Best cities

These are the cities that have become indicators of the continent's modernisation, demographic growth, creativity, inequalities and social change. From business, culture and lifestyle to institutions and security, here is our exclusive ranking of Africa's fifteen most attractive cities.

1. Casablanca, Morocco
2. Kigali, Rwanda
3. Abidjan, Ivory Coast
4. Cape Town, South Africa
5. Marrakesh, Morocco
6. Nairobi, Kenya
7. Port Louis, Mauritius
8. Windhoek, Namibia
9. Dakar, Senegal
10. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
11. Cairo, Egypt
12. Tunis, Tunisia
13. Johannesburg, South Africa
14. Lagos, Nigeria
15. Accra, Ghana