I am so sorry to dissapoint you mate. But by now, Nairobi has all those that you are planning and more...
1. It has secured it's position in the aviation industry which is one of the most strategic unit of foreign business.
JKIA is the centre of aviation right now in East plus central Africa and one of the best in africa, top that with a national carrier of its own...
This year alone saw a dozen multinationals come in including Boeing.... Now tye concept is, we are already seeing too many companies setting up shop in Nairobi in the East, Lagos to the west and Jo'burg down south. you won't tell me they'll change their minds after a short while and transfer their locations to Dar.
2. This year kenya was ranked 3rd in the ease of doing business in Africa, with this, you should be worried because it only indicates that Kenya ain't sleeping as much as we are already in a good position, we still going.
3. Nairobi is at a central strategic place and to make it better, we got Mombasa. Even better, the Rail connecting Nairobi abd mombasa is done. Talk of Bagamoyo, Lamu port phase 1, 3 berths is opening year And an expressway is underway.... (see what I mean by we are not asleep?) so you guys are just just playing catch-up.
Now tell me what chance do you have taking the throne away from the King... I tell you what? You can only if you do it like Dubai then il give you 2 decades.... (dubai took 20 years to rise from dust) but even then, do you have money like Dubai does? The UAE exports well over 3 million barrels of oil per day.
its true. And I like how you come across... You got to help Mombasa254 too..
You are right for the most part, the issue if you only take the facts at face value.. and understand me they are all facts..i do not mean to come across as disrespectful or hater. having clarified that.. let me walk you through...
1> Our economy was originally built on Socialism Ideologies.. what this means we lived a good chunk of our independence creating a development platform based on Socialism, which we all know failed and all countries under that system couldnt unite and battle their way up as they had bad economic shape.. Russia and China
After the fall of socialism in 1980's all countries had to change their system, this means changing education system, economic and trade policies and laws, and change the whole governance system to support this new economic path (capitalism). After change we had to start practicing and refining the laws/policies and systems until they can be trusted by big developers and investors in the world who happen to be capitalist..
Kenya was a capitalist nation since its very beginning.. you have worked on these fronts for many decades its only fair to say you have gotten better over the years. But one frightening thing is that aspect (being and economic friendly spot) is not unique and can be attained.. to say the least Tanzania is busy doing the same creating a business environment for investors..
2> the investment you see today in Tanzania is the result of less than 25 years of practicing..we have failed and we have learned.. doesn't mean we are hear waiting too. we are actually learning more and researching how we can capitalize on what we have..
quick example of how strategy can always win.. is the decision of Uganda to chose Tanga port, or Rwanda to use Central rail Tanzania.. or how operating Tanzanian rail will be much cheaper as the land has minimal elevation and slopes.
if for less than 25 years we have seen these major changes , and no we know better in some areas..of contract laws and management what ties us down?
3> another is availability of enough power..there are a lot of things we are not entertaining them because they need power..its only logical that we should invest in infrastructure now..and development of policies and laws for or investors to equal the playing field.. after the fields are plain and you as an investor where would you pt you manufacturing plant?factory? in Tanzania..you will be able to jump into 9 countries which exposes you to a market of more than 100 milion people.
Plus city fails... Detroit for one.. and city can grow in a matter of a very short time if you play your cards right... Shenzen.. was a trade route town early 1980's... with great planning and its natural factor(location) today its bigger city than our Nairobi and Dar es salaam combined.. with a GDP of over $300bn.. and that was dont just from 1980... so forget about Dubai.. Other people has done miracles too. why not us?
lastly we are just refining our tax collection methods and curbing corruption (cutting it at least to half of what it is now) just that will make or government liquid.. In here we are not hating on anybody but you just dont want to acknowledge how far we have come in a game that was not ours to begin with. (UBEPARI) ..ITS THIS GENERATION..OURS GENERATION THAT IS CHANGING OUR NATION.. WE OWN BUSINESSES..WE HAVE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDS AND WE ARE EAGER TO SUCCEED.. IN TANZANIA 60% OF PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS ARE OWNED BY 25-40 YEARS OLD.. AND MORE PEOPLE EMPLOY THEMSELVES NOW THAT EVER IN OUR NATION.. BUT MORE THAN 70% OF THESE BUSINESSES DO NOT PAY TAX.. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHY OUR GDP IS ALWAYS LOW.
Dar es salaam Is Equal distant from Dep. la Pemba (Mozambique), Nairobi (Kenya), Eastern Kongo and north-eastern Zambia Malawi North Easter Congo, Uganda Rwanda and Burundi.. connected by roads and Railways.. for raw materials that needs bulk shipping from abroad you have port just around you... this means you have a much larger raw material catchment area..fast and reliable infrastructure and most important the same infrastructure can help get your finished goods to to the customers fast and reliably ... you can see $$$$ in putting your investment in Dar than anywhere in East africa.