GERALD710:

In East Africa, Bantus usually have a mix of something else.
Example.The Kikuyu Community is Bantu and by genetics, on average around 70% of the genepool is similar to all other bantu groups, yet because the community absorbed the Athi(A south Cushitic group) the Gumba(a Khoisan group)and Maasai(The Maasai clan civil wars in the mid 1800s saw many maasai leave for the Kikuyu lands.Today, Kikuyus of Nyeri and Kiambu often have a Maasai ancestor).A few also have Arab ancestry(due to Arabs trading there ) and European ancestry(mostly around areas that had large scale European settlements and missionary towns).
In Tanzania, almost every ethnic group traded with the Arabs.In fact Tanzania had Arab-Swahili towns in its interior like Kigoma, unlike Kenya where this phenomenon is restricted to the Coast.Thus light skinned members of Bantu communities are not uncommon.Also like the Bantus of Kenya, many have South Cushitic blood

Ok, great, i see. Are u kikuyu?

We west Africans are not Bantu, but we still have some tribes who have many light skinned people. So i wonder who we mixed with.

TayserMahiri:


They are wealthy nonetheless. That it is disgusting is meaningless. Its not like they get a Nobel for being listed as rich, they are wealthy whether it is disgusting or not. And its not just in Africa, some world leaders of strong nations such as Silvio Berlusconi of Italy are among the richest in their nations not to mention the Arabic emirs are unimaginably filthy rich and now we have Trump who literally runs his own empire.

Corrupt politicians flaunting their wealth in the faces of the masses and even being acknowledged by the masses shows a high level of insensitivity, recklesness and unnacountability in the system. It shows that they owe no one an explanation how they appropriate the country's funds.
I dont know about corruption in Europe, but i dont think it is an issue over there as in Africa. As for the arab nations, most of them are monarchial.

plsss ooo how and why d hell do Kenyans and south Africans know so much abt Nigeria ,and I don't even know jack abt their country (maybe its becos I don't give a rats dick abt them) but I still wonder how they know so much. they even sed somtins abt naija that wasn't aware about sef

Nowenuse:


Ok, great.

I however think that Kenya needs more urbanization.
I found out that apart from Nairobi and Mombasa, no other Kenyan urban area has up to a million people, while only Nakuru has about 500k-1m people and the rest are just below 500k.
In Nigeria, there are about 15 cities/Urban areas with over a million people and over 30 cities with 500k-1m people. I won't even count those within 100-500k range cos i dont consider those ones cities but towns and they can be up to 100 in Nigeria.

If we add up all the Kenyan cities/towns above 100k people, they will not be more than 12 million people. This means that only about 25% of Kenyans live in Urban areas while a whooping 75% live in rural areas. Can you enlighten me on this?

I know you like big numbers. However, many people who live in the rural areas don't tend to move to the cities because of the quality of life in the villages. For your information, kenyan highlands are among the most developed and farmed rural areas in Africa, and majority of the kenyan population live here. It is very hard to convince coffee farmers, or tea farmers, or flower farmers in the Great Rift Valley or Central Highlands to go to the cities when they have a good source of income already in the already serene villages. If you take a visit to some of the rural areas in kenya you would not want to go back to the cities. And they all have reliable electricity supply. Below are a few examples of rural areas that I don't think anyone would want to leave for the hustles of city life.

and wen it comes to entertainment, I don't tink naija has any rival in Africa (not even S.A) we outshine everybody in dat aspect

Nowenuse:


Ok, great, i see. Are u kikuyu?

We west Africans are not Bantu, but we still have some tribes who have many light skinned people. So i wonder who we mixed with.

No I am not kikuyu. I don't think there had to be a mixture. Khoisans are really light skinned and I am not sure they mixed with anyone. There are no bantus in west africa? The name Fulani sounds so Bantu actually. Its even a swahili word for "So and SO" as in, fulani (so and so) said hello yesterday.

GERALD710:

MPESA is well known in East Central Africa because it is in operation here.From Vodafone MPESA in South Africa to Vodaxom MPESA everywhere else.
West Afric is FAAAAR much smaller than East Central and Southern Africa, which btw is largely one entity with common cultural roots as the largest subgroup here is Bantu and Batus are everywhere except the Horn of Africa and Sudan.
Oh and a large percentage of us speak Swahili, From South Sudan to Malawi, Kenya to DRC, it is the language of trade, regardless of what tribe you are.

Bantus are not more than West Africans, it is impossible. The entire horn Africa is not Bantu, almost half of Kenya and Uganda is not Bantu. South Sudan is not. The entire Chad, parts of Cameroon and CAR are not Bantu. What about if we remove the pygmy populations from Congo and Gabon and also remove the whites, coloureds and Asians from South Africa and Namibia? Can the remainder beat the 350-400 million people of West Africa?

