I came across this video that someone linked me and i looked through his account. I found it to be revealing.
Basically this guy from the Netherlands is an expat in Kenya and he goes to different malls and markets and reviews them and uses them evaluate economic growth and middle class in any given area.
He went to Somali owned mall in Eastleigh the BBS mall which is the largest one he describes it as the most clean, organized, open, spacious and busy mall he has been to in Kenya, with no vancies or empty shops. This is a mall hat has more than 3,500 shops, 3 hospitals, 32 restaurants, 12 banks, a 7-Star hotel, 364 toilets, and 2,200 packing spaces.
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Then he goes to other Kenyan malls and they basically have many empty spaces and fewer people visit them.
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There is a number of things i learned from this:
1) Somalis in Eastleigh/Nairobi have a larger middle class
2) They have more purchasing power and disposable income
3) They can afford to rent and set up shop
I am also showing this to debunk @AbrahamFreedom nonsense peddling about how Somalis benefit from the business climate in other East African countries when in reality they are the ones generating that business activity and driving it. It also shows how hard working Somalis are.
Basically this guy from the Netherlands is an expat in Kenya and he goes to different malls and markets and reviews them and uses them evaluate economic growth and middle class in any given area.
He went to Somali owned mall in Eastleigh the BBS mall which is the largest one he describes it as the most clean, organized, open, spacious and busy mall he has been to in Kenya, with no vancies or empty shops. This is a mall hat has more than 3,500 shops, 3 hospitals, 32 restaurants, 12 banks, a 7-Star hotel, 364 toilets, and 2,200 packing spaces.
The caption:
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Then he goes to other Kenyan malls and they basically have many empty spaces and fewer people visit them.
Caption:
A few comments under this video
There is a number of things i learned from this:
1) Somalis in Eastleigh/Nairobi have a larger middle class
2) They have more purchasing power and disposable income
3) They can afford to rent and set up shop
I am also showing this to debunk @AbrahamFreedom nonsense peddling about how Somalis benefit from the business climate in other East African countries when in reality they are the ones generating that business activity and driving it. It also shows how hard working Somalis are.
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