Anyone post pictures of modern shopping centres within your country. Also, if anyone has pictures of the Accra Mall development in Ghana also post. Thank you/

Sarit Centre - Nairobi

This is the largest and busiest mall in East Africa. Its spread over 5 floors. Official website: http://www.saritcentre.com/

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2982/nbo35hc.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355327_6f0c35a1d8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150481242_48c5248f46.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355272_96039a829e.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/150479377_4955b5dcd8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/135403658_1f0de5b5f5.jpg

Junction Shopping Centre - Nairobi

This is Nairobi's newest mall, but will be surpassed by Yare Shopping Centre.

http://static.flickr.com/41/83898596_c149d6c2b2.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/149323460_5a23158308.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/50/149321803_246ade36cd.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/53/149326067_bb668ac1b4.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/149322085_3f2f8943b3.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7857/72331281sh1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid216/p82ebad4a551750a321be2cda329f88f1/eca70962.jpg

two different mall under construction in algeria
first one will be the bigest in africa

This mall is great
http://static.flickr.com/54/150481242_48c5248f46.jpg

Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, Lagos (Largest Mall in Nigeria)
Website; http://www.thepalmsshopping.com/site/

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/21628_19533_The_Palms_jpg60f74985e5f944f70e5f7fd39d201ef6_jpg078903d5d71b5d8e6f01c21cf67f3798

http://www.architectafrica.com/pics/cover/bentel_nigeria_2_daytshot.jpg

http://www.architectafrica.com/pics/cover/bentel_nigeria_1_nightshot.jpg

Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, Lagos (Largest Mall in Nigeria)
Website; http://www.thepalmsshopping.com/site/

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/21628_19533_The_Palms_jpg60f74985e5f944f70e5f7fd39d201ef6_jpg078903d5d71b5d8e6f01c21cf67f3798

http://www.architectafrica.com/pics/cover/bentel_nigeria_2_daytshot.jpg

http://www.architectafrica.com/pics/cover/bentel_nigeria_1_nightshot.jpg


Is tuis one the biggest in Lagos!? Well.. Lagos has more than 10 million people aon a just a sall mall like this! I cant believe, this problabli is not right

nahh it's the biggest alright, although there are other malls under construction

Here are two that are currently under construction

- (No name mall yet) in Royal Gardens Estate, Lekki Development Corridor (Victoria Island), Situated on 6.6 hectares (66,700 square meters)

- ( name unknown), mall to be built by Trustville Properties Development Company Limited in the Ojo axis of metropolitan Lagos costs 4.5 million dollars, palms costs 30 mill

Is tuis one the biggest in Lagos!? Well.. Lagos has more than 10 million people aon a just a sall mall like this! I cant believe, this problabli is not right

Jônatas, unfortunately yes, it is still Lagos biggest mall at the moment. Due to the military dictatorships of the 80´s and 90´s, Nigeria fell asleep, our country grinded to a complete halt when Abacha died.
Shopping centre revolution has still not started in Nigeria. A couple of decent malls opened (like The Palms, Lagos City Mall), but that is still a less than drop in the ocean considering Nigeria´s growing middle classes and economic reawakening. Honestly said, it is a BIG S-H-A-M-E for a country like ours, simply unforgivable, to my mind!
But don´t forget that India virtually had no decent first-world malls up to the late 90´s for a population of more than 1 billion people and suddenly the mall revolution started in India and nowadays Indian cities are full of great malls.

The mall revolution will/has to start in Lagos, too...because urban Nigerians love shopping and generally are pretty brand-conscious people (men and female alike)...In the coming years or decade, I am dead sure that more malls will start getting built in Lagos. There are currently two modern malls u/c in Abuja. The malls that exist in Lagos are running very well in terms of sales figures. ...let´s hope that this will be the "onslaught" for an aggressive mall expansion which is long overdue!

First world malls are still non-existent for most parts of Africa. So the question of malls in Africa should be a addressed in 5 to 10 years again.
South Africa is the only place within Sub-Saharan Africa that is full of fantatsic mega malls (malls that you would/should expect to find in Nigeria as well).
Angola will likely see the sharpest rise of first world style mall construction in the coming years within sub-saharan Africa. They opened a new mall (phase I consists of 150 shops and phase II which is still u/c will have 400 shops in total. It will be among Africa´s biggest malls on completition). Brazilian and Portuguese investors are planning more huge malls in Angola in the coming years due to some articles I have read. I hope that an African style theme mall will be among the projects. Do not forget that a 35$ billion dollar city is u/c in Luanda replete with first class hotels, offices, glitzy malls and golf courses. Three weeks back I repeatedly read an article in the German press on Luanda´s boom. It is really awesome!

Senegal is about two open some nice malls. Ghana will get its first world style mall (Accra Mall) pretty soon. (There had been malls in Ghana - as well as in Nigeria before - but they are not really stylish and "first world like", in my eyes). As you can see Kenya has some nice malls, too! (see photos in the thread). Kenya and Uganda will most likely add more malls in the coming furture.
Expect some (more) mall construction coming out of the smaller and richer African countries like Botswana, Mauritius, Gabon, Namibia, La Réunion and Cape Verde, but mall expansion will be limited in those countries due to the small population.
So come back in 5-10 years and you will find more pics of African malls.:lol:

Kampala (Uganda) Garden City Mall

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/139457176_ac0cd7dcaa_o.jpg

RiverWalk Mall in Gaboronne (Botswana)

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0909/csmimg/p10a.jpg

http://www.krumeich.de/afrika2005/images/lowres640/img_2170.jpg

http://www.krumeich.de/afrika2005/images/lowres640/img_2168.jpg

A shopping mall called "Maerua Mall" and its expansion projects in Windhoek (Namibia)

http://k41.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45606186.nam457.JPG


expansion works:

http://www.oryx.com.na/images/2006/aerial01sml.jpg

http://www.oryx.com.na/images/2006/aerial02sml.jpg

a few pics from inside the mall

http://www.oryx.com.na/images/2006/Shops1.JPG

http://www.oryx.com.na/images/2006/Shops3.JPG

Gateway Theatre of Shopping - Durban South Africa
www.gatewayworld.co.za


Africa and the southern hemispheres largest shopping mall.

Currently 150 500m2. Expansions to make it 165 000m2 by november 2007

Has the worlds Highest indoor climbing wall, worlds only double point wave break, 25 cinemas and IMAX. Skate boarding park, go-karts, games arcades, over 60 restaurants and is the hub of a developing new town centre.


Aerial view showing size
http://www.blipsystems.com/Files/Billeder/Marketing/gateway2.gif

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gatewaytotriangle.jpg

The Palm Boulevard. all the empty land is now full of 7-8F buildings that have apartments, shops and offices in them
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/palmboulevard.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/Econom16.jpg

http://www.1on1.co.za/images/entertainment.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/Copyofpalmboulevard1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/Copyofpalmboulvevard.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/Gateway03.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/Gateway02.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gateway1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gateway3.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gateway5.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gateway6.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/urntc_079.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/urntc_053.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gateway4.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/gw1.jpg



The Wavehouse at Gateway
www.wavehouse.co.za


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/wave1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/wave2.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/wave3.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/wave4.jpg

Jônatas, unfortunately yes, it is still Lagos biggest mall at the moment. Due to the military dictatorships of the 80´s and 90´s, Nigeria fell asleep, our country grinded to a complete halt when Abacha died.
Shopping centre revolution has still not started in Nigeria. A couple of decent malls opened (like The Palms, Lagos City Mall), but that is still a less than drop in the ocean considering Nigeria´s growing middle classes and economic reawakening. Honestly said, it is a BIG S-H-A-M-E for a country like ours, simply unforgivable, to my mind!
But don´t forget that India virtually had no decent first-world malls up to the late 90´s for a population of more than 1 billion people and suddenly the mall revolution started in India and nowadays Indian cities are full of great malls.

