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Adwong OCHEN and POJIM,
FIRST, Nairobi, though Ndugu POJIM seems to white-washed it as 'business friendly', I think it is not business friendly, but it was the Colonial dominations with complete disparities of the majority Africans, who happen to be the owner of this country before British Colonialism became without LAND OWNERSHIPS after British Colonialism left Kenya.
SECOND, let us not forget that the Mau Mau war was fought on the issue of LAND OWNERSHIPS for the African majorities, but it turned out to be the infamous WILLING BUYERS AND WILLING SELLERS. The SELLERS unfortunately, turned out to be the whites - EUROPEANS who were connected with British Colonialism.
LASTLY, I think, this is the very policy South Africa under the ANC had adopted, but not in Mugabe's Zimbabwe. There exists this song of 'South Africa is business friendly.' This, I think is falsehood of great value to deceive African folks to enjoy lies!
Sincerely, I think even we like it or not, Mugabe of Zimbabwe is correct in trying to correct the injustice of the past rather being told lies of being 'business friendly'!
Ocaya pOcure
Den onsdag, 27 augusti 2014 19:45 skrev 'edward pojim' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>:
Ocen;
Like any other consideration when we are talking about real estate, it's Location, Location, Location.
Dar is by far better placed to outpace Nairobi because it's a major seaport. But due to geo-political reasons, Nairobi is better developed than Dar, and farther ahead of Kampala.
Part of Nairobi's appeal is due to Kenya's own political and economic history: pro-business leadership which brought about relative stability that lured foreign investment; these factors, in turn, spurred national development.
Kampala is crumbling by the day because we have a president that does not want it to prosper, and believes that his is the only vision in the country.
Pojim
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On Wed, 8/27/14, ocennekyon@gmail.com <ocennekyon@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: {UAH} Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join Africa's Super 10 cities - News - www.theeastafrican.co.ke
To: "Ugandans Heart" <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 10:31 AM
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Nairobi-and-Dar-es-Salaam-set-to-join-Africa-Super-10-cities/-/2558/2431246/-/5eye2e/-/index.html
Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join Africa's Super
10 cities - NewsAerial view of Nairobi (left) and Dar
es Salaam. PwC predicts that Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
cities are among those set to join the top 10 "super
cities" of Africa by 2030. PHOTOS | FILE Rapid economic growth, coupled
with discovery of large deposits of oil and gas, are likely
to see both Nairobi and Dar es Salaam join the top 10
"super cities" of Africa by 2030, according to a new
report.The report by United Kingdom-based
international firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) also
predicts that Dar es Salaam will become a bigger city than
London by 2030.The London-based
professional services network says that CEOs around the
world are increasingly recognising the untapped potential of
sub-Saharan Africa.This, it says, "is
driven by Africa's unparalleled demographic edge or
demographic dividend. By 2040, Africa is expected to have
the biggest labour force in the world and experiencing
faster economic growth than any other
region".Currently, the three biggest
cities on the continent are Lagos, Kinshasa and
Johannesburg. But PwC predicts that another 10 cities are
set to join them in importance by 2030, including Nairobi,
Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, and
Khartoum.PwC says the "Next 10" cities
are expected to almost double their population and triple
their economic output by 2030, growing by around 32 million
people.The report estimates that economic
activity in the "Next 10" cities could grow by around
$140 billion dollars by 2030."Cities are
the typical entry points for businesses trying to expand
into new overseas markets, because they enable closer
interaction with customers in a relatively small geographic
space, which in turn helps contain distribution costs,"
the report says.However, like a recent
Unicef report, it also warns of problems ahead. "We see
three key hurdles which could derail the pace at which the
'Next 10' grow," the report
says.These include "low quality" of
"hard" infrastructure like highways, airports and
trains, which increases the cost of doing business, eats
away at business profits and discourages
investment.Also of importance are
"inadequate soft" infrastructure like schools and
universities, which could lead to a persistent skills gap
that hampers long-term business
growth.Finally, PwC expresses concern at
the "growing pains stemming from the inability of
regulators and policymakers to manage effectively a larger
and more complex economic system as growth
proceeds.Corruption and
bureaucracy"These problems
could, for example, manifest themselves in the form of
credit or property bubbles as a result of rapid economic
growth, or a failure to tackle issues relating to corruption
and excessive bureaucracy that deter investment."
