₦airaland Forum

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?

You leave CNN article to quote a Kenya rag
Ethiopia has banned the import of petrol private cars.

Ethiopia has taken early lead in EV


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AAt0Tn49wU

Just30:
it does not pay to be an empty head
https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/eastern/2024-04-20-the-african-countries-with-the-highest-number-of-evs

The Ethiopian vehicle registration authority says they've registered only 5,000 vehicles but you're running with an estimate based on a dream

Usual Ghana mad cow roaming the nairaland streets.

Ethiopia should be well onto 200,000 now,
They even banned petrol cars.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/17/climate/ethiopia-evs-gas-car-ban-climate/index.html

That CNN article.

Just30:
dream on ....
Ethiopia has only 5,000 or so

Ghana Cedis is over-valued.
You'll cry like Nigeria did denying the obvious.
Until the reality hit you.

Remember for donkeys years I told Nigeria their GDP was 180-220 - 200B.

And they cried here - hated me.

vaxx:
you should be more worried that three West Africa state are clearly represented. Anyway Ghana GDP is currently just below 140 billion dollars according to Bank of GH

Ethiopia leads with 70,000 EV last I checked.

Just30:
Ghana has the highest number of electric vehicles on it roads compare to any other African country.

Kenya could overtake Nigeria in 3-4yrs unless they fixed their mess.

Yemi Kale and giant of Africa is now 188B dollar economy as Kenya is 130B.

KQ record profitability. Under Ruto regime SOEs are kickign arse.

KQ FY2024 earnings breakdown:

· Turnover up 6.0% to Kes 188.495 billion
· Passenger numbers up 4.0% to 5.23 million
· Cargo volume up 25.0% to 70,776 tonnes
· Net profit closed at Kes 5.432 billion, 124.0% up y/y
· Operating profit at Kes 16.622 billion

4,500 units is huge. These projects are huge and impact will be felt in many years later/

StivoH2022:
I didn't know it was such a big project...I've been seeing pics of 4 blocks

Kibera slum is transforming - and this 1st year of Ruto affordable housing program.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLQxg4rdOQ

It too early to make such calls. We are just getting started. Decade or so we can talk of impact.

StivoH2022:
Seems like it's a having a negative effect on private sector

Rich countries/people owes poor people/coutries a duty of care.
USAID is 40B a year - 0.1% of US budget - they should ideal spend 2% on such.
Bill Gates donates 10B dollar a year.
USAID give US soft power.
It makes it warring/policing role have human face.
Without it US become a bully that will rebel other countries.
Why would countries and its citizen support US agendas if it not helping them.
China will easily replace US and fill that void

If it about reforming USAID or even UN - excellent - more money will eventually flow into real beneficiary
If they deal with redtape and corruption in USAID.

I hope that is the PLAN - send more of that 40B - into programs with proven impact

Obiano13:
Tell me why Trump would or even should care about any third world country?? He shouldn't even care about other developed countries. He was elected to serve American interests not some black mofos who cant run their affairs. He just stopped the funding of the Kenyan mission to Haiti. The money that comes to Nigeria through USAID is used to control Nigeria so that you can never become free. You'd be surprised how much of the so-called USAID money ends up in the hands of Boko Haram and the Niger Delta terrorists and finances banditry and their preferred candidates in elections including your current president who I said few days back is a former drug Lord turned CIA mole. What USAID does so well is not the violence it ferments but the psychological tinkering of your brain. Trump is indirectly telling African presidents, you collect enough to depend on yourself. USAID was just promoting corruption and thievery. I dont expect you to connect the dots but eventually you'll come to it. Many countries stopped funding their own HIV programs and left it to USAID. Why would any sane country do that? The leaders of these countries have been looting such healthcare money. But then again useful idiots are too hungry for food to see the big picture. Take a good look at the image below and tell me whether the endless aid to these countries has helped them or has there been more and more chaos.

Yes - we will go to IMF standby facility - having exited the IMF bailout.

StivoH2022:
April IMF will exit

Ethiopia 230? Ethiopia GDP is like Nigeria before - lots of cooking of the exchange rate. Once Birr is truly freely floating and forex controls removed it will settle where it should

AfriqueDuZuid:
On another note

What happened to Nigeria

Most of your ships are carrying useless polluting coal.

AfriqueDuZuid:
And again what those ships carry is what's more important, a port can be busy transporting tea leaves, coffee, fruits and vegs

While the other is transporting machinery, vehicles, equipment,........