The mall revolution will/has to start in Lagos, too...because urban Nigerians love shopping and generally are pretty brand-conscious people (men and female alike)...In the coming years or decade, I am dead sure that more malls will start getting built in Lagos. There are currently two modern malls u/c in Abuja. The malls that exist in Lagos are running very well in terms of sales figures. ...let´s hope that this will be the "onslaught" for an aggressive mall expansion which is long overdue!

First world malls are still non-existent for most parts of Africa. So the question of malls in Africa should be a addressed in 5 to 10 years again.
South Africa is the only place within Sub-Saharan Africa that is full of fantatsic mega malls (malls that you would/should expect to find in Nigeria as well).
Angola will likely see the sharpest rise of first world style mall construction in the coming years within sub-saharan Africa. They opened a new mall (phase I consists of 150 shops and phase II which is still u/c will have 400 shops in total. It will be among Africa´s biggest malls on completition). Brazilian and Portuguese investors are planning more huge malls in Angola in the coming years due to some articles I have read. I hope that an African style theme mall will be among the projects. Do not forget that a 35$ billion dollar city is u/c in Luanda replete with first class hotels, offices, glitzy malls and golf courses. Three weeks back I repeatedly read an article in the German press on Luanda´s boom. It is really awesome!

Senegal is about two open some nice malls. Ghana will get its first world style mall (Accra Mall) pretty soon. (There had been malls in Ghana - as well as in Nigeria before - but they are not really stylish and "first world like", in my eyes). As you can see Kenya has some nice malls, too! (see photos in the thread). Kenya and Uganda will most likely add more malls in the coming furture.
Expect some (more) mall construction coming out of the smaller and richer African countries like Botswana, Mauritius, Gabon, Namibia, La Réunion and Cape Verde, but mall expansion will be limited in those countries due to the small population.
So come back in 5-10 years and you will find more pics of African malls.:lol:

Thanks for the explanetion Matthias, I believe there are some plances in Africa with enoght economy and people to have some great malls, one of then is Lagos, i thougt Lagos still has some bigs.
Luanda sure is another, like Maputo in the next year too, and this small but strong economy countries you have said.

all those malls are impressive

LOL, many shop brands in african malls, are south african; and the interiors could easily be mistaken for malls in SA. It's great that SA companies are investing & spreading across Africa, to provide jobs and better quality of life for the locals.

Canal Walk in Cape Town used to be the biggest, with over 400 stores. I don't know how it will compare to extended the Durban mall.

Africa's largest (current?) and most beautiful
http://p.vtourist.com/1975994-Shopping_Malls-Cape_Town.jpg
http://www.canalwalk.co.za/gbFreebies.asp?RID=23&Field=big&WriteContent=Y
http://www.canalwalk.co.za/gbFreebies.asp?RID=20&Field=small&WriteContent=Y
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Canal-Walk-Glass-Ceiling.jpg/800px-Canal-Walk-Glass-Ceiling.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/Canal-Walk-Shopping.jpg/800px-Canal-Walk-Shopping.jpg
http://p.vtourist.com/846385-Shopping_Malls-Cape_Town.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Canal-Walk-Food-Court.jpg/800px-Canal-Walk-Food-Court.jpg

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Mall, Cape Town
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8070/dsc037143ja.jpg
http://p.vtourist.com/1163769-Shopping_Malls-Cape_Town.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6384/p1000947vx1.jpg

Canal Walk is a little too colonial for my liking, do you have any pics for the interior of Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Mall, but yeah great stuff, South Africa is undoubtedly, the leader of modern shopping in africa followed by Kenya of course. Nigeria is playing catch up though, with the construction of the 80,000 m2 shopping and entertainment center in Tinapa :cheers:

South African malls are fantastic....you wouldn´t find such great theme malls even here in Germany. (got more department stores and small shops than malls) Canal Walk is absolutely beautiful and my favourite out of them all , Dubai-Style mall, gorgeous! Is is right that one can take a boat ride to the various sections of the complex? The Gateway Theatre shopping in Durban looks massive and very impressive, too!:cheers:

i dont see the "beauty" of the canal walk centre and apartments around it. its all rather kitsch. maybe its cos i hate themey places. Its a nice enough centre tho inside, pity it doesnt have the stores of the V&A or cavendish tho

Dysan1, well, beauty is all a matter of taste! I don´t you if you know or have been to the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai? It is stupendous! Personally, it was the best mall in the whole world I have been to. I love theme malls, that´s why Canal Walk instantly caught my fancy.

Silverbird Galleria Mall in Lagos

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/149579563_c64328a9f1_o.jpg

http://www.wheretogoinlagos.com/images/directory/sb02.jpg




inside Gallery, beautiful dome

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/149579625_3221f47ce5_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/149579578_2e4db0cc5a.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/149579609_823733d6b3_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/149579593_38f8504560_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/149579583_71ada561e5_o.jpg

entry to the modern cineplex

http://www.wheretogoinlagos.com/images/directory/sb08.jpg

Belas Shopping in Luanda (opened in December 2006)

http://www.flexeventos.com.br/anuario_8/imagens/arquitetos/afa_03.jpg

http://www.flexeventos.com.br/anuario_8/imagens/arquitetos/afa_03.jpg

http://www.flexeventos.com.br/anuario_8/imagens/arquitetos/afa_04.jpg

A Nice Mall in Rabat (Marocco)

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc937.JPG

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9730/photo11607pe9tz.jpg

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc938.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/morocco171.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/morocco170.JPG

La Patnoire :applause:

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/morocco175.JPG

bowling:cheers:

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/morocco168.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/morocco164.JPG

A mega mall called "City Stars Mall" in Cairo (Egypt)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/59252147_4ffab7fb50_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/344220236_d0bfaaccec_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/292669778_0453f731ab_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/177239528_de75d42f15_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/177239674_39a25b45f8_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/90938741_7c27843ed4_b.jpg

PS: That mall is really very amazing, although it is not a theme mall. Unfortunately, we don´t have any Egyptians around who can comment this development.

