Soma Number: 25% of New Skysrapper Construction in Africa are in Kenya

[orina]

Whaat? $573 bn???

Someone help me..
Is this Nigeria I know have this Huge GDP, ??
And why are they just like poor countries.. ?

The population is very high that's why the big economy doesn't affect everyone. Hope you understand?

 

[orina]

Yet somehow you dont have stable electricity and you import milk

Yeah and we're really working hard to solve the electricity problem

 

[orina]

Building dwarves in Eko

 

[LightYagami]

lemme check em out

 

[game over]

The population is very high that's why the big economy doesn't affect everyone. Hope you understand?

I think u get this bulk money mainly from oil, if I am not wrong..
What about this 180mn people.. ?? Don't they generate anything else ? Do u mean 180mn relies sorely on $573bn from oil?

If I am wrong then u really need to stop reproducing like rodents.
See your fellows in your toplist and be ashamed

 

[Ian Cruz]

Hohoho, they are now on rebar, where is ichoboy and company??? Avic international Africa headquarters (45floor office tower) is almost kempinski height, Montave on full scale excavation ........

 

[joto la jiwe]

Je mtaiweza ngoma hii

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
2017 is expected to be another significant year in the skyscraper industry as major trends signal shifts in construction around the globe. Check out our monthly predictions based on our industry intelligence to see what trends and milestones will shape the industry in the year to come.



January
Prediction - Ping An Finance Center Completes in time for Chinese New Year, heralding a year characterized by the completion of several iconic, long-gestating supertall towers.

Perhaps due to the accelerated pace of development on the world’s tallest towers, it is often easy to forget the immense difficulty of actually building these structures, leading to greater uncertainty with regard to completion timelines. With deference to that, the Council predicts that Ping An Finance Center will complete in January, the first in a line of long-gestating supertalls that are poised to open in the coming year. Astute readers will recognize that a similar prediction was made for April 2016, a reminder that developmental timelines are always subject to change.



February
Prediction - Tencent Seafront Tower demonstrates a new office typology for digital and tech companies and offers new potential for skybridges in tall buildings.

Across the globe, tech companies are embracing the tower format as a way to bring their businesses to the heart of the world’s cities. When Tencent Seafront Towers completes in 2017, it will masterfully incorporate the benefits of the suburban corporate campus in a high-rise typology, thereby offering a blueprint for the growing transition towards urban tech headquarters. In addition, multi-story bridges linking the towers offer employee amenities and improved circulation, serving as formal and informal meeting spaces to drive connections between disparate employee cohorts.



March
Prediction - Dubai’s Marina 101 completes after an extended construction period, further reinforcing the new mixed-use plurality currently represented in the list of the world’s 100 tallest buildings.

After an 11-year construction process, Marina 101 will finally complete in March to become the world’s tallest concrete tower. More significantly, it adds another mixed-use building to the world’s 100 tallest, further skewing the list, once dominated by office towers, towards multi-use structures. This long-term shift is emblematic of changing design philosophies, which favor incorporating a variety of needs on a single site, thereby improving the surrounding urban habitat.



April
Prediction - Crowdfunding emerges as a viable development option through the delivery of BD Bacata tower in Bogota, Colombia.

Economic feasibility is often the largest determinant of whether a skyscraper gets built. BD Bacata Tower has revolutionized that process by proving the capability of crowdfunding as a viable developmental option. When it completes in April, the Bogota skyscraper will be owned in part by 3,500 investors, who together hold a $220 million stake in the project. The success of this model creates new possibilities for skyscraper development, particularly in areas unlikely to see investment by major institutional sources.



May
Prediction - Development of tall buildings remains strong in London despite skyline debate and Brexit fears.

2017 is poised to be another strong year in London’s skyscraper development, with multiple completions, high-profile construction starts, and a consistent pipeline of proposals. Although the Brexit referendum and the ongoing dialogue on the role of the skyscraper in the city sparked fears that London’s development boom might wane, the desire to densify the world’s financial capital remains strong; rather, expect more restrained proposals that take greater account of the financing required for these projects as well as their impact on the city’s urban character.



June
Prediction - Trend towards tall woodscrapers sees dividends as TallWood House at Brock Commons completes to become the tallest wood structure in the world and the first over 50 meters.

After CTBUH declared 2015 the “Year of the Woodscraper,” tall wood towers are now beginning to be delivered around the globe. When completed in June, Vancouver’s TallWood House at Brock Commons will be the tallest structure in the world to be engineered primarily with wood, proving the viability of 50-plus-meter wood towers. It won’t likely hold that title for long, as taller contenders in Amsterdam, Vienna, and Skellefteå, Sweden are all anticipated to begin construction in 2017.



