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Anybody need a contact in Kenya in particular or East Africa in general?

  • 04-11-2010 12:21pm
    #1
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭


    Hi all

    I've been in East Africa for the last year, spending most of my time in Kenya. I am now living in Nairobi and I like to think that I know the place pretty well. I just thought I'd chance it and ask if anyone needs me as an on the ground contact in this region, for example, maybe you own a clothes shop and would like to inquire about importing clothes or textiles etc. If I can be of any assistance....

    Sean

    Yes that's my real name and no, I'm not a Nigerian prince.


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  • #2
    bfh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭bfh


    Hello african prince sean
    whats the general business climate over there and how is the economy doing? have you seen much small scale western investment on the ground?


  • #3
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


    Business seems to be booming in Nairobi at the moment if the number of posh cars plying the streets is anything to go by! But the only small scale western investment I've seen so far has been in the hospitality & tourism sector, with new European & Asian restaurants popping up all over the city, especially Italian restaurants - they seem to be everywhere.

    The most popular nightclub here is owned by a Belgian, and the most popular bar is owned by a Swiss I think. All along the coast you have bars and hotels run by Europeans also - my friend just recently opened up a hostel on the coast (Mombasa).


    I'm sure there is a lot more than that, but I am not involved in the corporate world so have no info on that. But I can tell you that the Indians run the show here...

    How about having a flick through www.businessdailyafrica.com/


  • #4
    blue_steel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭blue_steel


    Mombasa is a kip.


  • #5
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


    If Mombasa is a kip why is it so popular with tourists? The city center is a bit of a kip but once you get into the outskirts to the beaches north or south of the city it's great. It may not be as developed as the European seaside resorts like Costa del Sol etc. but Mombasa does lack the scummier lager lout tourists you find on the Spanish coast, it's much more relaxed.


  • #6
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭maxwell smart


    Hi Sean

    Do you have any contacts in the telecom companies there?


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