The entire numb of swahili speakers is still not more than 200 million. Luganda beats swahili as a lingua franca is half of Uganda. Lingala beats swahili as lingua franca is Kinshasa. Pls i know my continent. Swahili still has a long way to go to dominate the entire east Africa before going further to take over Horn and Central Africa. Only a stabilized and powerful united EAC can achieve this.

As for mpesa, they have not penetrated most of the countries you are talking of.

Nowenuse:


Corrupt politicians flaunting their wealth in the faces of the masses and even being acknowledged by the masses shows a high level of insensitivity, recklesness and unnacountability in the system. It shows that they owe no one an explanation how they appropriate the country's funds.
I dont know about corruption in Europe, but i dont think it is an issue over there as in Africa. As for the arab nations, most of them are monarchial.

Corruption in Europe is an issue, just in different forms mostly to do with tax evasion using tax havens. Of course not to our level as they have better systems of managing it. You cannot excuse monarchism for the wealth of Arab leaders, they definitely used their power to acquire wealth.

Nowenuse:


Owerri is really such a beautiful Nigerian city which is really underrated in Nigeria. This will be the first South-east city i would love to spend some time.

yeah , owerri is beautiful but sadly it is very underrated ,unlike Lagos that is overhyped and overcrowded. although Lagos is like d biggest and d most central city in africa (I min there's nobody u will not see in Lagos).

TayserMahiri:


I know you like big numbers. However, many people who live in the rural areas don't tend to move to the cities because of the quality of life in the villages. For your information, kenyan highlands are among the most developed and farmed rural areas in Africa, and majority of the kenyan population live here. It is very hard to convince coffee farmers, or tea farmers, or flower farmers in the Great Rift Valley or Central Highlands to go to the cities when they have a good source of income already in the already serene villages. If you take a visit to some of the rural areas in kenya you would not want to back to the cities. And they all have reliable electricity supply. Below are a few examples of rural areas that I don't think anyone would want to leave for the hustles of city life.

U dont deceive me, do u? You and i know that majority of the villages in no damn black african country can be all like this. This scenery cannot measure up to 5% of what the average Kenyan village looks like. There is a Kenyan news station i seldom watch (K24 i think) and i see what Kenyan villages look like.
75% rural population is still too much for a nation that wants to be industrialized or have powerful financial city centres to compete with others.

Nowenuse:


U dont deceive me, do u? You and i know that majority of the villages in no damn black african country can be all like this. This scenery cannot measure up to 5% of what the average Kenyan village looks like. There is a Kenyan news station i seldom watch (K24 i think) and i see what Kenyan villages look like.
75% rural population is still too much for a nation that wants to be industrialized or have powerful financial city centres to compete with others.

Nowenuse:


U dont deceive me, do u? You and i know that majority of the villages in no damn black african country can be all like this. This scenery cannot measure up to 5% of what the average Kenyan village looks like. There is a Kenyan news station i seldom watch (K24 i think) and i see what Kenyan villages look like.
75% rural population is still too much for a nation that wants to be industrialized or have powerful financial city centres to compete with others.

Nowenuse:


U dont deceive me, do u? You and i know that majority of the villages in no damn black african country can be all like this. This scenery cannot measure up to 5% of what the average Kenyan village looks like. There is a Kenyan news station i seldom watch (K24 i think) and i see what Kenyan villages look like.
75% rural population is still too much for a nation that wants to be industrialized or have powerful financial city centres to compete with others.

u watch K24 . no offense but that's one d worsts station iv ever tuned into

uzzyfire:
and wen it comes to entertainment, I don't tink naija has any rival in Africa (not even S.A) we outshine everybody in dat aspect

Of course, none, and it keeps growing in Nigeria. Very soon, we would get to the level of Hollywood. LoL

Nowenuse:


U dont deceive me, do u? You and i know that majority of the villages in no damn black african country can be all like this. This scenery cannot measure up to 5% of what the average Kenyan village looks like. There is a Kenyan news station i seldom watch (K24 i think) and i see what Kenyan villages look like.
75% rural population is still too much for a nation that wants to be industrialized or have powerful financial city centres to compete with others.

Village life in kenya is way better than it is in nigeria. Kenya is largely an agricultural economy. Which makes a lot of people farmers, and coffee and tea and flowers are the main crops alongside other food crops. Of course we will have to urbanize more to be industrialized. So far, our urban population is enough for the country's industries, and our farmers don't need to add to it.

uzzyfire:
yeah , owerri is beautiful but sadly it is very underrated ,unlike Lagos that is overhyped and overcrowded. although Lagos is like d biggest and d most central city in africa (I min there's nobody u will not see in Lagos).

Well i think the SE needs to market it's cities like Enugu and Owerri in order to attract investments or settlers from all over. If not for NYSC, many would never have known places like Enugu and owerri in the east.

I had no idea K24 is in Nigeria

uzzyfire:
[color=#000099][/color]u watch K24 . no offense but that's one d worsts station iv ever tuned into

I just tune in once in a while to see about East Africa for few minutes.

