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Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 3:49pm On Jul 16, 2020
Rwanda has launched Africa's first Green City worth $4.5 billion. The city is sited on a land area of about 620 hectares in Kinyinya, Gasabo District in Kigali.

The Green City aims to promote environmentally-friendly facilities that will consist of electric cars, green buildings, electric bicycles, renewable energy amongst other things.

With the Green City Project, Rwanda is looking to further consolidate its position as the African capital for green revolution which is fast becoming a world practice with more cities in the world going green because of its environmental, socio-economic and health benefits.

One of the major benefits of a Green City is the reduction of air pollution in form of carbon and gas emissions, thereby providing clean air the quality of life amongst the inhabitants as research shows that people are healthier when their environment is greener.


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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Amarabae(f): 3:51pm On Jul 16, 2020
Rwanda is the same landmass size with South East Nigeria and it is a landlocked country yet they are doing well.
kudos to them

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by allen113: 3:53pm On Jul 16, 2020
good initiative
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 4:04pm On Jul 16, 2020
Amarabae:
Rwanda is the same landmass size with South East Nigeria and it is a landlocked country yet they are doing well.
kudos to them

We will hopefully get there someday!

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Raydos: 4:19pm On Jul 16, 2020
This is what happens when you have a visionary leader!!

Just this two things will alleviate poverty in Nigeria
1. Stable electricity
2. Building modern Cities across Nigeria

Imagine turning the whole of Nigeria to a construction site, Poverty will automatically reduce drastically!!

As we speak now, Construction is going on in almost every nooks and crannies of China and new ones are springing up everyday!! I pray we get it right one day!!



Modified: Eko Atlantic City in Lagos is a Green city too!!

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 8:03pm On Jul 16, 2020
Raydos:
This is what happens when you have a visionary leader!!

Just this two things will alleviate poverty in Nigeria
1. Stable electricity
2. Building modern Cities across Nigeria

Imagine turning the whole of Nigeria to a construction site, Poverty will automatically reduce drastically!!

As we speak now, Construction is going on in almost every nooks and crannies of China and new ones are springing up everyday!! I pray we get it right one day!!



Modified: Eko Atlantic City in Lagos is a Green city too!!

Eko Atlantic doesn't fit the profile of a Green City though...

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by alkines(m): 10:30pm On Jul 16, 2020
Eko keh......o de to ra
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 8:23am On Jul 17, 2020
alkines:
Eko keh......o de to ra

Please interprete o�
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by TheMainone: 8:26am On Jul 17, 2020
Rwanda is doing very well above its African peers. I believe they have a very focused president
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by horsepower102: 8:27am On Jul 17, 2020
Amarabae:
Rwanda is the same landmass size with South East Nigeria and it is a landlocked country yet they are doing well.
kudos to them

Enugu topography even closely mirrors Kigali their capital city.

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 11:28am On Jul 17, 2020
horsepower102:


Enugu topography even closely mirrors Kigali their capital city.

You are not far from the truth...

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by OVB123: 11:57am On Jul 17, 2020
blessingee:


We will hopefully get there someday!
When u & i don die b4 we go get there? in 1960, we said we will get there, in 1970, we say we said will get there, in 1980, we said we will get there, in 1990, we said we will get there, in 2000 we said thesame thing, 2010 thesame promise and now 2020, thesame chorus: "we will get there" now i asked: when are we going to get there?

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Nobody: 11:59am On Jul 17, 2020
OVB123:
When u & i don die b4 we go get there? in 1960, we said we will get there, in 1970, we say we said will get there, in 1980, we said we will get there, in 1990, we said we will get there, in 2000 we said thesame thing, 2010 thesame promise and now 2020, thesame chorus: "we will get there" now i asked: when are we going to get there?
In the 1990's abacha was talking about VISIOJ 2000, in the 2000's Yaradua was telling us about VISION 2020 now we dey 2020, things are more worst in this 2020. This country eh!! Make God just help person.

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by OVB123: 1:34pm On Jul 17, 2020
BabaOwen:
In the 1990's abacha was talking about VISIOJ 2000, in the 2000's Yaradua was telling us about VISION 2020 now we dey 2020, things are more worst in this 2020. This country eh!! Make God just help person.
Late Abacha and late yaradua try to get vision, this one wey dey office now, na visionless leader. mtcheew!
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Flyingngel(m): 2:30pm On Jul 17, 2020
blessingee post:




We will hopefully get there someday!



When? In the next 300years?
If you have listen to the probe of NDDC by the HOR, believe me you will know that Nigeria is not getting better anytime soon .
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by realstars: 2:39pm On Jul 17, 2020
When Will The Nigerian Govenment Think About This?

