{"id":44872,"date":"2021-06-22T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:25:37","slug":"lagos-displaces-nairobi-as-africas-top-startup-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872","title":{"rendered":"Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa\u2019s top startup city."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0-12.jpeg\" alt=\"How Google joined Facebook to redefine \u201cfree\u201d as it launches Lagos hub for developers\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital, Lagos, has been named Africa\u2019s top startup city, displacing Kenya\u2019s Nairobi which was earlier holding the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to the recently released StartupBlink Ecosystem Index Report 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now ranked 122nd globally, the city takes over from Nairobi which now ranks 136 globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still leading the pack is San Francisco and New York, maintaining their positions from the last rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Described as the \u201csupernova\u201d of startup ecosystems, San Francisco scored 328.96, nearly 3 times higher than New York\u2019s 110.77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Global Startup Ecosystem Index is built using hundreds of thousands of data points processed by an algorithm that takes into account several dozens of parameters including the number of startups, the size of the domestic market, the ease of doing business amongst others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital, Lagos, has been named Africa\u2019s top startup city, displacing Kenya\u2019s Nairobi which was earlier holding the title. This is according to the recently released StartupBlink Ecosystem Index Report 2021. Now ranked 122nd globally, the city takes over from Nairobi which now ranks 136 globally. Still leading the pack is San Francisco and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa\u2019s top startup city. &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tech\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=16\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa\u2019s top startup city.\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa\u2019s top startup city. &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44872#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tech","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=16"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lagos displaces Nairobi as Africa\u2019s top startup city."}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=16\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital, Lagos, has been named Africa\u2019s top startup city, displacing Kenya\u2019s Nairobi which was earlier holding the title. 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