₦airaland Forum

MPSA:
No one will compare Johannesburg alone, with any city in the continent , I am not talking about Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, and others, SA is the best country in the continent, Eish! But our economy isn't performing very well at this moment

Jay254:
When Nigerians started using photos from different cities in the world to compete with Kenya.

MPSA:
''It will soon surpass Johannesburg'' , after 100 years

AfroCircus:
Let's not let patriotism cloud our judgment, honestly speaking, there's no way Port Harcourt can be compared to Nairobi development wise. As for Abuja it can though it pales when compared to Nairobi and as I said, it's the only city that won't disappoint you given its population. Now getting to Lagos, it's a city competing with Nairobi instead of Shanghai, Cairo or some other similar sized city. Its skyline, motorways system, retail penetration, corporate presence etc should be several times larger than Nairobi's and not the same size.

Then Ibadan, Kaduna, Kano and Lagos are above 2m ppl with Port Harcourt being very close to that figure. Lagos is too big to compare here so for the other 3,do you see anything Durban like or Abidjan like? So I don't think I was wrong saying your 2m - 3m cities are very disappointing.

It's good admitting realistic things. For instance, Pretoria is about the same size as Mombasa but Pretoria is a whole lot more developed, or Port Louis in Mauritius is half the size of Nakuru but it looks like the bigger city when compared infrastructure wise. The Port Harcourt - Nairobi match-up is just as contrasting

ThePortlander:
The second pic you posted is not Nigeria,but Johanesburg South Africa .the Trumpet tree which blossoms in spring in temperate and subtropical climates can not thrive in Nigeria's climate .

ThePortlander:
Nigerians are very good at deceit and scam . None of those beaches you posted are Nigeria. Maybe only the first one maybe mobil oil station at ibeno Nigeria ,but not sure . No Nigerian beach is appealing enough for a vacation resort. Firstly,the water isn't turquoise and clean enough ,and the climate which is tropical rain forest climate does not support it.

Oxtonguy:
Omo I am feeling your pictures

Lagos

Jay254:
Nairobi has more multinational than Lagos by far, show me the multinationals in Lagos and I wills show you in Nairobi

Kenya is the biggest in vestor in Africa by venture, check below link.

Kenya Trumps SA, Emerges Africa's Biggest Investor - South Africa News
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://buzzsouthafrica.com/kenya-trumps-sa-emerges-africas-biggest-investor/&ved=0ahUKEwjY1J-H3MPQAhUMIcAKHXjzD8QQFggzMAI&usg=AFQjCNGEJqwrZENJmh5luqikA7zBq-TXwQ

The tallest structures to be in africa is already in advanced stage(site preps) in Nairobi the one for abuja I know by 2020 will remain proposed.

Most of the Asian countries have upgraded their mono rails to metro rail..Japan,India,Malaysia

forgiveness:
Yes of course,



First Bank of Nigeria, sometimes referred to as FirstBank, is a Nigerian multinational bank and financial services headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It is the biggest bank in Nigeria by total deposits and gross earnings and operates a network of over 750 business locations across Africa, the United Kingdom and representative offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, and Johannesburg set up to capture trade-related business between geographies. It majors in retail banking and has the largest retail client base in Nigeria. In 2015, The Asian Banker awarded FirstBank the Best Retail Bank in Nigeria award for the fifth consecutive year.


FBN Bank (DRC) Formerly Banque International de Credit (BIC) – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo – (75% shareholding) is a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, and was until September 2014 called BIC which was founded in April 1994[2]
FBN Bank (China) – Beijing, China China – representative office
FBN Bank (Ghana) – Accra, Ghana Ghana – 100% shareholding[3]
FBN Bank (Guinea) – Conakry, Guinea – 100% shareholding
FBN Bank (Senegal) – Dakar – 100% shareholding
FBN Bank (Sierra Leone) – Freetown, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone – 100% shareholding
FBN Bank (South Africa) – Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa – representative office
FBN Bank (UAE) – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates – representative office
FBN Bank (UK) – London, United Kingdom United Kingdom – 100% shareholding – savings products sold under FirstSave brand
FBN Bank (UK/Paris) – Paris, France France – a branch of the subsidiary in the UK


