Nairobi City has been ranked as the best city to work in the whole of Africa
According to Expat City Ranking 2021, Nairobi ranked 50 positions better than last year.
Globally, Nairobi was ranked the 12th best city out of the 57 captured in the survey; compared to 2020 where the city was ranked 62 out of 66 global cities.
Cape Town was ranked 41, Cairo 52 and Johannesburg was position 55 in this year’s report.
“All three African cities featured rank among the bottom 10 in the quality of urban living and urban work life indices — except for Nairobi, which lands in 34th place in the latter index.
“Nairobi also outperforms the other cities when it comes to the ease of getting settled, as well as finances and housing,” an excerpt of the report stated.
The survey considered quality of urban cities, settling in, work-life balance, finance, housing, and cost of living to rate them.
“Expats in Nairobi agree. 74 percent are happy with their social life, 17 percentage points more than the global average 57 percent,” the report documented.
