I'm happy my little smoke is flushing out the bigots! Keep dancing bro, tonight is really your night! Bigot!

Beaf:
You should learn objectivity so that you stop sounding like an arsehole.

Rhino.5dm:
Your so called "criticism" is pure bigotry which intelligent minds can easily decode.

Even the deaf, dumb and blind can easily percieve the deep coated bigotry filled comments you constantly spew in the name of being objective. Come out of the closet and stop acting like a hypocrite. If you call me a "bigot" for being passionate about my region, then I should buy you a drink.

Secondly, your whatever opinion is irrelevant here, cos the people of south west are not complaining, rather they praying against winch like you for the project to be successful.

I'm so done with you, arguing with you is like pouring water on rock (no physical effect), so I'll let you flow in your spirit of love for your beloved SW... Peace brother.

The reality of it is that while the eko atlantic is a welcome project ,it will not really benefit the masses.Everything in Nigeria is always done for the big men and the corrupt politicians.Land will not be affordable in EAC and the cost of housing will be ridiculously high if what currently obtains in Lekki is anything to go by.I wish them luck but unless the prices of the homes there are reasonable i will pass.

playmode: The reality of it is that while the eko atlantic is a welcome project ,it will not really benefit the masses.Everything in Nigeria is always done for the big men and the corrupt politicians.Land will not be affordable in EAC and the cost of housing will be ridiculously high if what currently obtains in Lekki is anything to go by.I wish them luck but unless the prices of the homes there are reasonable i will pass.

This is a private development and they didn't set out to build houses for the masses so what's the crying about.?

manny4life:

I'm so done with you, arguing with you is like pouring water on rock (no physical effect), so I'll let you flow in your spirit of love for your beloved SW... Peace brother.

I just don't know why many of you don't spend the same time and energy you spend losing sleep over lagos state on your towns and villages.

January 2012 Update High Res From SSC

Lagos, emerging cities hold promise of 50% world growth

The world in the next 15 years anticipates about 50 percent economic growth from cities in emerging markets such as Lagos in Nigeria, Johannesburg in South Africa and Rio de Jenairo, in Brazil, among others, following rapid urbanisation, experts have said.



Experts say urbanisation is happening faster in Africa than anywhere else in the world, while cities are driving the continent’s economic growth.

The experts who spoke yesterday at The Economist Conference on Future Cities, with the theme ‘Managing Africa’s Urban Transformation’, noted that economies of African countries are growing exponentially, giving instance of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, where urban growth is second to none in Sub-Saharan Africa. Urban growth has strong correlation with the growth in the construction industry, especially in Nigeria, where it is expected that the industry will witness bout 15 percent growth by 2020.

Dougal Thomson, Head of Conference Programmes, CEMEA, The Economist Group, said in his introductory remark at the conference, that Africa’s population was going to surpass that of China by 2050, citing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection which says that African GDP growth at the moment is 5.4 percent per annum.

This lends credence to the latest 10-year forecast from Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics, which says construction growth in Nigeria will be the fastest of all markets, predicting that China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest construction market by 2018.

The report sees Nigeria as the market where the fastest growth will happen, adding: “Nigeria will be the global hotspot from here to 2020 because the nation’s construction growth is even faster than India’s, which reflects increased wealth”.

Thomson who spoke on ‘The World in 2020: Understanding the Drivers of Change’ however, pointed out that Africans were still struggling to get going, noting that so much money was needed to transform cities in the continent. “There is need for job creation to cope with the growing population; the continent anticipates growth of the middle class and the emergence of people with purchasing power”, he said.

Robert Neuwirth, in his presentation titled ‘The Dynamism of Street Savvy: The New Growth Driver?’ highlighted some of the economic potential of cities in what he called ‘street opportunity’, stressing that urban city development was an opportunity.

Neuwirth, the author of ‘Nations and Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World’, said that in Lagos, there are lots of economic activities going on, ranging from the very micro to macro businesses, disclosing that trading activities alone in the city generate about $10 billion a year.

Credit Suisse, in a report released last month, noted that urbanisation continues to provide one of the most significant drivers of growth for the global economy, and Lagos will be the 6th fastest growing city in the world, between the periods of 2010 and 2025.