Victoria Mall and Hotel awaiting approval in Lagos (Victoria Island) this year.

http://www.aim-consultants.com/images/wbank/26.JPG

afra shoping center (mall)
http://www.smc.sd/imagx/afrah2.jpg

planned mall+hotel in al mogran project
http://www.colliers.com/Content/Repositories/Base/Markets/UAE/English/Case_Study_Content/BodyImages/MorganNile.jpg

A Mall called "Manda Hill Mall" in Lusaka (Zambia)

http://www.eml-eis.com/Contracts/Manda_Hill/Manda-Hills-Entrance.jpg

http://k53.pbase.com/u44/turnpike61/upload/39773280.LusakaisprettymodernSmall.jpg

http://www.kachaka.com/Morris_photos_LusakaJuly2005_DrivingInMandaHillLusaka_00012.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/129746358_29dd7d499a_o.jpg

A Centre called "Polana Shopping Centre" in Maputo (Mozambique)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/146263365_43d2ecf5fc_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/146263072_048515be6c_o.jpg

Liberty Midlands Mall, Pietermaritzburg

Website: http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/?m=17&pg=17

http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/gfx/image_mall_overview.jpg

http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/gfx//image_mall_gallery.jpg

http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/gfx/image_mall_ext2.jpg

The Mall has over 149 Shops

The mall is being extended
http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/upload/phase2/phase2_01.jpg

http://www.midlandsmall.co.za/upload/phase2/phase2_02.jpg

^^ EastGate Center Harare Zimbabwe ^^

This is one mall that I think is alluring and aesthetically pleasing
The Center has 31,600m2 of lettable space, but only 5600m2 is allocated for retail. The Center was opened in 1996 on Rubert Mugabe Avenue and Second Street :cheers2:

http://www.rikkyo.ne.jp/~z5000002/zimbabwe/harare/shopping-0059-004bWM.jpg

San Stefano Grand Plaza, Alexandria Egypt
Website: http://www.san-stefano.com/

The Plaza has is incorporated with a hotel and also houses offices, the mall is by the marina

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/San_Stefano_grand_plaza.jpg/800px-

http://www.san-stefano.com/pics/mall01.jpg

http://www.san-stefano.com/pics/shopping09.jpg

The multi floor mall in Egypt is impressive. Also the Gallery in Lagos is very cool looking.
For Dysan: button it. Your Durban Gateway centre looks like an african whore child, with a fusion of african styles, based on 'Mall of America'. The interior looks ga-ga; more like a revamp of an old railway station!

^^ Ceddi Plaza, Abuja Nigeria ^^
Website; http://www.ceddiplaza.com/index.htm

Picture Of the Mall
http://www.ceddiplaza.com/images/plaza.jpg

Here's The layout of the first floor

http://www.ceddiplaza.com/images/ffirst2.jpg

The mall has a multi screen Nu Metro Cinema , a multi media store, restaurants, specialist retailers, bank cash office, airline ticket office, exclusive men and women's fashion stores, a health spa, beauty salon, pharmacy, wine bar, cigar shop and the café.

The mall is a Five floor Edifice.
There are Three shopping Levels, a level that has a Laundromat and beauty saloon and the topmost level is for offices. :cheers2:

^^ Mega Plaza, Lagos Nigeria ^^
Website; http://www.megaplazamall.com/home.html

Picture of the mall after the 2005 Fire incident
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/127960423_0ecc0e3021.jpg?v=0

Reconstruction afterwards
http://www.megaplazamall.com/images/fireworks/edited/burn5.jpg

http://www.megaplazamall.com/images/fireworks/edited/burn8.jpg


Mega Plaza has since recovered from the Fire incident, and has even been expanded :cheers:

Mlimani City Mall, Dar es salaam (Under Construction)
*Note The Project is still undergoing and hasn't been aborted as speculated*

http://www.jambophotos.com/albums/userpics/10004/jamboonormal_IMG_5722.jpg

The Mall will be 19,000m2 and will accomodate around 2100 cars
(From the developers,of the palms shopping mall in Lagos and Acrra Mall in Ghana) :banana:

Tbite, the mega mall is a burned down structure, you shouldn´t have posted that! It is no longer a "mall" and in my eyes it has never been one, it was something a department like store. The Mlimani City Mall looks great and pretty airy!

A really nice mall that opened in January 2007 in Dakar (Senegal):)

http://quatrec.diagnos-tic.com/centre.jpg

pictures are when it was under construction

http://quatrec.diagnos-tic.com/images/stories/caract/caract15.jpg

http://quatrec.diagnos-tic.com/images/stories/caract/caract18.jpg

A Waterfront development called "Le Caudan Waterfront" in Port Louis (Mauritius):cheers:

http://www.caudan.com/images/


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/100322590_591bda3bec_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/100322395_48aa5043b8_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/199097188_61ace326c2_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/199097189_1a15cff8d6_o.jpg


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/321105663_a5c73c3fc7_o.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/u12/blacksun/upload/3065622.CRW_9612.jpg

http://www.caudan.com/photo/gallery/img50.jpg

http://www.caudan.com/photo/gallery/img45.jpg

http://www.caudan.com/images/shopping_top02.jpg

http://www.caudan.com/images/bureau_01.jpg

http://www.caudan.com/images/restauration_top03.jpg

Cap Sud Mall

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/AfricanWarrior/AbidjanCapSudMall.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/AfricanWarrior/AbidjanCapSudMall2.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q14/AfricanWarrior/CapSupMall.jpg

Hmm..only malls in SA are great. The rest shouldn't be called big malls.

Hmm..only malls in SA are great. The rest shouldn't be called big malls.

This does not sound logical to me. What about the one in Cairo and Luanda? Are these not big malls, bigger than some in South Africa?

Hmm..only malls in SA are great. The rest shouldn't be called big malls.

SIR, It might have escaped your notice , that the mall in Cairo cost more than $700 million to build and that it is the LARGEST mall in Africa with 550 shops (mostly exclusive shops) in total! Look it up on wikepedia and visit their website before opening your mouth and spitting on us! :bash: Moreover, nobody said that only big malls should find their way in here, the thread is about Modern African Malls. If you have nothing more to say than to insult people with your shallow crab simply .........!

My favorite is the Cairo mall, it's so beautiful! I love it. :) Greetings.

How much would it cost me to get dressed in Nigeria. Lets say im taking a trip there but I don't want to take any bags with me. I want to buy all my clothes there. I want to dress kinda snazzy you know linen pant hawian silky shirt dobb hat. Whats the bill lookin like. How much for the shoes, accessories, haircut and overall spa treatment. I would want to be in a nice area ofcourse but not necessarily the most upscale area of the city. Can I get better deals on clothing than in US

You would get a better deal in Nigeria, but it all depends on where you shop, you'd have to shop in a place like "Chinatown" for example. Stay away from the upscale parts of the city, things are much pricier in those areas. It'd cost around 3500 Naira (around 25 dollars) to get your Hawaiin shirt. Shoes can be bought almost everywhere for around the same price as the shirt or 7000 Naira if you want a really good shoe. To get a decent spa you'd have no choice but to venture to the upscale parts of the MegaMetropolis like Ikoyi, Victoria Island e.t.c It'll probably cost you more than in the US. You can get yourself a great haircut for a suprisingly low price and i mean great haircut. Barber shops are everywhere, but you'd want to stay away from areas like Ajegunle or Surulere :ohno:. Overrall your bill would probably be around 200 dollars to 250.:)

I'm going to have to make a trip out there sooner than later. Looks really nice. Thanks for your response Tbite.

SIR, It might have escaped your notice , that the mall in Cairo cost more than $700 million to build and that it is the LARGEST mall in Africa with 550 shops (mostly exclusive shops) in total! Look it up on wikepedia and visit their website before opening your mouth and spitting on us! :bash: Moreover, nobody said that only big malls should find their way in here, the thread is about Modern African Malls. If you have nothing more to say than to insult people with your shallow crab simply .........!

dude chill a bit...always so damn hostile

The multi floor mall in Egypt is impressive. Also the Gallery in Lagos is very cool looking.
For Dysan: button it. Your Durban Gateway centre looks like an african whore child, with a fusion of african styles, based on 'Mall of America'. The interior looks ga-ga; more like a revamp of an old railway station!

haha ur a funny character...have ur kitsch boyo, each to our own. Visit gateway before u comment

I can't find harberk's original post. But let's try keep this thread rid of unproductive arguments :)

The Egyptian mall was impressive!!
Kudos.