United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is one of Africa's leading banking Groups with operations in 19 African countries and offices in three global financial centers: London, Paris and New York.
United Bank for Africa in Ghana
United States
UBA New York – Regulated by the Office of the Controller of the Currency, is a member of the United States Federal Reserve System. Its balance sheet size is in excess of US$1.3 billion.
United Kingdom
UBA United Kingdom
UBA Capital Europe – Established as UK regulated investment banking operation in January 2008.
France
UBA France
Africa
UBA Benin
UBA Burkina Faso
UBA Cameroon S.A. – Cameroon represents UBA's first operational base in Central Africa, commencing operations in December 2007.
UBA Chad
UBA Congo Brazzaville – Started Operations In January 2011.[2]
UBA Congo Kinshasa (DRC)[3][4]
UBA Côte d'Ivoire – UBA CDI effectively commenced business in June 2008.
UBA Gabon
UBA Ghana Limited – commenced operations in 2004 and now operates from 16 branches.
UBA Guinea
UBA Kenya
UBA Liberia – It began operations in July 2008.
UBA Mali
UBA Mozambique
UBA Senegal
UBA Sierra Leone – Commenced active operations in July 2008 in Sierra Leone.
UBA Tanzania
UBA Uganda Limited – Represents UBA's pioneer country activities in the Eastern and Southern African sub-regions. It commenced operations in May 2008.
UBA Zambia.


Zenith Bank;
Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc has more than 500 branches and business offices in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Zenith Bank maintains subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Bank also has representative offices in South Africa and China.


GTBank plc has 231 branches, 17 Cash Centres, 18 e-branches, 35 GTExpress locations and more than 1165 ATMs in Nigeria. GTBank has expanded to Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. These countries belong to the "Eco zone". It has also expanded to the United Kingdom. With the acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Fina Bank GTBank expanded into the East African market as at December 2013. As a consequence, Fina Bank will now be renamed and rebranded as subsidiaries of GTBank.


Access Bank Group, is an international multinational financial services organization headquartered, in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, with subsidiaries in Nigeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia and the United Kingdom.[1] As of December 2015, Access Bank Group had assets in excess of US$13 billion.



Diamond Bank operates several subsidiary companies, based in Lagos, Nigeria, except where indicated.
Diamond Bank (UK) Plc - London, United Kingdom
Diamond Bank du Benin SA - Cotonou, Benin
Diamond Bank Togo - Togo
Diamond Bank Senegal - Dakar, Senegal
Diamond Bank Côte d’Ivoire - Abidjan, Ivory Coast



Skye Bank Sierra Leone Limited - 95% shareholding by Skye Bank Plc. 5% owned by Sierra Leonean investors. Paid up capital of US$3.1 million (SLL:13.85 billion) in 2008.
Skye Bank Gambia - Paid up capital of US$3.1 million (GMD:87.8 million) in 2008.
Skye Bank Guinea - Opened in April 2010.
Skye Bank Resources Ltd - Opened in 2008.


Union Bank of Nigeria Plc., commonly known as Union Bank of Nigeria, is a commercial bank in Nigeria.The bank maintains a vast network of interconnected branches in all Nigerian states. It has two wholly owned bank subsidiaries; one in Cotonou, Benin and another in London, in the United Kingdom. It also maintains a Representative Office in Johannesburg, South Africa.



Industrial and General Insurance Company Plc, commonly referred to as Industrial and General Insurance (IGI), is an insurance company in Nigeria. The company is a leading provider of insurance and risk management services in West Africa. IGI is a large insurance services provider in Nigeria and through its subsidiaries, in Ghana, the Gambia, Rwanda and Uganda, with representative offices in London and Washington, DC. The company offers Insurance services as its focus investment sector, but through subsidiary companies,


Akintola Williams Deloitte is the oldest indigenous firm in Nigeria, established in 1952 by Mr. Akintola Williams, FCA, CFR, CBE, the doyen of the accountancy profession.Over the years, Deloitte has built up a strong representation in several major African cities and has successfully undertaken a variety of business advisory and consulting assignments for clients in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. With the potent combination of extensive local knowledge, countrywide representation and international expertise, we are able to offer our clients the best services and solutions to meet their needs.

Dangote Cement, the largest cement production company in Africa, with a market capitalization of almost US$14 billion on the Nigeria Stock Exchange, has subsidiaries in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Nepal and Zambia.[9] In December 2010, the group signed an agreement with the Government of Zambia to construct a US$400 million cement plant in Zambia. Once completed in June 2013, as anticipated, the new plant is expected to have an annual output of 1.5 million metric tonnes of cement.[10]



First City Monument Bank has a number of active non-bank subsidiaries, which together with the bank, form the First City Group. Members of the group include the following companies: FCMB Capital Markets Limited - Investment banking & Advisory services - Lagos, Nigeria
FCMB (United Kingdom) Limited - Investment banking - London, United Kingdom and a representative in South Africa.


