Casablanca Among Africa’s Top 5 Cities of Opportunity: Report

Posted on 10 March 2016. Tags: Africa’s, among, Casablanca, Cities, opportunity, report

Morocco’s largest city and economic capital ranked fourth in the list, right between Johannesburg (third) and Algiers (fifth.)

Casablanca triumphed in the hotly-contested economics index, coming first in GDP diversity and as a key location for Top 500 company headquarters — top transport and energy infrastructure rankings no doubt helped in this sense.

However, and like Tunis, the city was let down by poor diversity and population growth, typical of the North African cities surveyed, the magazine added. North African cities dominated the top five, with Cairo in first position, followed by Tunis.

Contributed By Sonia Narula

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