The bank’s analysts also highlight that for growing cities like Lagos, access to deep capital markets is essential for financing and encouraging private investment and enterprise.

“The most successful global cities have anticipated the significant necessary public and private funding growth required, rather than responding to population growth and being constantly behind the curve” they said.

Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State Governor, during an interview session at the conference, disclosed that the state has developed an annual household survey which forms the roadmap for planning the state’s budget.

“There has been a gap in planning, especially during the military regime, where a governor stayed in office on average, less than 24 months. Today, we have changed that, as we have developed master plans for eight independent towns in Lagos, which are all to be linked by transport infrastructure.”

According to Fashola, the state government is currently employing the public-private sector model in a number of sectors, such as the light rail, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Eko Atlantic city project and the Lekki – Epe expressway.

The size of the Lagos economy put at $50 billion at the end of 2011, currently accounts for 20 percent of Nigeria’s GDP. Lagos has a population of 20.19 million (UN – Habitat) that is growing at a rate of 3.2 per cent per annum, while its urbanisation growth rate is a rapid 16 percent. Lagos’s share of Nigeria’s urban population is also a hefty 27.4 percent.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/38752-lagos-emerging-cities-hold-promise-of-50-world-growth

^^ dem ban you?

Dem ban me o!

Very soon, we're closer

Eko oni baje

in your dream. other african big cities have stopped development and are waiting to be overtaken

^^
Watch and see, bad belle mugu

Any update about this project? Lagosians

Dark Lover: Any update about this project? Lagosians

Still on course. Yorubas never fail at progressive initiatives

And I really can't wait. All the banks and major companies I know have invested in the city and it will have high rise flats and will have working and residential facilities for close to 30 million people, thereby freeing up more space for Lagos's teeming population

can you guys upload the work in progress pictures??

jjason123: January 2012 Update High Res From SSC

That is a wow map image. Go Eko Atlantic.

It's an old pic you posted, thnx tho

hope fashola is building public toilets in that eko atlantic city? dont ask me why

Malawian: hope fashola is building public toilets in that eko atlantic city? dont ask me why

Hater....How do u cope??

Malawian: hope fashola is building public toilets in that eko atlantic city? dont ask me why

Smash your head on the rock.

Hater....How do u cope??

Smash your head on the rock.

Don't you just love NL?

Perhaps it may be a beautiful city, but for the MOST BEAUTIFUL, nah, they say seeing is believing. Other African nations are springing forth and won't wait.

3D renders by am sure South African Architects. Namibia has started rigging its OIL. Namibia has 16 BILLION BARRELS of oil recently the researchers have found out that have 50 billion barrels of oil their rocks formations are similar to Brazil. While Falkland Islands near Argentina have discovered 60 billion barrels of oil their rock formations are similar to West Coast of South Africa. Here the link to SA known oil.

http://www.energy.gov.za/files/IEP/presentations/OilandGasReservesInSA_30March2012.pdf

RSA and Yoruba its for South Africa to seat back and relax sometimes like real GIANTS. Remember we had AMAZULU WORLD AND MACAMBINI PROJECTS, those two projects are on ICE. While DURBAN POINT PROJECT will be under construction later this year the plans are still to be approved by the municipality. Nigeria with Eko Atlantic or without will remain a THIRD WORLD SHITHOLE country compared to SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICAS natural BEAUTY, Cities like Cape Town have alot of things that Nigerian cities don't have BEAUTIFUL TABLE MOUNTAIN as a background, Robben Island, Nice sea views, world class roads and running electricity where 95% residents of Cape Town have access to running water and power. Unlike Lagos.

To Nigerians online, this is bad news for you. As we know ur obsessed with us. Im happy that we don't only have oil in our waters but also our neighbours Mozambique, Namibia,Madagascar (seating on 21 billion barrels of untapped oil), Tanzania have oil and gas even Kenya and East African countries. Again this region has overtaken west africa in terms of population. By 2050 Uganda, Tanzania,DRC will be knocking on Nigeria tail in terms of population.

SAD NEWS NIGERIA!!!These news and discovery of oil in other parts of Africa will affect ur prices.

