High growth African cities

African cities with high growth potential – about recent release of MasterCard’s African cities growth index.  The index covers sub-Saharan cities.

According to the the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the urban population of Africa is expected to triple by 2050 to 1.23 billion (from 395 million in 2009), by which time 60% of all Africans will be living in cities or urban areas.