The Egyptian mall was impressive!!
Kudos.

Yes, you are right and it is even the more impressive when you consider that in some of the so-called "highly industrialized countries" in Europe, malls like these DO NOT exist!:) :banana:

Lagos City Mall


http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/building1.jpg

http://www.youngigbos.com/culture/citymall.jpg

inside the centre

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/pix14.jpg

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/aldente.jpg

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/alure.jpg

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/kohar.jpg

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/wranglar.jpg

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/gallery/pix18.jpg

Entry to the cineplex at City Mall (it is not too big: it only has six cinemas but it is decent, nevertheless)

http://www.lagos-citymall.com/images/cinema-ent2.jpg

I've been to the Cairo mall and it's simply amazing;

Alot of new malls are being developed for Nigeria. Be on the watch, we are waking up to the world!!

Alot of new malls are being developed for Nigeria. Be on the watch, we are waking up to the world!!

It has to be at full speed now and a very A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E MALL EXPANSION in the coming years in Naija: IT IS LONG O-V-E-R-D-U-E!

Nigeria is now there where Egypt and India were in the early to mid 90´s. But in the last couple of years malls have mushroomed in those places, same will be the case for Naija.

When I was in Egypt, i went to the City Star Shopping Mall . It is located in Medinat Nasr -Heliopolis area, one of the most high-end residential sides of Cairo.

Huge and impressive !

We ( my dad, sister and I ) arrived at 10 pm, we thought that the mall would surely closed shortly , since back home everything close at 11.

But in City Star Shopping Mall at that time, it was still packed with people , we continued shopping until 12 am, it's getting more and more crowded. We were then informed that it's 24-hour operation !

^Cairo seems like a city that never sleeps, lol.

Question.....I've noticed that writing on most of these malls from the names on the outside to the shops on the inside to the stop signs in the parking lot are all in English. Are these malls mainly geared towards tourists and expatriates or do the locals all speak English as well as their native languages?

I live in Los Angeles and I've been to malls in Mexico and they're all in Spanish. It just seems odd to me that the one constant between all these malls in all these different countries is that English seems to be the prevailing language.

South Africa excepted of course
:cheers:

Nigeria ia mainly English speaking (well thanks to the colonial masters, 70% of Nigerians can only communicate to each other in English)

Question.....I've noticed that writing on most of these malls from the names on the outside to the shops on the inside to the stop signs in the parking lot are all in English. Are these malls mainly geared towards tourists and expatriates or do the locals all speak English as well as their native languages?

I live in Los Angeles and I've been to malls in Mexico and they're all in Spanish. It just seems odd to me that the one constant between all these malls in all these different countries is that English seems to be the prevailing language.

South Africa excepted of course
:cheers:

Most Eastern and Southern african countries use English as the official language of communication due to their colonial history but sometimes local languages may be used more often than English in social settings. For example Swahili in most East African countries.:)

Wizewun, maybe this will help to answer your question:)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_LanguagesMap-Africa.png/280px-Official_LanguagesMap-Africa.png

WOW, thanks guys. I didn't realize that English was so widely spoken in Africa.

WOW, thanks guys. I didn't realize that English was so widely spoken in Africa.

Not only in Africa. English is now the most preferred second language in the world in most bi-lingual societies as well as the preferred business language. Some Francophone countries are slowly ditching French for English in Africa eg. Rwanda and Burundi.

English is awesome, it is such a privilege to speak it as a first language!!

Inside the Palms Shopping Mall:)

http://www.wheretogoinlagos.com/images/directory/Inside_the_Palms.JPG

http://www.wheretogoinlagos.com/images/directory/the_palms_view.jpg

I have been in there and it is the best mall i have been to in my life!!! Its a bit pricey and small tho!!

A&C Shopping Mall, Legon Estate Accra
Website:aandcmall.com
Location: Legon Estate, Accra
Retail Space: 6000 Sq Metres

Renders
http://www.aandcdevelopment.com/images/Right%20Side%20Front%20%20Elevation.jpg

http://www.aandcdevelopment.com/ShoppingMall3Ds/images/Exterior-4.jpg

http://www.aandcdevelopment.com/ShoppingMall3Ds/images/Exterior-5.jpg

http://www.aandcdevelopment.com/ShoppingMall3Ds/images/Exterior-6.jpg

Model
http://www.aandcmall.com/privatecontent/Image/1-floor-mini.jpg

Finished Product
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall6.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall5.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall4.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall3.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall2.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Mall1.jpg

The Mall was completed in 2004. The Mall is a part of a larger project, the Legon Estate and was proposed as Bench Mark for future malls such as Accra Mall :cheers:

Tbite, I am really not very fond of the Abc Shopping Mall design, it is too boxy and its interior looks drab and boring and not really inviting to stroll around! The shops available don´t look nice (at least from what I can see on the pics).

Well, it is better than nothing but certainly lightyears away from any first world style malls that are scattered across the globe (in particular in Asia and the Guld Sates) . The new Accra Mall can only get better!:)

agree with Matt about A&C Mall in Accra. been to this mall during the 50th anniversary celebrations and found it to be too small and boxy. more of a shopping centre rather than a mall.

But the Accra Mall looks like its going to raise the bar and is worth watching. I bet once this become successful, West Africa will be poised for an explosion in retail commercial property. I travel to Ghana and Nigeria often as i am involved in the telecommunications sector and i keep getting a lot of interest from potential investors looking to enter this sector. The only challenge is land ownership issues which appears to be a risk factor but many realise that this is no longer a plausible argument.

Below is the Sandton **** + Nelson Mandela Square mall in Sandton, Johannesburg. One of my favourate shopping malls in South Africa.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/283929994_53a3e8c067.jpghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/411154604_d2a705ea20.jpg


the picture is a little old, so the ******** under construction is now roughly 1.5 years old (see adjacent picture for completed ********).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/243805261_a499ab856b.jpg?v=0 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/432347017_1a77c1e625.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/441344833_913052b7bd_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/432346987_aacfdf98ab_o.jpg

basement parking parking

http://www.sandtoncentral.co.za/images/galleries/scp_2006_11/pic2.jpg

Melrose Arch is another kewl place with 5 star hotels, Virgin Active - classic , expensive restaurants, coffee shops, spas and chic and expensive apartments. The sort of place where everyone there appears to be driving a Porche or Ferrari

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/102656845_a73a3a5266_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/409117386_7d1ec3efb2_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/343770096_07699fd561.jpg?v=0http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/435257748_49edbcbbcf.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/319602739_fe72c20658_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/319601444_4ca1f3f8a9_b.jpg

There are also tons of small but very cosy shopping malls like Design Quarter, for those who prefer to hide a little bit and avoid the paparazzi

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/441344837_a11b4c6a36_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/331893553_2aef0794cd_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/238683546_435b70f0b3_b.jpg

funny that dude appears to be doing just that with his chic.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/238684463_a4937ab30a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/331895709_a040c400b9_b.jpg

The Cape Town malls

The Victoria & Alfred waterfront mall, brings back old memories

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/227499331_b87492153d_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/209977049_43bbc32a13_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/432130694_38040c6bb9_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/94563194_a7bb71ecd4_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/378720177_8d64438d68_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/384888713_763ad741d9_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/355682892_c8ead004f4_b.jpg

The Zone at Rosebank mall, nice restaurants and very popular with high school folk

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/215965952_7f8630264f_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/224416786_5981a3b2c6_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/215965955_47f5ae63c4_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/215965951_4bf6e1142b_b.jpg

these guys are always very entertaining at The Zone

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/5/12481655_0fa9e04a41_o.jpg