July
The automobile industry continues to expand into the skyscraper business with branded towers and input into design.

The July groundbreaking of Aston Martin Residences along Biscayne Boulevard in Miami will mark the latest development in a series of auto-related towers that are sprouting up around the globe. The marriage of automobile and skyscraper industries is a natural development reflected in their mutual emphasis on design and the outsized roles that cars continue to play in modern urban planning. While luxury residential towers are the most visible contribution of the auto industry to skyscraper development, it also continues to play a significant role in advancing the use computational fluid dynamics and other complex information modeling techniques, imported from racing.



August
Prediction - National efforts to develop sustainability ratings and protocol bear fruit in Australia as the country emerges as a leader in sustainable skyscraper development.

More buildings are expected to come online in Australia featuring top ratings from Australia’s various environmental rating systems, including the Green Star from the Green Building Council of Australia and the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) developed by the government. Australia has taken a leading role in delivering sustainable skyscrapers, in part from the effort to develop comprehensive national rating standards.



September
Prediction - Nairobi solidifies its emergence as Africa’s premier skyscraper hub as construction starts on Hass Tower in Nairobi – the first supertall to begin construction in Africa.

Nairobi is in the midst of a skyscraper building boom, accounting for almost a quarter of all active high-rise construction in Africa – far outpacing any other comparable cities. Adding to that will be the Hass complex when it starts construction in September. The two-tower project will break a number of records, featuring Kenya’s two tallest buildings, Africa’s first supertall tower, and two of the three tallest buildings on the continent. Its construction will solidify Nairobi’s emergence as Africa’s primary skyscraper city.



October
Prediction - MahaNakhon Skytray opens as part of a continued shift towards active “extreme” skyscraper experiences around the world.

While 2016 marked the opening of U.S. Bank Tower’s “Sky Slide,” part of a growing trend towards refurbished observation decks in older buildings, MahaNakhon’s “Skytray” represents the contemporary component of the industry’s shifting attitude toward observation experiences. Located at the top of the 314-meter tower, the Skytray will offer visitors a chance to stand on a glass platform cantilevered over the side of the building. This no doubt thrilling experience will tap into a newfound fervor for adrenaline-inducing tourism activities, perhaps attracting additional attention to the tower – and profits too.



November
Prediction - Major skyscraper development returns to La Défense as construction begins on Tour Hekla, set to become the second tallest building in France.

Although Paris proper continues to quibble about tall buildings, its high-rise business district La Défense, located just past the city limits, will expand in the coming year. The long-gestating Tour Hekla – proposed back in 2013 – is set to finally begin construction in 2017. Having already received a construction permit in 2016, the crystalline profile of the tower will begin to rise by the end of the year, featuring a strong commitment to the public realm in the form of a vegetated walkway repurposed from a disused overpass.



December
Prediction - By the end of 2017, more than 50 percent of the global population in developing countries will be living in urban areas, signaling a need to further develop vertical density where it has not previously existed.

According to data from the World Health Organization, a majority of people in developing countries will live in urbanized areas by the end of 2017, following a trend that saw the overall global population reach majority urban status three years earlier. As urbanization in developing countries ratchets up, the skyscraper industry faces an opportunity to improve urban environmental conditions through the principles of sustainable vertical urbanism. With this milestone reached in 2017, the challenges of future urban development – and the role that skyscrapers can play in answering those challenges – are clear.


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Kwa wale waliokua wanadai sijui Nairobi haisongi tena, sijui dying giant...... mkome kulinganisha jiji la nairobi na hivyo vitongoji vyenu, hii si ligi yenu, yani approx asilimia 25% ya majengo marefu mapya africa nzima yanajengwa Nairobi!


