₦airaland Forum

You're struggling here because everyone now is doing comparison. And Nairobi is getting started. Your country been dead since 2010

AfriqueDuZuid12:
You can't compare with SA while nairobi struggles to beat soweto

Gaps had narrowed until its gone mainstream.
20yrs ago it would be sacrileage to compare South Africa to Kenya.
Then GDP was 10-20 times.
Now it's just 3 times bigger.
South Africa has to fix its issues

AfriqueDuZuid:
Soweto Township trumps Nairobi on many indicators

From school infrastructure,
public infrastructure
Fast food availability
Healthcare and quality of life

Nairobi depends on US Aid than soweto


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHpMuRxcT9A?si=zuN0IfpepZjl2GEa

Of course. Should have been done 20yrs ago. Or we shouldn't have stopped doing it in the 90s. Our cities wouldn't have become slums. Ethiopia did this and there is some progress. The reality is lower housing market need subsidy otherwise they will build sprawling slums. Gov must intervene at lower end of the market to avoid epic slums.

popizaino:
Do you agree with Pres.Ruto here?

Ruto on affordable housing deductions: I want to tell those who are talking about the dignity of the payslip, we are lucky... There are other Kenyans who can do the job you have today. Think about the dignity of the 1.1 million Kenyans out there who, today, can feed their… pic.twitter.com/gUo36MolN1

— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) October 8, 2026

Tema has really grown, and so has Mombasa. Where is Lagos Port? South Africa has been stuck in 2.7M TEUS for decades.

Just30:
Africa’s busiest container ports, 2025:

1. 🇲🇦 Tanger Med: 11.1 million TEU
2. 🇪🇬 Port Said (SCCT): 5.57 million TEU
3. 🇿🇦 Durban: 2.73 million TEU
4. 🇹🇬 Lomé: 2.4 million TEU
5. 🇬🇭 Tema: 2.3 million TEU
6. 🇪🇬 Alexandria: 2.2 million TEU
7. 🇰🇪 Mombasa: 2.11 million TEU

According to LiveGDP, the top 10 African countries by average monthly net salary (after tax):

1. Djibouti $2,836
2. South Africa $1,270
3. Seychelles $790
4. Botswana $780
5. Namibia $630
6. Mauritius $615
7. Morocco $490
8. Equatorial Guinea $380
9. Cameroon $345
10. Kenya $344

Hopefully not. I am scared. He is no good with monopolistic state capture

theenchanter:
Dangoteland.😂😂

Dangote to invest 17B in lamu deep sea port in refinery

In just 3-4yrs - 2-3 of which was spent avoiding sure-bet debt default - an incredible feat - Ruto development has shut up all the critics and skeptics.

Just in Nairobi alone. 60K stadia, international ICE, Nairobi river regeneration, 70,000 affordable housing units, roads, rails name them


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDY_E0oR0Y

Affordable housing was meant to fill gap in lower and lower middle class otherwise middle & middle upper class is over-heating with chinese developing on steroids.

Westland alone probaly has highest concentration of skyscrappers coming up in Africa


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-phG-S8Ffc&t=956s

As Kenya aim for 1,000,000 units affordable housing - it racing to build them in all the 290 const - all 47 counties. High density, cheap/affordable and demand now is at 1.2m


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkE-fnY0RTc&t=73s

Affordable Kajiado - outskirt of Nairobi.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF_6urLQhbg&t=345s

Kisumu City affordable projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKK-6_lyliY

Kenya affordable housing. Mukuru slums upgrading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ggBtmvDJ8

Fiber in kenya exist even in villages now.

Anyway Kibera is going gone - extinct.

Nairobi CBD has become islamized - Somalis bought off all clubs/bars - and converted them to eateries. Bars and clubs have moved to estates and smaller centers.

popizaino:
Yesterday night , I found myself in the Nairobi CBD at 7:00 pm—and what I saw was unsettling. The city was already shutting down. Shops closed, lights off, streets thinning out. For a moment, it felt less like the capital of East Africa and more like a rural town where business ends at 6:00 pm sharp.

This is not nostalgia speaking; it’s concern. Nairobi was built on a 24-hour economy—hustle, movement, trade, energy. That rhythm is what made it competitive, attractive, and alive. A city that sleeps early is a city retreating, not advancing.

What changed? Is it insecurity, over-taxation, harassment, collapsing purchasing power, or policy fatigue? Probably all of it. But the result is the same: businesses no longer see value in staying open, and citizens no longer feel safe or solvent enough to circulate at night.

Let’s be honest: you don’t become Singapore by closing shop at sunset. Global cities work late because opportunity works late. Capital flows where activity is constant. When a city goes dark early, ambition dims with it.
This should worry all of us.

A capital city that shuts down before nightfall is quietly announcing economic distress. And unless we confront it honestly—policy by policy, street by street—we’ll keep romanticizing progress while living its opposite.

#copied.

Gold boom will not last 2yrs.

Just30:
Ghana will be an upper middle income economy in 2 years time

Well said.
Kenya has prioritized ICT and digital tech.
Everywhere including villages fiber is being role.
I think we have 2M fiber connections to homes - better than South Africa
Once you have laid infra.
Then rest are easy to capture.

EKONGKING:
To be honest .

Kenya is doing things right economically ,which Nigeria has just started .