And this is Menlyn Park in Pretoria, a very big and beautiful mall

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/232590331_94baca657c_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/118625269_6066d5ebbe_o.jpg

Similar malls of the same standard worth mentioning are

Durban
-------------
Gateway Mall
Pavillion Mall
La Lucia Mall
The Wheel

Cape Town
--------------
Canal Walk
Cavendish Square
Willobridge
Constantia Village
Bayside Centre
Tygervalley
Somerset Mall
Somerset West
Kennilworth

Pretoria
-----------
Sunnyside Mall
Brooklyn Mall
Hatfield Mall

Johannesburg
----------------
East Gate
West Gate
North Gate
South Gate
Clearwater
Cresta Mall
Hydepark Mall
Killarney Mall
Carlton Centre
The Glen
Dobsonville Mall
Brightwater Commons
Fourways Mall
Fourways Crossing
Rivonia boulevard
Montecasino

Kulani, great pics and absolutely fantastic malls and hang out spots!:cheers: That´s what I call brilliant malls and entertainment complexes!
Honestly said, it is unbelievable that those places are on our African continent!

My favourite out of them is Melrose Arch in Johannesburg and the Design Quarter, both are truly very stylish, chic, swanky, trendy... simply top-notch places to easily pass away many hours or even an entire day!:eek: :cheers2:

PS: Hopefully Nigeria, Angola and others will "copy" that more and more in the future! :)

Amazing... brilliant pics:cheers: SA has the led the way for Africa & the rest of us need to follow.

:P Nice Nice Nice shopping malls, they beat European malls any day!!

i am expecting Nigeria to experience an explosion of mega shopping malls. projects like Tinapa are really going to boost confidence in the investor community which will trigger a rush to invest in the retail commercial property sector. The sheer size of the buying power in Nigeria alone is enough to guarantee a handsome ROI in this sector. I personally still find it unbelievable that someone has not capitalized on this and invested in this sector. But its clearly a matter of time and Tinapa is a clear proof of this.

Have a few questions about SA malls:

1. When were the first malls built?
2. Are they only located in major cities (Joburg, Durban,CT,PE?) or also in
smaller cities and towns?
3. Do they serve the majority of the population or are all of them catering for the wealthy population?

Have a few questions about SA malls:

1. When were the first malls built?
2. Are they only located in major cities (Joburg, Durban,CT,PE?) or also in
smaller cities and towns?
3. Do they serve the majority of the population or are all of them catering for the wealthy population?

1. Kenguy, the first mega shopping malls in SA were built i believe in the late 1980s. Like most things in SA, they were largely built to cater for a predominantly white population.

2. - Today shopping malls are spread accross smaller cities like Pietermariztburg, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Kimberly, Rustenburg, Welkom, Port Elizabeth and even small towns (e.g. Makhado, Pinetown, East London). The 1990s saw a mall craze throughout the whole country with every other mall trying to outdo the previous one.

- As an example Soweto (largest township) boosts about 2/3 shopping malls with a capacity of 100 shops each. This year Soweto will receive a few mega malls of its own with the Maponya Mall ($70 million, 60,000 square meters) being scheduled for completion this June and a bigger development worth $140 million starting construction this year. My home town (a small little town of 100,000 people) was also building a 100 shop mall for $20 million. So the malls have discovered the so called black middle class which is today fueling most of the retail growth and driving the SA economy.

3. In the last 10 years the malls have transformed and started spreading into townships and smaller towns to serve the poor majority. But the top end malls that i showcased are largely targeted at middle to upper income groups. The lower income groups are served by retailers such as Shoprite, Hyperrama, Diskom, Score as well as local retailers while the high income groups are served by retailers like Woolworths, Pick 'n Pay, Game, Clicks etc.

1. Kenguy, the first mega shopping malls in SA were built i believe in the late 1980s. Like most things in SA, they were largely built to cater for a predominantly white population.

2. - Today shopping malls are spread accross smaller cities like Pietermariztburg, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Kimberly, Rustenburg, Welkom, Port Elizabeth and even small towns (e.g. Makhado, Pinetown, East London). The 1990s saw a mall craze throughout the whole country with every other mall trying to outdo the previous one.

- As an example Soweto (largest township) boosts about 2/3 shopping malls with a capacity of 100 shops each. This year Soweto will receive a few mega malls of its own with the Maponya Mall ($70 million, 60,000 square meters) being scheduled for completion this June and a bigger development worth $140 million starting construction this year. My home town (a small little town of 100,000 people) was also building a 100 shop mall for $20 million. So the malls have discovered the so called black middle class which is today fueling most of the retail growth and driving the SA economy.

3. In the last 10 years the malls have transformed and started spreading into townships and smaller towns to serve the poor majority. But the top end malls that i showcased are largely targeted at middle to upper income groups. These are served by retailers that target the poor such as Shoprite, Hyperram, Diskom, Score including local retailers while the top-end are served by retailers like Woolworths, Pick 'n Pay, Game, Clicks etc.

Amazing!!! I actually thought that the malls in SA were built in the 1960's-70s and expanded over time. Glad to see that they just dont cater for upmarket clients like they do in most of the continent. thanx:cheers:

Amazing!!! I actually thought that the malls in SA were built in the 1960's-70s and expanded over time. Glad to see that they just dont cater for upmarket clients like they do in most of the continent. thanx:cheers:

One example of the new Soweto malls is Jabulani mall which opened its doors
in October 2006. http://www.jabulanimall.co.za

This mall boosts just over a 100 quality tenants such as

MacDonalds
KFC
Nandos
Steers
Debonairs
Game
Shoprite
FNB
Nedbank
ABSA-Barclays
Truworths
etc

What is also encouraging is that the Mall itself is majority owned (55%) by black people while 60% of the shops in it are also owned
by black people most of them hailing from Soweto.

One example of the new Soweto malls is Jabulani mall which opened its doors
in October 2006. http://www.jabulanimall.co.za

This mall boosts just over a 100 quality tenants such as

MacDonalds
KFC
Nandos
Steers
Debonairs
Game
Shoprite
FNB
Nedbank
ABSA-Barclays
Truworths
etc

What is also encouraging is that the Mall itself is majority owned (55%) by black people while 60% of the shops in it are also owned
by black people most of them hailing from Soweto.

:banana: :banana: Great!!! good to see blacks finally running things in SA.

ummm ok. But there were many malls in south africa that did open in the 60s/70s and have been expanded over time. Sandton City, La Lucia Mall, Cavendish all come to mind

And Kulani, Pinetown is a suburb of Durban

In South Africa we have some very large malls.

Gateway, Durban - 155 000m2 after its current expansion
Canal Walk, Cape Town - 130 000m2
Sandton City, Joburg - 125 000m2
Pavillion, Durban - 120 000m2
Eastgate, Joburg - 115 000m2
Menlyn, Pretoria - 110 000m2


These are the only ones i can think of at present that are over 100 000m2, but i'm sure there are 1 or 2 more

We definately have great malls here

My knowledge of the history of the South African retail sector does not stretch much further than the 1980s as i didn't grow up in the cities. Thanks for the correction Dysan1.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/396787670_a18632af07_b.jpg

Dysan, this looks like Pavillion shopping mall along the N3 highway. never been inside although i did fill up my car in a garage opposite it one day after driving down to Durban from Joburg.

