An aerial view of Nairobi [PHOTO/cnn.com]
Nairobi City has been ranked position ten among African cities in terms of economic activity, connectivity and consumer size.
The ranking done by Fraym Urban Markets Index places the continent's 169 largest urbanised clusters by the above standards.
In this latest ranking, the Fraym index ranked 35 countries.
Leading on the list was Cairo (Cairo) followed by Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria) and Luanda (Angola), with DRC's Kinshasa coming fifth.
Casablanca (Morocco) was sixth with Rabat (Morocco), Khartoum (Sudan) and Alexandria (Egypt) coming seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
"Outside of the top three, each African city has a unique profile. Some, like Khartoum and Alexandria, are very large markets with many millions of emerging consumers. Others, like Nairobi and Casablanca, are highly connected gateways to their sub-regions and beyond. This reflects the diversity of the continent and the need to examine each city market as a distinct entity," said Fraym CEO Ben Leo.
"Nairobi has successfully positioned itself as a hyper-connected hub, both within East Africa and across the continent. This gives the city an outsized influence despite having a smaller GDP than many other African cities," he added.