in Africa in its ranking of how 12 African cities support and enable the arts, culture, and creative industries.   


Johannesburg came first with the highest overall ranking score for creating the most enabling environment for creativity, followed by Cairo in Egypt and Lagos in Nigeria.
Marrakech in Morocco, Tunis in Tunisia and Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo were ranked the least enabling cities.
 

The index provided a comprehensive overview of the environment for artists and creative entrepreneurs in Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Dakar, Nairobi, Tunis, Marrakech, Luanda, Accra, Cairo, Lagos, Harare and Dar-Es-Salam.



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