Johannesburg
----------------
East Gate
West Gate
North Gate
South Gate
Clearwater
Cresta Mall
Hydepark Mall
Killarney Mall
Carlton Centre
The Glen
Dobsonville Mall
Brightwater Commons
Fourways Mall
Fourways Crossing
Rivonia boulevard
Montecasino
East Rand Mall, Key West Mall, Lakeside Mall, lenasia Mall, theres actually plenty around Joburg I will add as I remember.

u tried

Mmm..I am just wondering..what are the famous brands for fast food chain/ clothing/ supermarkets/ jewelleries in Africa. Do you have these brands in Africa ?

Kenny Rogers Roasters
Marrybrown
Giordano
Parkson
JUSCO
Habib Jewels
Genki Sushi
TESCO

Very nice mall :)

This is the largest and busiest mall in East Africa. Its spread over 5 floors. Official website: http://www.saritcentre.com/

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2982/nbo35hc.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355327_6f0c35a1d8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150481242_48c5248f46.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355272_96039a829e.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/150479377_4955b5dcd8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/135403658_1f0de5b5f5.jpg[/QUOTE]

Mmm..I am just wondering..what are the famous brands for fast food chain/ clothing/ supermarkets/ jewelleries in Africa. Do you have these brands in Africa ?

Kenny Rogers Roasters
Marrybrown
Giordano
Parkson
JUSCO
Habib Jewels
Genki Sushi
TESCO

First i have to point out that the most famous brands really also depend on each country. While Nandos is famous in Southern African countries, you will find that Mr Biggs is famous in West Africa and so on. We are though beginning to see chains that are expanding throughout the continent such as Shoprite, Game and Woolworths. In South Africa we also have KFC, McDonald, Subway, Hagen Daiz.

The most famous local restaurents in SA are Nandos, Wimpy, Steers, Spur, Black Steers, Mike's kitchen, Fontana, Chicken Licken, Something Fishy, Ocean Basket, Mug 'n Bean, Mochochos etc.

While Shoprite with over 700 stores in over 17 countries in Africa is arguably Africa's walmart. Others like Woolworths with 150 shops, Pick 'n Pay and Checkers and OK etc are also big chains of grocery shops.

Truworths, Edgars, Foschina, Mr Price, Pep etc are in clothing. I am not too much into Jewellery (but i trust i will know a few weeks before i propose marriage to someone), but there is a few chains in that sector as well.

Other than Mr Bigg's, are there any West African stores that have a presence in more than one country in Africa or that are planning to expand into the rest of the continent?

I do not think so.

good views.

Infront of Lagos City mall, during the annual Nigeria HipHop Awards
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Citymall.jpg

inside Cavendish Shopping Mall in Claremont, Cape Town.

http://www.claremontcentral.co.za/images/image-gallery-pics/13.jpg

Entering Cavendish from the old mall

http://www.claremontcentral.co.za/images/image-gallery-pics/10.jpg

I nearly forget, but thanks Kulani for your previous info !
Very stylish and exotic pics, Kulani ! The streets look gorgeous.

:P Should I post pics over Tinapa over here?? It is Nigeria biggest shopping Mall!!

yes, those definitely belong to this thread. I have seen a few pictures of the business resort but no one has managed to post pictures especially of the tenant shops that have already opened there. I wish someone could also post the pictures of the Accra Mall which is due to open i hear in June 2007 in Ghana.

sssssssssss
This is the largest and busiest mall in East Africa. Its spread over 5 floors.
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2982/nbo35hc.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355327_6f0c35a1d8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150481242_48c5248f46.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/40/74355272_96039a829e.jpg

kulani why didnt u put those pics in sa mall in the sa forum?

kulani why didnt u put those pics in sa mall in the sa forum?

Because SA is part of Africa!

i guess my quest to showcase the continent got the best of me. i forgot about the SA mall thread. I will post it there as well.

Welcome to Tinapa City, It is the biggest shopping mall in Nigeria and Im not sure about West Africa cause of the Accra mall, the shopping area is about 8 football pitches!!

Tinapa
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/TinapaShoppingCenterPlan.jpg
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34485_100_1240_JPG446f62d0e657053115cf9025ca061c35
http://www.tinapa.com/images/news/studio_tinapa_full.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/1-2.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/4-1.jpg
^^ Studio Tinapa (Nollywood's First Studio)

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34487_100_1242_JPGbb73490faf3faa1dfe6941edc1a51281
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34488_100_1295_JPG2ea9881a40febd09549db14e19ec8cfe
http://www.tinapa.com/images/news/tinapa_vision_full.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/2-2.jpg
^^ Tinapa Shopping Mall

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34897_100_1272_JPG3f17982935ce8d2609dd4d53600187ab
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34489_100_1277_JPG09f1aeec569e474a91bbb4269d9a19bb
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34492_100_1279_JPG23dc26f54f56b304b0ecd66b72327df6
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34902_100_1280_JPG1cbe340e8dbf6acb55fa6b4aabd64a2c
^^ Craft's Village

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34895_100_1274_JPGe8ee0074bb73d479b44627742d7fa341
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34899_100_1278_JPG6f5045b238f91fbcde295fb35868e559
http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/34900_100_1282_JPGdacb7e9d383e3800071b816542e229ec
^^ The Budget Hotel

Thanks LePhillippe for showing us Tinapa! Looks very nice. Does anyone now which tenants have setup shop in this business resort already. And how far is this place from Lagos lets say if you drive.

tinapa artificial lake
http://www.showafrika.com/sitebuilder/images/02042007726-465x343.jpg

A good 12 hours or more, dont even try it lol!!

The journey time will be reduced once the East - West Expressway is completed. Probably to about three hours

I seriously doubt that it will never be that short!! Never its the distance!!

The new Nokia Store at the Palms mall in Lekki.

http://www.telecgsm.com/images/nokiashop_bottom.jpg

http://www.telecgsm.com/images/nokiashop_center.jpg

http://www.telecgsm.com/images/nokiashop_top.jpg

Nice that mall needs extension and expansion!!

Ceddi Plaza, Central District Abuja
http://www.pivot-engineering.com/project_imgs/CEDDI_Plaza_project_big.jpg

Ive been in ceddi plaze before, when it just opened, its quite small but nice!!

ALGIERS MALL (UNDER CPNSTRUCTION )

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3082/sidar2uu.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4255/dcp031367cm.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1272/3796484787zv.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6336/3801089253ne.jpg

http://www.aluor.com/imsite/urbal1.jpghttp://www.aluor.com/imsite/urbal2.jpg

heard about the Algiers mall, when it was opened (having been the first really modern shopping facility in Algeria), it was said to be crawling with people like ants.

This is another mall in Durban called Pavillion, South Africa. It is currently undergoing extensions (see building crane in background)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/514836817_931248ddfb_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/247/514837541_a20cdc724a_b.jpg

ALGIERS MALL (UNDER CPNSTRUCTION )

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3082/sidar2uu.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4255/dcp031367cm.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1272/3796484787zv.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6336/3801089253ne.jpg

http://www.aluor.com/imsite/urbal1.jpghttp://www.aluor.com/imsite/urbal2.jpg

found new pic

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/309/72331310gi1.jpg

found new pic

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/309/72331310gi1.jpg

Icosium, can you explain to us how well this mall is doing in terms of foot count. I had that it was a major success. How many shops in the mall and the size of the mall in terms of lettable area and number of shops.

it's very nice looking mall!

you can check this link see virtual mall
mall has 450 stores parking 1000 places
main building 18 floors (for office use)
either side shop store
hope gave you enough information

http://www.ibc-immobilier.com/maghreb-algerie-home-alqods-dt.php

Icosium, can you explain to us how well this mall is doing in terms of foot count. I had that it was a major success. How many shops in the mall and the size of the mall in terms of lettable area and number of shops.

