FT ranking: Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2022
From digitising informal trade to fintech and mining, our inaugural list reflects trends on the continent
Kenya is the third most represented country in the ranking, with nine companies, behind South Africa (24) and Nigeria (20), and ahead of Egypt (six). These are also the markets that have attracted the most venture capital and where unicorns (companies valued at $1bn+) and would-be unicorns have proliferated.