Welcome to Nairobi, Africa's most Dynamic City!!!!!!!!! AKA Africa’s Premier Skyscraper hub

CTBUH’s tall building predictions for 2017

Achana na mambo ambayo ni less important to common mwananchi, how do you get out of this situation? Se connecter à Facebook | Facebook

 

[Kafrican]

Achana na mambo ambayo ni less important to common mwananchi, how do you get out of this situation? Se connecter à Facebook | Facebook

Umekosa kazi au umekosa hoja?? Yani umezunguka kote ukitafuta comment ya FB uje ubandike kwa thread ambayo hata haihusiani?
Hivi nikienda kwa thread ya Tz ya majumba nianze kupost comments za 'udini' tanzania au wala albino mtasemaje..
Alafu majumba kama hayo yanakengwa na watu, simiti wanayotumia inatengenezwa kwa mitambo inayo andika watu kazi, vyuma vinavyotumika vinatengenezewa hapa, stima itakayotumika kwa hilo jumba itafaidisha kampuni za kenya, insuarence ya hilo jumba italipwa kampuni ya kenya, kodi nayo hivyo hivyo... Watakaofanya kazi humo 90% ni wakenya watalipwa mishahara, wote watahitaji chakula, chakula kitatoka kwa wakulima wa kenya...naeza kuchukua siku nzima nikiendelea

 

[joto la jiwe]

Umekosa kazi au umekosa hoja?? Yani umezunguka kote ukitafuta comment ya FB uje ubandike kwa thread ambayo hata haihusiani?
Hivi nikienda kwa thread ya Tz ya majumba nianze kupost comments za 'udini' tanzania au wala albino mtasemaje..
Alafu majumba kama hayo yanakengwa na watu, simiti wanayotumia inatengenezwa kwa mitambo inayo andika watu kazi, vyuma vinavyotumika vinatengenezewa hapa, stima itakayotumika kwa hilo jumba itafaidisha kampuni za kenya, insuarence ya hilo jumba italipwa kampuni ya kenya, kodi nayo hivyo hivyo... Watakaofanya kazi humo 90% ni wakenya watalipwa mishahara, wote watahitaji chakula, chakula kitatoka kwa wakulima wa kenya...naeza kuchukua siku nzima nikiendelea

[emoji23] [emoji23] Samahani sana kama nimekosea, ila ukinijibu hilo nililokuuliza utakuwa umenisaidia sana, kwa sababu mimi ninaamini kabla ya kujenga majumba na barabara ni muhimu kujenga umoja wa kitaifa ili hayo majumba yatumika ndani ya nchi yenye utulivu na amani, nijibu tu kama kuna matumaini ya kuleta umoja wa kitaifa, au imeshindikana?

 

[Kafrican]

[emoji23] [emoji23] Samahani sana kama nimekosea, ila ukinijibu hilo nililokuuliza utakuwa umenisaidia sana, kwa sababu mimi ninaamini kabla ya kujenga majumba na barabara ni muhimu kujenga umoja wa kitaifa ili hayo majumba yatumika ndani ya nchi yenye utulivu na amani, nijibu tu kama kuna matumaini ya kuleta umoja wa kitaifa, au imeshindikana?

Kenya kuna ukabila, ambao unajitokeza zaidi wakati wa siasa... Chenye huyo mtu wa fb alichokua anakiongelea ni maafa ya kisiasa ... Hata hapo Tanzania hayo hufanyika usijaribu kutudanganya, hamna ukabila lakini mko ma uchama na udini, hata yule jamaa Lisu alipopigwa risasi, vilio vya wana Chadema havikia sawa na vilio vya wana CCM, infact kuna wana CCM wengine walikua wanasherehekea.

Alafu unafaa ujue hakuna hata siku moja mkenya atanyamaza akihisi unadhulumiwa, usikosee kwa kufikiria hapendi nchi yake. Hapa hakuna cha blind patriotism,

 

[joto la jiwe]

Kenya kuna ukabila, ambao unajitokeza zaidi wakati wa siasa... Chenye huyo mtu wa fb alichokua anakiongelea ni maafa ya kisiasa ... Hata hapo Tanzania hayo hufanyika usijaribu kutudanganya, hamna ukabila lakini mko ma uchama na udini, hata yule jamaa Lisu alipopigwa risasi, vilio vya wana Chadema havikia sawa na vilio vya wana CCM, infact kuna wana CCM wengine walikua wanasherehekea

Se connecter à Facebook | Facebook

Swali langu lilikua ni, Je nilini mtaanza kushughulikia utengemano wa kitaifa au imeshindikana badala yake mnaangalia maendeleo ya vitu kama majumba, barabara na SGR?, Tanzania ilianza kwa kujenga umoja wa kitaifa, kuondoa tofauti za msingi miongoni mwa watu wake, baada ya kufanikiwa huko, ndiyo sasa imegeukia kujenga majumba, barabara na sector zingine za uchumi, Kenya mlianza kujenga uchumi bila kujali kujenga umoja wa kitaifa, na Jumatano Raila anatangaza rasmi kuanza vuguvugu la kujitenga kwa majimbo yaliyo chini ya NASA, je Kenya imeshindwa kujenga umoja wa kitaifa?