Lakeside Mall, Benoni, Johannesburg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030409.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030411.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030413.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030412.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030414.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/Puleza_2007/P1030415.jpg

uhnm,lakeside mall looks good!!

RIAD EL FETH MALL OPENED 1982

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5366/photo4rya3t2wg.jpg



carefour market (french) paln to open 12 algeria

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4184/1010625sv2fn4.jpg

http://storage.canalblog.com/72/46/188745/7437711.jpg

RIAD EL FETH MALL OPENED 1982

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5366/photo4rya3t2wg.jpg



carefour market (french) paln to open 12 algeria

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4184/1010625sv2fn4.jpg

http://storage.canalblog.com/72/46/188745/7437711.jpg
just like it was open yesterday.

les cascades mall (algiers )

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4583/lescascadessk1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid216/p82ebad4a551750a321be2cda329f88f1/eca70962.jpg

http://www.sopiref.com.dz/cascades/cascadesFace.jpg

http://lekabyle45.skyrock.com/pics/386283028_small.jpg

Anyway, back to Accra Mall, i am in Accra this week, so i got a few shots of the new mall. Appears to be still under construction. Asked someone inside the game shop and he said it may only get finished around September.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/540305612_bf977d6937_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1312/540305610_c4a1f4a37c_b.jpg

Parkade was pretty much full for a Sunday shooping

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/540305592_a54bf12802_b.jpg

other shops coming to the mall

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1214/540546217_28158b9fd3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/540546263_23b853a4ec_b.jpg

Some new apartments accross the road

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/540546207_c388a052dc_b.jpg

other pics

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/540546287_e1f04f5a92_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/540546273_a6a77f8ac6_b.jpg

dID U DRIVE TO ACCRA OR FLY KULANI

dID U DRIVE TO ACCRA OR FLY KULANI

From South Africa, you would not be able to drive here easily, its about 6000 km by flight (3750 miles, much more by road) . unless you had perhaps 3 weeks maybe longer to do this with a lot of gas an on board mechanic. So i flew here (its a 6 hours flight). LOL.

blida mall 50 km from algiers

http://joliealgerie.skyblog.com/pics/289109959.jpg

http://joliealgerie.skyblog.com/pics/289310968.jpg

^^
Is that entirely a mall or a mall/office combo?

From South Africa, you would not be able to drive here easily, its about 6000 km by flight (3750 miles, much more by road) . unless you had perhaps 3 weeks maybe longer to do this with a lot of gas an on board mechanic. So i flew here (its a 6 hours flight). LOL.

You ever fly out of Africa b4? Ever thought of coming to america like eddie murphy lol....

That mall is huge :pepper:. And it's U/C too :cheers2:

Algeria is really developing :)

good job icosium,this is why u're hot!

good job icosium,this is why u're hot!

I love that song...

I love that song...
we re "hot" cos we "fly",they ain't, cos they crawl....:dance:

Im hot cuz im fly you aint cuz u not.. This is why this why this is why this is why im hot!!

City Mall, Lagos
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1025/561678361_9f9b44a2b8_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/561244990_6534289420.jpg?v=0

Go Africa, Go!!! Nice to see malls from other African countries. Keep developing! :)

Hahaha...funny!!

Entrance to The Junction Shopping Centre, Nairobi:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1214/592403503_14e3863616_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/149323460_5a23158308_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/53/149326067_bb668ac1b4_o.jpg

^^ Do you have any Pictures of Sarit Center?

damn se9 you always beat me into posting new pics i was about to post the junction pic but u beat me to it. keep it up

The Yaya Center mall NAIROBI

http://www.yaya-centre.co.ke/images/home_pic.jpg

http://www.yaya-centre.co.ke/images/wine.jpg


http://www.yaya-centre.co.ke/images/location_pic.jpg

http://www.yaya-centre.co.ke/images/inner_pic.jpg

yaya mall looks nice

The Sarit Center Nairobi

http://p.vtourist.com/3021441-The_Sarit_Centre-Nairobi.jpg

http://image07.webshots.com/7/4/63/45/91046345ZWApYp_ph.jpg?track_pagetag=/page/photo/travel/africa&track_action=/Shortcuts/FullSize

woolworths sarit center

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Woolworths.jpg

various entertainment spots inside the mall Fox cineplex cinemas and uchumi supermarket can be seen in the photo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/150481242_48c5248f46.jpg

which is the bigger one, sarit or yaya?

which is the bigger one, sarit or yaya?

Sarit is the biggest in East and central Africa

this is the order

1.Sarit center
2.Village Market
3.Junction mall
4.Yaya Center
5.The Mall

this article says http://www.readafrica.com/publications/newstories.asp?issId=&stId=320&issue=&mId=1&BlnCurrent=

" Westgate Shopping Centre, Westlands, Nairobi:

Westgate is the newest, largest and most sophisticated shopping mall in East Africa, comprising 350 000 sq ft of lettable retail space. The project is anchored by a Nakumatt mega store with six multiplex screen cinemas, and a dedicated floor of entertainment on the 2nd floor with a central atrium. The building has full air conditioning and approximately 800 parking bays.

Nairobi is very nice city

Nairobi is very nice city

Yes it is! though I wish someone posted some pics of the escalators at Yaya. They were the first ones I used in the early 90's before other buildings in the city began installing them.

Yes it is! though I wish someone posted some pics of the escalators at Yaya. They were the first ones I used in the early 90's before other buildings in the city began installing them.

wassup Kenguy, here's the closest pic i found of the escalators at yaya

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/a0004.jpg

Nakumatt Supermrkt

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/a0006.jpg

wow...i like "yaya" the most!

wow...i like "yaya" the most!


i quite dont agree with you "naija". See its not the building it self but the decorationI I think he needs to be more attractive, more well decorated. See, all that floor and wall stones gives to the shopping an artificial and cold look.

I like those foot coated designs on the floor!

I like those foot coated designs on the floor!
^^
Those footprint designs are actually a form of advertisment. They lead to a shoe store called Bata (one of Kenya's leading footwear stores). You also find those designs in large supermarkets so as to easily locate a certain new product.:)

bata?that means "footwear" in(yoruba) a nigerian language.I remember there was also footwear designs called bata in nigeria.

There were many Bata stores in Nigeria in the past. Not sure if they still exist in Nigeria. Most African Bata manufacturing and stores are now in Eastern and Southern Africa. Bata started as a Czech company and is now headquarted in Switzerland.

There were many Bata stores in Nigeria in the past. Not sure if they still exist in Nigeria. Most African Bata manufacturing and stores are now in Eastern and Southern Africa. Bata started as a Czech company and is now headquarted in Switzerland.
^^
Thanks for the info. I never knew about the companies origin. Here in East Africa, they are synonimous for school shoes and their fashionable sneakers.
They have a major manufacturing plant in Kenya and their shops are in every major town and city.:)

yeo whn i was little i used to get all my school shoes from bata in lagos but i havent seen any of their shops in a while

I REMEMBER THEIR OJOTA BRANCH..THE VERY LARGE SHOWROOMS.

yeah..thts d one i used ta go to

Ceddi Plaza, Abuja
http://www.broll.com.ng/images/ceddiplaza2.gif

wassup Kenguy, here's the closest pic i found of the escalators at yaya

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/a0004.jpg

Nakumatt Supermrkt

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/a0006.jpg

Actually mwafrica that is not yaya centre, both pictures are of the new Nakumatt lifestyle stores in downtown Nairobi

food court at Durbanville mall Cape Town

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/516811218_0e9a3b7b50_b.jpg

food court at Canal Walk mall

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/618966468_d0f3a83874_b.jpg

A section of the food court at Sandton City mall

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/518273925_7449514ebc_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/879601056_8a4580899b_o.jpg

News Cafe at Cape Town airport (News Cafe is a franchise chain as well)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1328/820597166_873b4c999a_o.jpg

just magnificent top quality

Woolworths.