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by PHAYOL81: 4:59pm On Jul 17, 2020
blessingee:


Eko Atlantic doesn't fit the profile of a Green City though...
Wrong. Eko atlantic actually do fit into it. Perhaps, we can argue that the Rwanda city is the perfect one. Green city doesn't necessarily mean there won't be emission at all but means that there would be so very little of it, it would be invisible. What makes the Rwanda case perfect is "electric car thing" otherwise Eko has everything they boast it would possess. But remember the occupants are the well-to-do people of the society who can afford the right cars that hardly emit this toxic gas.

Eko Atlantic has:
Green Environment....250,000 trees already planted in the city.And that's excluding the ones the developer of each building must plant around their buildings.
All the houses are to be green houses.....At least those completed and ones under construction so far are.
Proper Drainage and water system... the waterways created within the city would not just beautify but further enable lil to no pollution in the environment.
Water treatment system
Stable 24/7 power supply
Standard safety-distance system.... there is to be a reliable space between houses to allow free flow of breeze and allow for restriction of communal hazard to only the building it might be affecting in the future..
Good water supply.
And some more.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 2:28pm On Jul 18, 2020
PHAYOL81:

Wrong. Eko atlantic actually do fit into it. Perhaps, we can argue that the Rwanda city is the perfect one. Green city doesn't necessarily mean there won't be emission at all but means that there would be so very little of it, it would be invisible. What makes the Rwanda case perfect is "electric car thing" otherwise Eko has everything they boast it would possess. But remember the occupants are the well-to-do people of the society who can afford the right cars that hardly emit this toxic gas.

Eko Atlantic has:
Green Environment....250,000 trees already planted in the city.And that's excluding the ones the developer of each building must plant around their buildings.
All the houses are to be green houses.....At least those completed and ones under construction so far are.
Proper Drainage and water system... the waterways created within the city would not just beautify but further enable lil to no pollution in the environment.
Water treatment system
Stable 24/7 power supply
Standard safety-distance system.... there is to be a reliable space between houses to allow free flow of breeze and allow for restriction of communal hazard to only the building it might be affecting in the future..
Good water supply.
And some more.

May be you should check criteria that makes a place fit to be called a green city. Going by your first paragraph, Eko Atlantic doesn't qualify
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 6:30pm On Jul 19, 2020
realstars:
When Will The Nigerian Govenment Think About This?

They have been thinking about it, implementation is the wahala

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Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Nobody: 6:35pm On Jul 19, 2020
Nigeria could have been more developed than Dubai since 1960.

This country is cursed and shameless
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by realstars: 6:41pm On Jul 19, 2020
blessingee:


They have been thinking about it, implementation is the wahala
The Nigeria Today Is Politics, Rule By Politicians That Plays Politics In Their Respective Political States.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:37pm On Jul 19, 2020
blessingee:


May be you should check criteria that makes a place fit to be called a green city. Going by your first paragraph, Eko Atlantic doesn't qualify


Eko Atlantic not only qualify, it's a perfect example of a green city and they are already getting EDGE green status certification.

The term green city gets thrown around carelessly and needlessly, there are many green cities all over the world, I mean known cities with green city classifications.

Green city is not about digging up a measly and meager 13 hectares land, build a few houses and slam green city label on it, that's not how it's done.

Before claiming the term green city, you must submit your buildings for green certifications, green spaces like trees, energy and water resources consumption, transportation, trails and park spaces.

This Rwanda thing is another PR stunt, it's nothing but a drawing board claim about an ordinary 13 hectare parcel of land buildings deceptively glorified and sold as a green city.

I don't even think there's a single building in the whole of Rwanda with EDGE green status certification International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Green city status is a process, not a cheap drawing board project label.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:38pm On Jul 19, 2020
The sad thing about Nigerians especially the ones from the SE is rummaging through the internet to uphold rubbish from other countries just to put their own country down when in fact their own country is already leading the way and already did what they are jumping all over the place for in other countries.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:45pm On Jul 19, 2020
Eko Atlantic Sets the Stage For Potential Green City Status as It Secures Its First IFC EDGE Certification


Alpha1, Eko Atlantic City’s flagship office tower, is the first building in the city to secure the International Finance Corporation’s EDGE certification.

The EDGE certification demonstrates Eko Atlantic’s commitment to becoming the first green city in Lagos.

EDGE, which stands for ‘Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies’, cuts down building energy and water consumption by at least 20 percent while lowering greenhouse-gas emissions.

As the roles of resource efficiency and sustainability become more apparent in preserving our planet, Eko Atlantic City has secured its first ever EDGE certification from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.