 

[Kafrican]

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Swali langu lilikua ni, Je nilini mtaanza kushughulikia utengemano wa kitaifa au imeshindikana badala yake mnaangalia maendeleo ya vitu kama majumba, barabara na SGR?, Tanzania ilianza kwa kujenga umoja wa kitaifa, kuondoa tofauti za msingi miongoni mwa watu wake, baada ya kufanikiwa huko, ndiyo sasa imegeukia kujenga majumba, barabara na sector zingine za uchumi, Kenya mlianza kujenga uchumi bila kujali kujenga umoja wa kitaifa, na Jumatano Raila anatangaza rasmi kuanza vuguvugu la kujitenga kwa majimbo yaliyo chini ya NASA, je Kenya imeshindwa kujenga umoja wa kitaifa?

Hayo ni yako mwenyewe. Hakuna Mahali imeandikwa kua ni lazima nchi ionekane 'imeungana' ndo iwe na maendeleo .

Mwengine kwa maoni yake atasema kabla ya nchi kushighulikia utengamano wa nchi, ni lazima lishe bora kwa kila mwananchi mwanzo..

Mwengine atapinga vikali na kudai afya bora kwa kila mtu ndo inafaa liwe jambo la kwanza nchi itatatua.

Mwengine atatoka na kudai elimu bora na kutoa ujinga(ignorance) ndo inafaa iwe jambo la kwanza alafu mengine badae , ili wananchi wote wawe sawa intellectually.

 

[joto la jiwe]

Hayo ni yako mwenyewe. Hakuna Mahali imeandikwa kua ni lazima nchi ionekane 'imeungana' ndo iwe na maendeleo .

Mbona unakwepa swali?, mimi nimeuliza kama mnadhani kujenga umoja wa kitaifa ni jambo muhimu, je ni lini mtaanza kujenga utengamano?, kama bado mnadhani sio muhimu kama alivyofikiria Mzee Jommo Kenyatta, kama bado mnadhani kujenga uchumi ni jambo muhimu zaidi kuliko umoja wa kitaifa, jibu tu...wala sijasema kwamba ni lazima kuwe na unity ndiyo maendeleo yapatikane

Kumbuka Kenya na Tanzania ni nchi mbili tofauti sana, japo zipo majirani, Tanzania inaamini na kuthamini UTU wa mtu zaidi, kwa hiyo umoja, usawa na udugu ni vitu vinavyopewa thamani kubwa. KENYA kwa upande wake inathamini zaidi mali/uchumi, mwenye mali ndiye anayepata kila kitu, utu, udugu na umoja sio muhimu sana kwa Kenya

 

[Ian Cruz]

Tundu lisu mlotaka afe Yu wapi Sasa, taarifa zake za kupokea uponyaji yuatolea wapi kama sio Nairobi, huku mko macho pepesi pepesi kuona yepi ya kufisha moyo kutoka 254.Namba someni someni.......

 

[joto la jiwe]

Tundu lisu mlotaka afe Yu wapi Sasa, taarifa zake za kupokea uponyaji yuatolea wapi kama sio Nairobi, huku mko macho pepesi pepesi kuona yepi ya kufisha moyo kutoka 254.Namba someni someni.......

Huelewiki unachotaka kusema, kuwa muwazi unachotaka kuzungumza ili usaidiwe

 

[Lamdele]

kenya hoiyeeeeeeee

 

[Geza Ulole]

I think Mining and gas production require more steel and metal that they require cement, so maybe you should check the steel industry...

Anyway back to cement, you are even predicted to become the largest Cement producer in Africa, big deal to the cement companies and job creation, but you do know that some of those cement companies are Kenyan or Kenyan based which means sometimes they bring back the cement back to Kenya...

Your production is set to increase to be higher than Kenya in the mid term, but when it comes to building, construction and projects, we are talking about Consumption...and when it comes to consupmtion, no one beats us in the region, not tanzania, not ethiopia....


Tanzania Domestic consumption is/was projected to rise to 3.9Million tonnes in 2016/17

Tanzania set to be one of Africa's top cement producers
He said the current production capacity in the country is 3.8 million tonnes per annum, but it is expected to more than double to 8.3 million tonnes per annum in the near future. Domestic consumption is also projected to increase to 3.9 million tonnes per annum from 2.25 mtpa.