Or are you all guys just another bunch of nigerians in kenya

TayserMahiri:
I had no idea K24 is in Nigeria

TayserMahiri:
Or are you all guys just another bunch of nigerians in kenya

LoL. It is on DStv.

Nowenuse:

Of course, none, and it keeps growing in Nigeria. Very soon, we would get to the level of Hollywood. LoL

I don't think it can, at least not now. america has been building Hollywood for over 100 yrs . although nollywood is moving at high speed, d quality of movies they do nowadays is on point and their storylines has really improved.
u can watch this movie "the wedding party" to confirm wat I'm talking abt

Nowenuse:

Of course, none, and it keeps growing in Nigeria. Very soon, we would get to the level of Hollywood. LoL

Let me say Nigerias Nollywood benefits a lot from nigerias large population in terms of revenues hence an ability to expand. Beyond that, it is not much to talk about.

Nowenuse:



LoL. It is on DStv.

great. Now I get it.

TayserMahiri:


Let me say Nigerias Nollywood benefits a lot from nigerias large population in terms of revenues hence an ability to expand. Beyond that, it is not much to talk about.

dis guy must hate sha

TayserMahiri:


Village life in kenya is way better than it is in nigeria. Kenya is largely an agricultural economy. Which makes a lot of people farmers, and coffee and tea and flowers are the main crops alongside other food crops. Of course we will have to urbanize more to be industrialized. So far, our urban population is enough for the country's industries, and our farmers don't need to add to it.

You have no proof of this. Like i said, the Kenyan villages i see on K24 are condraticting to your hype.

uzzyfire:
[color=#000099][/color]u watch K24 . no offense but that's one d worsts station iv ever tuned into

K24 is not popular in Kenya as well.

TayserMahiri:


Village life in kenya is way better than it is in nigeria. Kenya is largely an agricultural economy. Which makes a lot of people farmers, and coffee and tea and flowers are the main crops alongside other food crops. Of course we will have to urbanize more to be industrialized. So far, our urban population is enough for the country's industries, and our farmers don't need to add to it.

everything is just one big competition for u guys abi? SMH

Nowenuse:


You have no proof of this. Like i said, the Kenyan villages i see on K24 are condraticting to your hype.

Most likely why the station is unpopular for not resonating with the masses.

uzzyfire:
everything is just one big competition for u guys abi? SMH

No, its the reality. ASk Nigerians who have visited kenyan villages

uzzyfire:
I don't think it can, at least not now. america has been building Hollywood for over 100 yrs . although nollywood is moving at high speed, d quality of movies they do nowadays is on point and their storylines has really improved.
u can watch this movie "the wedding party" to confirm wat I'm talking abt

It can in the next decade if our economy advances well into being a high middle income economy and if we have stricter govt policies against piracy.
Many Nigerian producers actually have what it takes to produce a Hollywood quality movie, just that they are not sure of making their due profit after spending so much on production.
Many Nigerians still don't have access to the cinemas and many pirates are still on the loose. Take for instance, the producer of THE WEDDING PARTY movie lost hundreds of millions of Naira to piracy on that movie. Until things like this are curtailed. Many producers may not be willing to go too far.

TayserMahiri:


Most likely why the station is unpopular for not resonating with the masses.

Does this change the condition of the Kenyan villages i see regularly?

Why do you guys also have a large slum population if you claim that your people love to stay away from the cities in the comfort of their villages?

uzzyfire:
everything is just one big competition for u guys abi? SMH

I really don't know y Nigeria gets all d attention in africa ,without even trying. anything Nigerian grabs d attention of Africa
.just look at dis bbnaija that was just concluded. it caught d attention of d whole Africa and its supposed to be a Nigerian thing , they shud have just called it bbafrica cos I really didn't see d difference between d both . and big brother made a truck load of money from Nigeria

TayserMahiri:


Let me say Nigerias Nollywood benefits a lot from nigerias large population in terms of revenues hence an ability to expand. Beyond that, it is not much to talk about.

But you guys in East Africa are very much alike in culture and language. Your movie producers should be able to cover the entire East African market (which can equal Nigerian market), or won't Tanzanians and Ugandans watch Kenyan movies? If no, then why do they watch ours?

Do you know that about 1/3 of Nigeria do not even watch nollywood movies? Many northern Nigerians watch only Hausa movies (Kannywood).

Nowenuse:


It can in the next decade if our economy advances well into being a high middle income economy and if we have stricter govt policies against piracy.
Many Nigerian producers actually have what it takes to produce a Hollywood quality movie, just that they are not sure of making their due profit after spending so much on production.
Many Nigerians still don't have access to the cinemas and many pirates are still on the loose. Take for instance, the producer of THE WEDDING PARTY movie lost hundreds of millions of Naira to piracy on that movie. Until things like this are curtailed. Many producers may not be willing to go too far.

very true