However, Mr Stanley Subramoney, strategy leader
of PwC's South Market Region, says: "The report projects
that economic activity in the 'Next 10' cities could
grow around $140 billion by 2030. This is roughly equivalent
to the current annual output of
Hungary."This is a conservative estimate
as no premise has been made for real exchange rate
appreciation despite relatively strong projected growth in
these economies."In addition to the
trends with regard to high rates of GDP growth, rapid
urbanisation and the so-called demographic edge that
sub-Saharan Africa possesses, a number of other economic
phenomena are starting to appeal to the global investment
community," says Dr Roelof Botha, economic adviser to
PwC.These include significant new discoveries
of mining and energy resources, in particular, gold and gas;
substantial investment in infrastructure and capital
formation by the private sector, which has witnessed an
increase in the ratio of total fixed investment to GDP from
17.7 per cent in 2000 to 23 per cent in
2013.Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join
Africa's Super 10 cities - News -
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Nairobi-and-Dar-es-Salaam-set-to-join-Africa-Super-10-cities/-/2558/2431246/-/5eye2e/-/index.html
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Like any other consideration when we are talking about real estate, it's Location, Location, Location.
Dar is by far better placed to outpace Nairobi because it's a major seaport. But due to geo-political reasons, Nairobi is better developed than Dar, and farther ahead of Kampala.
Part of Nairobi's appeal is due to Kenya's own political and economic history: pro-business leadership which brought about relative stability that lured foreign investment; these factors, in turn, spurred national development.
Kampala is crumbling by the day because we have a president that does not want it to prosper, and believes that his is the only vision in the country.
Pojim
--------------------------------------------
On Wed, 8/27/14, ocennekyon@gmail.com <ocennekyon@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: {UAH} Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join Africa's Super 10 cities - News - www.theeastafrican.co.ke
To: "Ugandans Heart" <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 10:31 AM
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Nairobi-and-Dar-es-Salaam-set-to-join-Africa-Super-10-cities/-/2558/2431246/-/5eye2e/-/index.html
Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join Africa's Super
10 cities - NewsAerial view of Nairobi (left) and Dar
es Salaam. PwC predicts that Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
cities are among those set to join the top 10 "super
cities" of Africa by 2030. PHOTOS | FILE Rapid economic growth, coupled
with discovery of large deposits of oil and gas, are likely
to see both Nairobi and Dar es Salaam join the top 10
"super cities" of Africa by 2030, according to a new
report.The report by United Kingdom-based
international firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) also
predicts that Dar es Salaam will become a bigger city than
London by 2030.The London-based
professional services network says that CEOs around the
world are increasingly recognising the untapped potential of
sub-Saharan Africa.This, it says, "is
driven by Africa's unparalleled demographic edge or
demographic dividend. By 2040, Africa is expected to have
the biggest labour force in the world and experiencing
faster economic growth than any other
region".Currently, the three biggest
cities on the continent are Lagos, Kinshasa and
Johannesburg. But PwC predicts that another 10 cities are
set to join them in importance by 2030, including Nairobi,
Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, and
Khartoum.PwC says the "Next 10" cities
are expected to almost double their population and triple
their economic output by 2030, growing by around 32 million
people.The report estimates that economic
activity in the "Next 10" cities could grow by around
$140 billion dollars by 2030."Cities are
the typical entry points for businesses trying to expand
into new overseas markets, because they enable closer
interaction with customers in a relatively small geographic
space, which in turn helps contain distribution costs,"
the report says.However, like a recent
Unicef report, it also warns of problems ahead. "We see
three key hurdles which could derail the pace at which the
'Next 10' grow," the report
says.These include "low quality" of
"hard" infrastructure like highways, airports and
trains, which increases the cost of doing business, eats
away at business profits and discourages
investment.Also of importance are
"inadequate soft" infrastructure like schools and
universities, which could lead to a persistent skills gap
that hampers long-term business
growth.Finally, PwC expresses concern at
the "growing pains stemming from the inability of
regulators and policymakers to manage effectively a larger
and more complex economic system as growth
proceeds.Corruption and
bureaucracy"These problems
could, for example, manifest themselves in the form of
credit or property bubbles as a result of rapid economic
growth, or a failure to tackle issues relating to corruption
and excessive bureaucracy that deter investment."
However, Mr Stanley Subramoney, strategy leader
of PwC's South Market Region, says: "The report projects
that economic activity in the 'Next 10' cities could
grow around $140 billion by 2030. This is roughly equivalent
to the current annual output of
Hungary."This is a conservative estimate
as no premise has been made for real exchange rate
appreciation despite relatively strong projected growth in
these economies."In addition to the
trends with regard to high rates of GDP growth, rapid
urbanisation and the so-called demographic edge that
sub-Saharan Africa possesses, a number of other economic
phenomena are starting to appeal to the global investment
community," says Dr Roelof Botha, economic adviser to
PwC.These include significant new discoveries
of mining and energy resources, in particular, gold and gas;
substantial investment in infrastructure and capital
formation by the private sector, which has witnessed an
increase in the ratio of total fixed investment to GDP from
17.7 per cent in 2000 to 23 per cent in
2013.Nairobi, Dar es Salaam set to join
Africa's Super 10 cities - News -
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Nairobi-and-Dar-es-Salaam-set-to-join-Africa-Super-10-cities/-/2558/2431246/-/5eye2e/-/index.html
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smartphone.
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