Findings from JLL’s 2014 Transparency Survey reveal that Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has made the world’s
strongest progress in real estate transparency. Five SSA markets – namely Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and
Mauritius – have demonstrated significant improvement in transparency scores; all have secured a position in the
Global Top 10 improvers. The fast-growing economies of Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana are among the top five improvers globally, and are now clearly on the radars of international corporate occupiers seeking regional hubs for operations in East and
West Africa respectively.The increase in transparency in these markets is an outcome of concrete efforts taken by their respective governments to upgrade their physical infrastructures and to improve governance and the regulatory framework to create more business-friendly environments.