SA’s Offshore Contingent Resources oil in place = 30 bbl

I have fallen in love with nairaland again over the past week or so. It's like the good old days of 2005-2010. Lots of wonderful crackpots and crazy people. So much FUN!

PREPARE TO SEE SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATING OIL DISCOVERY SOON(official statement its a secret just like Russia that kept it a secret to reveal their diamonds trillion dollar wealth).Namibia has started rigging its OIL. Namibia has 16 BILLION BARRELS of oil recently the researchers have found out that have 50 billion barrels of oil their rocks formations are similar to Brazil. While Falkland Islands near Argentina have discovered 60 billion barrels of oil their rock formations are similar to West Coast of South Africa. Here the link to SA contigent oil=30billion barrels.

http://www.energy.gov.za/files/IEP/presentations/OilandGasReservesInSA_30March2012.pdf

Theres nothing to celebrate on this REBASING STORY. Other than its just crooked politicians who are just trying to u happy by this nonsense. This still doesnt benefit ORDINARY NIGERIANS. Number one spot with million of people living in poverty, poor roads,poor electricity supply etc..

This is a list of countries by electricity production per year based on multiple sources.
Rank Country/Region Electricity
production
(GWh)[1] Date of
information
N/A World Total 21,325,115 2010[2]
1 United States 4,325,900 2010[2]
2 China 4,206,500 2010[2]
N/A European Union 3,332,111 2010[2]
3 Japan 1,145,300 2010[2]
4 Russia 1,036,800 2010[2]
5 India 922,200 2010[2]
6 Canada 629,900 2010[2]
7 Germany 621,000 2010[2]
8 France 573,200 2010[2]
9 Korea, South 497,200 2010[2]
10 Brazil 484,800 2010[2]
11 United Kingdom 381,200 2010[2]
12 Spain 300,400 2010[2]
13 Italy 298,200 2010[2]
14 Mexico 270,000 2010[2]
15 South Africa 268,100 2010[2](Note SA after Medupi,Kusile,Koeberg powerstation in 2014 will be in the top 5 in the world)
16 Taiwan 247,000 2010[2]
17 Australia 245,300 2010[2]
18 Turkey 239,100 2012
19 Iran 226,100 2010[2]
20 Saudi Arabia 214,000 2010[2]
21 Ukraine 187,900 2010[2]
22 Indonesia 166,400 2010[2]
23 Poland 157,400 2010[2]
24 Thailand 156,400 2010[2]
25 Sweden 155,400 2010[2]
26 Egypt 143,500 2010[2]
27 Argentina 128,500 2010[2]
28 Norway 124,500 2010[2]
29 Venezuela 116,700 2010[2]
30 Malaysia 116,200 2010[2]
31 Netherlands 114,800 2010[2]
32 Vietnam 100,170 2010[2]
33 Pakistan 93,350 2012[2]
34 United Arab Emirates 88,600 2010[2]
35 Czech Republic 85,900 2010[2]
36 Belgium 84,197 2009[3]
37 Kazakhstan 82,700 2010[2]
38 Finland 80,400 2010[2]
39 Switzerland 71,200 2010[2]
40 Austria 70,800 2010[2]
41 Philippines 67,700 2010[2]
42 Chile 60,200 2010[2]
43 Romania 59,800 2010[2]
44 Israel 58,300 2010[2]
45 Colombia 56,900 2010[2]
46 Portugal 55,800 2010[2]
47 Paraguay 54,912 2008[3]
48 Kuwait 54,600 2010[2]
49 Greece 53,200 2010[2]
50 Uzbekistan 52,300 2010[2]
51 Bulgaria 46,000 2010[2]
52 Singapore 45,400 2010[2]
53 Algeria 45,200 2010[2]
54 New Zealand 43,400 2010[2]
55 Bangladesh 39,100 2010[2]
56 Denmark 38,600 2010[2]
57 Hong Kong 38,300 2010[2]
58 Syria 38,705 2008[3]
59 Hungary 37,400 2010[2]
60 Peru 34,800 2010[2]
61 Serbia 34,711 2008[3]
62 Iraq 34,600 2008[3]
63 Belarus 34,500 2010[2]
64 Ireland 28,300 2010[2]
65 Slovakia 27,400 2010[2]
66 Libya 26,947 2008[3]
67 Qatar 23,700 2010[2]
68 Korea, North 22,517 2008[3]
69 Puerto Rico 20,921 2008[3]
70 Nigeria 20,130 2008[3]
71 Ecuador 19,500 2010[2]
72 Morocco 19,493 2008[3]
73 Azerbaijan 18,700 2010[2]
74 Turkmenistan 17,400 2010[2]
75 Cuba 16,990 2008[3]
76 Iceland 16,484 2009[3]