Oando PLC is organized functionally into a number of operating divisions. These divisions are grouped.
Over 460 Retail Outlets in West Africa.


Arik Air destinations
Arik Air flies to 18 domestic destinations and 11 international destinations.

Angola
Luanda LAD FNLU Quatro de Fevereiro Airport [1]
Benin
Cotonou COO DBBB Cadjehoun Airport
Cameroon
Douala DLA FKKD Douala International Airport
Gambia, The
Banjul BJL GBYD Banjul International Airport
Ivory Coast
Abidjan ABJ DIAP Port Bouet Airport
Gabon
Libreville LBV FOOL Leon M'ba International Airport
Ghana
Accra ACC DGAA Kotoka International Airport
Liberia
Monrovia ROB GLRB Roberts International Airport
Nigeria
Senegal
Dakar DKR GOOY Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Sierra Leone
Freetown FNA GFLL Lungi International Airport
South Africa
Johannesburg JNB FAOR OR Tambo International Airport
United Arab Emirates
Dubai DXB OMDB Dubai International Airport
United Kingdom
London LHR EGLL London Heathrow Airport [2]
United States
New York City JFK KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport



The Global Fleet Group is a large diversified conglomerate in West Africa. The Global Fleet Group includes the following subsidiaries, among others: Energy Bank - Accra, Ghana - A new commercial bank in Ghana, started operations in February 2011
Energy Bank São Tomé - São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe - Commercial bank purchased from Oceanic Bank in May 2011 and rebranded to current name.


Glo Mobile
Glo Mobile, a subsidiary of GLO, is GLO’s Mobile Network Unit. In the first year of operation, it had one million subscribers in over 87 towns in Nigeria and over 120 billion Naira in revenues.[6] Glo Mobile has now spread to other African countries, namely Benin[7] and Ghana. Glo Gateway, a subsidiary of GLO, is GLO’s International Wholesale Voice and Data Exchange Trading Business Unit. Due to an expansion program which took place in 2008, Glo Gateway now[year needed] covers 140 countries under its roaming services, and it is currently connected to 235 networks.[8] 2008 also saw growth in Glo’s data roaming for mobile phones, laptops and BlackBerry handsets, which has now spread to 72 networks in 29 countries.


Sujimoto Construction is a subsidiary of Sujimoto Group, A Nigerian Company offering Real Estate Development, Energy and Financial Services. In Lagos, Accra and around Africa, the Sujimoto signature is synonymous with prestigious highbrow addresses from the world-renowned “Medici luxury terraces”, a development considered as one of the most successful and dutifully finished terrace houses in Lagos, earning Sujimoto construction accolades in the industry, to Accra’s “Lincoln Avenue” and the upcoming “Lorenzo” super luxury serviced apartment (under construction) anticipated as the number one address where luxury equates lifestyle and the Grand Melia hotel Abidjan Ivory coast (under construction) are affirmations to this prolific strides . The real estate development arm is growing to become the most dynamic luxury construction company in Nigeria today. It is said to have offices in Paris, Accra, Madrid, Dubai and Riyadh.


African Petroleum is a significant acreage holder in the highly prospective West African Transform Margin, with high equity positions in all of its licences, offering a unique opportunity to strategic partners to share risk and rewards. African Petroleum is in a strong position to unlock the prospective resources of our assets and mitigate risk. Gambia, Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire, Sierra Leon and Liberia


MUTUAL is the flagship of insurance in Liberia and also runs a full-fledged insurance operation in Republic of Niger, where we commenced business in January, 2014., t


Oando PLC is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions providers with a proud heritage. It has a primary listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With shared values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Professionalism (TRIPP), the Oando Group comprises six companies who are leaders in their market: Other Countries where we operate: Ghana, South Africa and Togo.



The Main One cable system has the following landing points in operation in July 2010:

Seixal, Portugal
Accra, Ghana
Lagos, Nigeria
planned landing points for phase 2 are:

Casablanca, Morocco
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Dakar, Senegal
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Bonny, Nigeria
Libreville, Gabon
Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luanda, Angola
Cape Town, South Africa
Swakopmund, Namibia


Interswitch ; Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda.

21 and still counting..

rvp2017:
You've got jokes. Ibandan and Lagos can only beat kenya in SLUMSCRAPPERS not skyscrappers. Lagos seem to have build that skyscrapper in 70s and that marked basically the end of it.