By receiving the EDGE certification, Alpha1 joins a line-up that includes Cornerstone Towers (Lagos, Nigeria), Atlantic Tower (Accra, Ghana), and Citra Towers (Jakarta, Indonesia), among many others. So far, in Nigeria, 370 homes have been EDGE certified with over 2,010 tCO2 of carbon dioxide to be eliminated per year.



https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/02/01/eko-atlantic-sets-the-stage-for-potential-green-city-status-as-it-secures-its-first-ifc-edge-certification/
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:45pm On Jul 19, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFaZshfgSJw



Eko Atlantic: Ambitions for a Green City within Lagos



Eko Atlantic, a futuristic city within a city in Lagos built entirely on reclaimed land, is strongly encouraging its developers to certify their properties green. Ronald Chagoury Jr., the Vice Chairman of South Energyx Nigeria Ltd, provides an insider's look as to what's on the horizon for Lagos and the "unique chance" that EDGE offers. Alpha 1 by ITB Nigeria Ltd. is the first EDGE-certified project at Eko Atlantic.

"Eko Atlantic: Ambitions for a Green City within Lagos" is a production of Lalo de la Cerda in cooperation with South Energyx Nigeria Ltd.

When choosing EDGE, Eko Atlantic's properties will be certified by thinkstep-SGS.

https://www.edgebuildings.com

An innovation of IFC, EDGE is a software, a standard, and a certification system for more than 160 countries that proves that everyone wins financially by building green. EDGE creates intersections among developers, building owners, banks, governments and homeowners to jump start the mainstreaming of green buildings and help tackle climate change.

IFC is a member of the World Bank Group that focuses on private sector development. Standing between the public and private sectors, IFC brings market-based solutions to respond to the challenge of creating low-carbon economic growth.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:48pm On Jul 19, 2020
Go back to Rwanda and tell them that their 13 acre drawing board project is not the first green city in Africa.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Collins9156(m): 7:50pm On Jul 19, 2020
Raydos:
This is what happens when you have a visionary leader!!

Just this two things will alleviate poverty in Nigeria
1. Stable electricity
2. Building modern Cities across Nigeria

Imagine turning the whole of Nigeria to a construction site, Poverty will automatically reduce drastically!!

As we speak now, Construction is going on in almost every nooks and crannies of China and new ones are springing up everyday!! I pray we get it right one day!!



Modified: Eko Atlantic City in Lagos is a Green city too!!


Just number 1 we re done
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by plaindealer: 7:57pm On Jul 19, 2020



Alaro City sits on a 2000 acre piece of land and will include a mixed-income, city-scale development with industrial and logistics locations, complemented by offices, homes, schools, healthcare facilities, hotels, entertainment and 370 acres of parks and open spaces.


Construction works of a new modern city in the North West Quadrant of the Lekki Free Zone in Lagos, dubbed Alaro City in Nigeria is progressing on well...

Prospective residents in Alaro City, which cover a mixed-income group, will benefit from 3.2 million square metres of residential developments providing homes for 150,000 people while Corporate organisations and entrepreneurs located in Alaro City will benefit from 130,000 sqm of business district space; 225,000 sqm of technology park space; and 650,000 sqm of light industrial, logistics and business parks.


https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/07/construction-of-us-249m-alaro-city-in-nigeria-on-track/




Totally green and under construction here in Nigeria, not a 13 acre drawing board project in Rwanda.
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Samorobo2: 11:57pm On Jul 19, 2020
blessingee:
Rwanda has launched Africa's first Green City worth $4.5 billion. The city is sited on a land area of about 620 hectares in Kinyinya, Gasabo District in Kigali.

The Green City aims to promote environmentally-friendly facilities that will consist of electric cars, green buildings, electric bicycles, renewable energy amongst other things.

With the Green City Project, Rwanda is looking to further consolidate its position as the African capital for green revolution which is fast becoming a world practice with more cities in the world going green because of its environmental, socio-economic and health benefits.

One of the major benefits of a Green City is the reduction of air pollution in form of carbon and gas emissions, thereby providing clean air the quality of life amongst the inhabitants as research shows that people are healthier when their environment is greener.


By: Lambstand Gardens
www.lambstandgardens.com
Grandmasters of Horticulture


Lol this is yet again another wet pipe dream coming from Africa and this time Rwanda....

Let them start implementation a d construction them I will take them serious.....no be today kegame don they make noise about this particular project..every year they are always launching and re-lauching it...
Abegii
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by Samorobo2: 11:58pm On Jul 19, 2020
plaindealer:








Totally green and under construction here in Nigeria, not a 13 acre drawing board project in Rwanda.

That Rwanda project is a wet pipe dream...every year we keep hearing they are launching,ground breaking,commissioning that same project..blah,blah, blah
Re: Africa's First Green City To Cost $4.5b by blessingee: 12:09pm On Jul 31, 2020
Happy Eid El Kabir guys

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