77 Tajikistan 15,971 2008[3]
78 Slovenia 15,634 2009[3]
79 Oman 15,085 2009[4]
80 Mozambique 14,975 2008[3]
81 Dominican Republic 14,577 2008[3]
82 Tunisia 14,395 2008[3]
83 Jordan 13,010 2008[3]
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,692 2008[3]
85 Kyrgyzstan 11,702 2008[3]
86 Croatia 11,658 2008[3]
87 Bahrain 11,217 2008[3]
88 Estonia 9,984 2008[3]
89 Zambia 9,752 2007[3]
90 Sri Lanka 9,507 2007[3]
91 Uruguay 9,265 2007[3]
92 Trinidad and Tobago 9,100 2010[2]
93 Lebanon 9,030 2007[3]
94 Zimbabwe 8,890 2007[3]
95 Costa Rica 8,808 2007[3]
96 Guatemala 8,425 2007[3]
97 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,220 2007[3]
98 Georgia 7,970 2008[4]
99 Jamaica 7,324 2007[3]
100 Ghana 6,746 2007[3]
101 Sudan 6,509[3] 2009
102 Burma 6,286 2007[3]
103 Macedonia 6,051 2007
104 Armenia 5,941 2006
105 Lithuania 5,700 2010[2]
106 Panama 5,661 2005
107 Kenya 5,502 2005
108 Albania 5,385 2005
109 Honduras 5,339 2005
110 El Salvador 5,316 2006
111 Côte d'Ivoire 5,305 2005
112 Bolivia 5,293 2006
113 Latvia 4,778 2005
114 Cyprus 4,618 2006
115 Yemen 4,456 2005 (estimations)
116 Cameroon 4,090 2005
117 Kosovo 3,996 2006
118 Moldova 3,881 2005
119 Papua New Guinea 3,698 2005
120 Mongolia 3,430 2006
121 Luxembourg 3,156 2005 (estimations)
122 Ethiopia 2,864 2005
123 Montenegro 2,864 2005 (estimations)
124 Nicaragua 2,778 2006
125 Brunei 2,735 2005
126 Angola 2,585 2005
127 Nepal 2,511 2006
128 Mauritius 2,350 2006
129 Senegal 2,159 2006
130 Malta 2,106 2005
131 Bhutan 2,000 2005
132 Uganda 1,983 2005
133 Bahamas 1,894 2005
134 Tanzania 1,880 2005
135 Guam 1,793 2005
136 Laos 1,715 2005
137 Namibia 1,688 2005
138 Macau 1,670 2006
139 Suriname 1,530 2005
140 Gabon 1,520 2005
141 New Caledonia 1,508 2005
142 Malawi 1,397 2005
143 Netherlands Antilles 1,175 2005
144 Fiji 1,046 2005
145 Madagascar 1,046 2005
146 U.S. Virgin Islands 996 2005
147 Barbados 953 2005
148 Botswana 912 2005
149 Guinea 840 2006
150 Guyana 807 2005
151 Mali 804 2006
152 Aruba 770 2005
153 Afghanistan 754 2005
154 Bermuda 618 2005
155 Haiti 535 2005
156 Burkina Faso 516 2005
157 French Polynesia 462 2005
158 Swaziland 460 2007
159 Cayman Islands 400 2005
160 Congo, Republic of the 400 2007[3]
161 Lesotho 350 2005
162 Liberia 319 2005
163 Djibouti 306 2006
164 Saint Lucia 304 2005
165 Greenland 300 2005
166 Faroe Islands 290 2005
167 Somalia 270 2005
168 Eritrea 252 2006
169 Mauritania 248 2005
170 Sierra Leone 245 2005
171 Niger 234 2005
172 Belize 200 2007 (estimations)
173 Micronesia, Federated States of 192 2002
174 American Samoa 180 2005
175 Togo 176 2005
176 Maldives 169 2005
177 Grenada 150 2005
178 Gambia, The 145 2005
179 Gibraltar 141 2005
180 Burundi 137 2005
181 Cambodia 134 2005
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 125 2005
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 115 2005
184 Samoa 111 2009[5]
185 Central African Republic 109 2005
186 Antigua and Barbuda 105 2005
187 Benin 105 2005
188 Chad 95 2005
189 Rwanda 95 2005
190 Western Sahara 85 2005
191 Dominica 80 2005
192 Solomon Islands 60 2005
193 Guinea-Bissau 60 2005
194 Tonga 54 2006
195 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 50 2005
196 Cape Verde 45 2005
197 British Virgin Islands 45 2005
198 Vanuatu 41 2005
199 Cook Islands 30 2005
200 Nauru 30 2005
201 Equatorial Guinea 28 2005
202 Comoros 20 2005
203 Montserrat 20 2005
204 Sao Tome and Principe 18 2005
205 Falkland Islands 16 2005
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 2005
207 Kiribati 9 2005
208 Saint Helena 8 2005
209 Niue 3 2005
210 Gaza Strip 0.14 2005
References