Since iam from tech sector , i will explain . The main thing is to capture Consultanting and Coding jobs which are leaving India as India has choosen to prioritize AI,Semi Conductors ,Chips ,Battery storage of electricity etc , as they are 10 years backward from China and US .

We need to occupy that space ,or else jobs and money will leave to other Asian countries .

A example , i want to quote is , Philippines occupied the space of BPO or Call centers .

Who are BPO or call centers , they are the persons answering the customer calls ,when u have a complaint via toll free numbers . Millions of Indians used to be employed which is why Americans used to parody the Indian accent in late night shows or elsewhere .

Indians have then shifted to Coding and Consulting jobs ,which is higher grade and Philippines has grabbed the entire sector of BPO or call center from India and became a leader in a Industry worth 10s of billions of Dollars and led to this modern Philippines economy .

Digital economy is the way forward and I hope African countries step up and get companies away from other Asian countries .

Ruto and Tinubu understand that , pity is with all the advantages South Africa is stuck back and it went seriously wrong somewhere in that country .

30USd is mortgage plus service charge.
It cheaper than renting

Start from single self contained or studio - outright purchase is 5000usd - mortgage is 30 usd per month
You can check bomayangu website.
It nationwide - with target of 250K unit per annum - 1m unit yr.
Massive unprecedented in SSA

popizaino:
For how many bedroom?

1 million affordable housing in 5yrs - with beneficiaries registered in bomayangu website already 900,000.

Lucky few have gotten themselves houses.

They pay 30USD per month

Kenya affordable housing program just getting started.

AHP - Limuru.
Affordable Housing Projects in Kenya like never seen before in Africa

AHP - Thika.

AHP Kenya - Eldoret

AHP Kenya - Mambo leo kisumu

The race towards 1M housing units

Affordable Housing Kenya - in all 290 const - 47 counties - in many small towns huge housing estates like this are coming up.

Kenya urban transformation has now expanded beyond Nairobi to small towns.

1) LIMURU Affordable Housing

Yes it end of year official exchange rate that matters.

GeneralDae:
You have to wait until the end of 2025 or the release of the next IMF report.

🔍 You Can Easily Verify the Information on Housing, Healthcare, Digitization – Huge Transformation Underway in Kenya 🇰🇪

Here are official government links you can use to confirm the progress made under President William Ruto in just 2.5 years — especially in affordable housing, universal healthcare, and digital public services:

🏠 1. Boma Yangu – Affordable Housing Portal
🔗 https://www.bomayangu.go.ke
➡️ Official platform for affordable housing registration
➡️ Check available units, project locations, and construction progress
➡️ Open to all Kenyans via ID and mobile phone

🏢 2. State Department for Housing & Urban Development
🔗 https://housingandurban.go.ke
➡️ Government agency behind Boma Yangu
➡️ Updates on slum upgrading, county projects, building code policy, and partnerships

🏥 3. Ministry of Health – Social Health Authority (SHA)
🔗 https://health.go.ke
➡️ SHA replaces NHIF for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
➡️ Includes enrollment information, hospital partnerships, and policy updates
➡️ Target: Cover 100% of Kenyans with health protection

💳 4. Hustler Fund – Digital Credit for Small Businesses
🔗 https://www.hustlerfund.go.ke
➡️ Apply for microloans from your phone
➡️ Over KES 40 billion disbursed to boda bodas, mama mbogas, and youth
➡️ Financial inclusion through USSD (*254#) and mobile apps

📲 5. eCitizen – Government Services Online
🔗 https://www.ecitizen.go.ke
➡️ Access over 20,000 government services digitally
➡️ Apply for passports, IDs, driver’s licenses, land records, permits, and more
➡️ Linked to mobile money for easy payment

🚜 6. Ministry of Agriculture – E-voucher Program & Food Security
🔗 https://www.kilimo.go.ke
➡️ Farmers registered digitally and receive fertilizer e-vouchers
➡️ Maize output up 39% (from 61M to 85M bags)
➡️ Food inflation reduced through improved production

🛣️ 7. Kenya Roads Board – Infrastructure Progress Tracker
🔗 https://www.krb.go.ke
➡️ View ongoing and completed roads
➡️ Over 800 stalled projects revived via PPPs
➡️ Includes SGR, bypasses, rural roads, and expressways

🤝 8. Public-Private Partnerships Directorate
🔗 https://www.pppunit.go.ke
➡️ Central portal for all PPP-financed projects
➡️ Housing, healthcare, roads, water, and energy
➡️ Key strategy to reduce government borrowing

🌳 9. Greening Kenya – National Tree Growing Campaign
🔗 https://greeningkenya.go.ke
➡️ Track Kenya’s plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032
➡️ Environmental sustainability + job creation
➡️ Supported by KFS, counties, and schools

💻 10. ICT Authority – Youth Digital Talent & Ajira Programme
🔗 https://icta.go.ke/digital-talent-program/
➡️ Skills training for young Kenyans
➡️ Internships in public sector digital transformation
➡️ Boosts local tech ecosystem

Its jumped 42% or more this year - so let see how it plays out. Aside from GOLD prices that are 30% high - nothing else justify such huge appreciation

vaxx:
Ghana is currently under the imf program. meaning it is subjected to imf policy and guidance. And you think cedis is overvalued? Where is your bra.in?