While on the other hand, Kenyas production in 2015 was 5.84 million metric tonnes while consumption was 5.23 million metric tonnes

KENYA - Cement consumption up in 2015
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics data show the consumption of cement reached 5.23 million metric tonnes in November, slightly higher than the 5.19 million metric tonnes that was used throughout 2014.
High uptake of cement indicates heightened activity in the construction sector, KNBS said.
The data show construction sector grew by 11.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a growth of 7.6 per cent in a similar period in 2014.



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So all your different priorities still don't match up


If you need more proof to swallow

Kenya leads East Africa in infrastructure development | TradeMark East Africa
Kenya led the East African region in infrastructure deals struck in 2015, according to a new survey by financial consultancy firm Deloitte. The African Constructions Trends Report shows that Kenya accounted for 20 of the regions 61 big-ticket projects followed by Ethiopia with 12 projects. The report indicates that growth in shopping malls, commercial office development and the ongoing rail project are the biggest areas with the large construction works. The burgeoning middle class, coupled with the promise of high yields also whet investors’ appetite for retail, entertainment and lifestyle facilities in Kenya and Tanzania, resulting in investment in modern office parks and hotel space.

Wacha ujinga unajua mining companies wanatumia cement kiasi gani? SGR? BTW those figures from Kenya r cooked!

 

[joto la jiwe]

Wacha ujinga unajua mining companies wanatumia cement kiasi gani? SGR? BTW those figures from Kenya r cooked!

Kama kawaida yake kuokoteza data, then anazifanyia ukarabati ili kuonyesha mambo ni mazuri, kwa taharifa yako, Tanzania by now is biggest producer of Cement in East and Central Africa

 

[joto la jiwe]

I think Mining and gas production require more steel and metal that they require cement, so maybe you should check the steel industry...

Anyway back to cement, you are even predicted to become the largest Cement producer in Africa, big deal to the cement companies and job creation, but you do know that some of those cement companies are Kenyan or Kenyan based which means sometimes they bring back the cement back to Kenya...

Your production is set to increase to be higher than Kenya in the mid term, but when it comes to building, construction and projects, we are talking about Consumption...and when it comes to consupmtion, no one beats us in the region, not tanzania, not ethiopia....


Tanzania Domestic consumption is/was projected to rise to 3.9Million tonnes in 2016/17

Tanzania set to be one of Africa's top cement producers
He said the current production capacity in the country is 3.8 million tonnes per annum, but it is expected to more than double to 8.3 million tonnes per annum in the near future. Domestic consumption is also projected to increase to 3.9 million tonnes per annum from 2.25 mtpa.


While on the other hand, Kenyas production in 2015 was 5.84 million metric tonnes while consumption was 5.23 million metric tonnes

KENYA - Cement consumption up in 2015
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics data show the consumption of cement reached 5.23 million metric tonnes in November, slightly higher than the 5.19 million metric tonnes that was used throughout 2014.
High uptake of cement indicates heightened activity in the construction sector, KNBS said.
The data show construction sector grew by 11.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a growth of 7.6 per cent in a similar period in 2014.



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So all your different priorities still don't match up


If you need more proof to swallow

Kenya leads East Africa in infrastructure development | TradeMark East Africa
Kenya led the East African region in infrastructure deals struck in 2015, according to a new survey by financial consultancy firm Deloitte. The African Constructions Trends Report shows that Kenya accounted for 20 of the regions 61 big-ticket projects followed by Ethiopia with 12 projects. The report indicates that growth in shopping malls, commercial office development and the ongoing rail project are the biggest areas with the large construction works. The burgeoning middle class, coupled with the promise of high yields also whet investors’ appetite for retail, entertainment and lifestyle facilities in Kenya and Tanzania, resulting in investment in modern office parks and hotel space.

$30m for Tanzania cement production

By 2013 before Dangote cement factory, Tanzania capacity was 3 millions Tonnes, Dangote cement is producing another 3million Tonnes, where do you get your data?,

 

[Bwana254]

Wow, 25%! Nai is the region's ultimate city, and clearly, for a very long time it shall remain. It's unsurpassable.

Annael, FaizaFoxy, MOTOCHINI, Dar wapi na wapi kwenye hili? Ati mwaringa na hivyo vichuguu vyefu vichache tu. Bwa ha ha!

Now if only they can solve the garbage mess ,the pervasive street trading and the traffic madness then Nai will have gone a notch higher.It'd be shameful to look good from afar with impressive skyscrapers but get closer and you meet all that mess,potholed streets ,dirty &chaotic public markets plus very poor housing for the majority of residents.