^ CIA - The World Factbook - Rank Order - Electricity - production

To Sheyi my YORUBA friend Nigeria will still be behind to SA in many things. South Africa has the highest number of tarred roads in Africa(even low income areas are tarred with running water and electricity). While half of Nigerias population live in RURAL AREAS where water is still fetched from rivers and dams with no electricity.

WELL BEING OF ALL CITIZENS IS CELEBRATEDsmiley
Data published by the institute - an independent think-tank producing research, policy critiques and risk analysis on South Africa - shows that between 1996 and 2010:

The number of South African households living in formal houses increased from 5.8-million to 11-million or by 89.9%. Over the same period the proportion of all households living in a formal house increased from 64% to 76%.

The number of South African households with access to electricity increased from 5.2-million to 11.9-million or by 127.9%, while the proportion of all households with access to electricity increased from 58% to 83%.

The number of South African households with access to piped water increased from 7.2-million to 12.7-million or by 76.6%. The proportion with access to piped water increased from 80% to 89%.

"Increases of a similar magnitude are true for all 15 service delivery indicators tracked by the institute," Cronje said.

"These improvements are corroborated by Living Standard Measure [LSM] improvements, which show equally dramatic improvements in the number and proportion of people in higher living standard brackets.

"Together with increased access to social welfare, which now reaches over 15-million people, service delivery successes are responsible for the fact that the proportion of South Africans living on less than US$2/day has declined from 12% in 1994, and a peak of 17% in 2002, to just 5% today."

Regarding service delivery protests, Cronje said that there was "no contradiction between the successes we identify and the protests that are now commonplace around the country.

"These protests are not a function of the failure of delivery but rather of its success, in that this success has raised expectations that cannot be met because of shortcomings in the school system and the labour market."

Cronje said that while the ruling African National Congress (ANC) was not perfect, and while it could be debated whether state-led delivery was the best development model for a country to follow, "the data we have published is unambiguous that the ANC and the government it leads deserves considerably more credit for improving the living standards of poor and black South Africans than it has received."

SAinfo reporter

Read more: http://www.southafrica.info/about/social/delivery-200912.htm#.UWvV0sVcb4s#ixzz2QWhqv9xx

While theyr building for the FATCATS we're building for the masses.
Our dream is to see all SOUTH AFRICANS living in a country where everyone of all races having access to clean water,electircity,tarred roads, health etc..
THIS IS CORNUBIA DICKEHEADS North of Durban near Umhlanga. Its a mixed development.
Everything done by SOUTH AFRICANS(Architects,Engineers,labour etc..). Theres no FONG KONGS/Chinese here
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1137617&page=3

BRIDGE CITY
Built for the masses(Indians and blacks placed by apartheid in Phoenix and Umlazi).

http://www.bridgecity.co.za/news-details/2009/aug/20/bridge-city-durban-the-opportunity-to-invest-is-now/9/