2022 | StartupBlink View the Global Startup Map p. 193 South Africa decreased by one spot to 49th globally, keeping its position as the first and only country in Africa in the global top 50 since the first release of the StartupBlink Index in 2017. All South African cities have shown negative momentum this year. 1st nationally, Cape Town has decreased by 2 spots to 147th globally, but has moved up to the 2nd highest ranked city in Africa at the expense of Nairobi. Although decreasing 6 spots to 158th globally, Johannesburg ranks 2nd nationally and is climbing to 3rd position in Africa, also profiting from Nairobi's decline. Both Cape Town and Johannesburg are South Africa’s first tier cities, with Cape Town overperforming in Edtech at 58th worldwide, and Johannesburg ranking in the global top 100 for Software & Data. South Africa’s second tier cities declined as well. Pretoria has seen a significant fall of 170 spots to 660th, with Durban taking its place as the country's 3rd ecosystem after falling 9 places to 577th. After Nigeria's representation in the global top 1000 dropped from 7 cities to 3, South Africa displaced Nigeria as the country in Africa with the highest number of ranked cities at 4. South Africa is the only country in Africa to rank in the top 50. 49 | South Africa 2020 2021 2022 Regional Rank Startup Ecosystem Ranking Global Rank National Rank and Change City Global Rank and Change Total Score Overperforming Industry 1 Cape Town 147 5.169 Edtech 2 Johannesburg 158 4.935 Software & Data 3 Durban 577 0.538 4 Pretoria 660 0.426 58 97 −2 −6 −9 −170 − − +1 −1 For more information about the rankings of cities, view the country dashboard on Startublink.com.
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