Nairobi can only compete with Joburg and Cario. Not Lagos. Leave alone the slum city of Ibandan. In skyscrappers, infrastructure, buildings and general livability.

Henrydone:
For goodness sake how many skyscrapers are in nairobi,its just like ph few skyscraper with many highrise they wrongly term skyscraper.

JustNje:
Wow!!

Jay254:
You said as at 2000 Ibadan had more skyscrapers than Nairobi. It may had the first but by 80's Kenya already had adozen..Not 12 floor buildings but plus

Jay254:
I admire how you fight for Nigerian passionately but it end up blinding you about us.

Kenya's first real building bubble was experienced in the 1970's. Iconic Buildings like KICC and Hilton Hotel were already up by early 70's.

By 90's almost all the buillds below were up kissing the sky.. So what skyscrapers did Ibadan have by then!!!

From 2002 Nairobi building bubble has been outside cbd mainly upperhill, westlands,Hurlingum,Mombasa road among others.

Kenyanstar:
3rd picture
Lies in its driest form

LightYagami:
I would like to see the link about Ibadan with actual numerical figures

Jay254:
Top five Major cities in Nigeria can beat Nairobi when it comes to population. But when it comes to infrastructure,beauty and ambience Nairobi has no equal in Nija.. In the most leavable Cities in Africa Nairobi has been equated to major S.A cities in a kinder way..
http://www.africa.com/blog/the_top_10_most_liveable_cities_in_africa/

Too sad there wasn't even one Nija City on the list.

Mombasa BTW receives more tourist than the whole of Nigeria combined.. Calabar and Enugu cannot even reach a quarter the status of Mombasa.

Its a pity to even put Portharcourt in the same league with Nairobi when Lagos alone cannot fit in.

One thing I respect Nigeria for is how a city with 21m ppl can exist with such a limited infrastructure...

AfroCircus:
You talking population wise or development wise, coz if it's the former, I do agree. But development wise, I harbor very strong doubts. Not that Port Harcourt, Enugu or Kano aren't developed, it's just that they ain't as much as the cities you've compared them with.

Thing is when you hear of a 2-3m populated city in Nigeria, you expect to see a Durban like or Nairobi like city in terms of roads, skyline, urban planning, sophistication level etc. But save for Abuja, others are very fond of falling worryingly short of your expectations.

rvp2017:
On skyscrapper -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Africa. It rather obvious that Nairobi beat Lagos hands down and africa tallest building 45 & 66(300M) floors Hass tower will be Africa tallest building when completed. The tower 1 (45 floors) will be Nairobi third Hilton hotel. Tower 2 (66 flours) will be mixed use. Abuja one seem like 100m 24flour building?

Nairobi is competing with Joburg & Cairo -Not Lagos.

https://i1.wp.com/www.easternafricaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/12508922_515277055299014_6169626110495271406_n.jpg?w=634
https://i1.wp.com/www.easternafricaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/23284538900_6b0084e969_b.jpg?resize=768%2C576

JustNje:
This is beautiful! Is this in the North and is security that much of a concern?

LightYagami:
awesome, but kenya has generally cooler more tea producing areas, actually Kenya is one of the leading tea exporters in the world. It is the leading actually if i am not wrong

ThunderingHooves:
Okay. Wakanow seems an interesting start point should i ever visit Nigeria.
What i really wanted to know as far as tourism is concerned is whether there is a concerted effort by govt/private sector actors to jointly promote your country. Having individual states do their thing is good but its not coordinated. I hope you get my meaning.

Ps. On another thread completely different from this one i asked :do Nigerians consume tea? If so where do they get their tea from? I need someone who can give me a brief overview of the hot beverage market in Nigeria or send me a link to that effect. Thanks in advance.

Jay254:
Haha your Nigerian pride is blinding you, No nation is an island... All developed countries are full of multinationals, look at Dubai,China, Singapore they all attracted foreign investors to experience economic bubble they had.. Just a reminder Kenya is the biggest investor in Africa by number of ventures and second to S.A by capital,check where nija is and come back...you keep talking about skyscrapers hahaha funny how you forget tallest structures are under construction in Kenya infact by 2020 the tallest building in Nija will be number 10 in Kenya and BTW who would love to leave in a skyscraper when you can leave in a beautiful mansion near the park,around the forest or near a river atypical example of London and Dubai...

Before I forget Asian countries destroyed their mono rail, they weren't beneficial to them.

LightYagami:
If anyone from the Nigerian ministry of tourism is seeing this, they should give @forgiveness a job as their online tourist ambassador. Thousands of foreigners will now get to see Nigerian beauty