On the top end of the consumer segment, catering to the really well off, is pretty much SA's marks and spencer. This department store is the winner of the 2006 Retail Design Award by the Retail Environments Association alongside Saks fifth Avenue from Atlanta and Sogo from Osaka, Japan. The pictures below show this in a much smaller setup. A typical woolworths would occupy 2 or 3 floors all very large with each offering food, clothing, kitchen ware etc.

food section
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/392345085_d8a7f82315_o.jpg
clothing and bathroom section
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/392344988_972c2d4567_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/392344835_3f4b890a9a_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/392344770_f42460e573_o.jpg

electronic accessories section
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/392345026_ba5cd657f4_o.jpg
kitchen section
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/392344941_5ad587b181_o.jpg
food bar, to sample some of the food
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/392344886_b714848236_o.jpg

Woolworths stores in suburban areas

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/534734822_fd7b09d86b_b.jpg


Last but not least, before i forget and also for the sake of our Australian, UK and American friends, Woolworths is not related to the US F.W Woolworths company, nor the British Woolworths Group plc, nor the Australian Woolworths. I know this often confuses a lot of people and i also used to be confused when i heard about the other Woolworths in US,UK and Australia and interestingly they all also happen to be grocery franchises.

Since its inception 74 years ago in Cape Town, the Woolworths brand has become synonymous with innovation, quality and value for money. With their wide appeal, Woolworths goods are now sold at 149 corporate stores in South Africa, 51 international franchise stores throughout the rest of Africa and the Middle East and 69 South African franchise stores nationwide.

And here's the Massmart Group, a JSE listed group (made up of 224 stores in the FMCG industry)

Makro, perhaps the jewel of all Massmart's assets. Its a wholesale chain with everything you can imagine.
With stock levels worth over $30 million, it is pretty massive.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/392859963_db7bebc51e_o.jpg

Game, also in a lot of countries in Africa including Nigeria,Zambia,Botswana,Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and
Ghana.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/392859914_fb2a6ad7a5_o.jpg

Dion

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/392861472_c1fbdcea03_o.jpg

Tiles Warehouse

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/392861505_529de34b5a_o.jpg

And the people's shop award goes to Shoprite, also a South African department store that caters for the bottom end of the market.

Below is a picture of this shop actually in Uganda, it has since expanded throughout the continent and can be found in Angola, Botswana, Ghana, India, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The economist called it Africa's Wal-Mart in an article in 2005 which showed that Shoprite has grown from humble beginnings of a few shops in Cape Town to over 700 shops in 16 countries all within 13 years.

A typical Shoprite in South Africa will look something pretty close to this. Although the scales will usually be a lot bigger than this
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/392361774_ea7794f7f1_o.jpg

Typically each shop will have more than 25 tellers and cater to the general consumer market and can be found everywhere
from big cities, townships and small towns (this is a shoprite in Kampala, Uganda)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/392361706_924bdad03b_o.jpg

Pick 'n Pay

Pick 'n Pay is South Africa's supermarket of choice for the middle class or those who simply don't care to be seen shopping at the yuppy Woolies (affectionate name for Woolworths) or at Shoprite (which is more for the working class). Like the other groups, Pick 'n Pay originates from Cape Town and was founded by one of South Africa's most celebrated business tycoons, Raymond Ackerman. Interestingly most insurance and retail chains originates from Cape Town. I guess there is no mining to be done there, so the Cape Townians have to invent something else like retail, insurance, adverts, films, tourism and wines!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/38556554_e20e4ea6d2_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/1356973940_3ebb3ffaf9_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/475386693_091f089dce_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/485253734_f25d04b2b2_o.jpg


Also there is a whole bunch of Spars all over the place (typically targets small towns, townships and suburbs)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/274003067_8b1cb8e1a9_o.jpg

Some are bigger than others

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/443828523_70cd0b3d0f_b.jpg

Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/817778056_7e747bf31e_b.jpg

Kulani, nice pics, you added there. I can´t believe that Woolworth South Africa looks so nicely decorated and well-arranged, in Germany Woolworth is a dreadful store, it is really stuck in time!!
Btw, is South Africa ´s Woolworth associated with Woolworth UK?

Kulani, nice pics, you added there. I can´t believe that Woolworth South Africa looks so nicely decorated and well-arranged, in Germany Woolworth is a dreadful store, it is really stuck in time!!
Btw, is South Africa ´s Woolworth associated with Woolworth UK?

I always get this question, LOL.

Last but not least, before i forget and also for the sake of our Australian, UK and American friends, Woolworths is not related to the US F.W Woolworths company, nor the British Woolworths Group plc, nor the Australian Woolworths. I know this often confuses a lot of people and i also used to be confused when i heard about the other Woolworths in US,UK and Australia and interestingly they all also happen to be grocery franchises.

Anyone has the picture of News Cafe at the Palms Shopping mall in Lagos. A friend who was recently in VI, LAGOS told me its really off the hook and the latest hot hangout spot.

Although a Nigerian friend who stays here in SA recently told me that the drinks are so pricey, you will almost choke when you see the price list. He was saying something like a beer can easily set you off over $12, but i am not sure if he was not just referring to some cocktail that just happens to be expensive or just plain exaggerating, 'cause i couldn't believe this price myself.

Interesting. The Woolworth stores in Kenya and East Africa in general just sell clothes. though they are also considered upmarket stores. Though recently another Kenyan store called Enka Rasha is trying to compete with Woolies in the upmarket malls.

Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/817778056_7e747bf31e_b.jpg

Look at the direction the white arrows on the road are pointing in this photo!!! Why are the cars driving in the opposite direction ....... :lol:

Some people need to be thought how to obey simple rules :bash:

welcome to africa, lol.

May be it's due to some roads upgrading the photo didn't tell it all,Or it could be they ain't patient for a light traffic jam!

May be it's due to some roads upgrading the photo didn't tell it all,Or it could be the ain't patient for a light traffic jam!

Knowing Africa as i do, its most likely because nobody is minding the bloody road marking on the pavement. They don't even see it, LOL. And best of all, there is no police or security to even enforce it. Or if you want to make it all sound nice, you can explain it like Naija is saying.

The meat and company, one of my favourate restaurants in Melrose

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/223568819_2149a2e39f_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/223568858_52bf9b5773_o.jpg

Nelson Mandela Square at night

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279/868719328_7df68d0b6c_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/556043566_c0bd88b297_b.jpg

Mini cooper day (from the old to the new)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/150448893_96f91d0676_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/150448895_a65b404d52_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/150448899_4ea3c7d702_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/150448898_869510f956_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/257893298_9f84c5c2ec_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1280/942465493_e9edd9cc0c_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/188661796_11ee23f9d5_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/556475681_fa7dea49c5_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/518278081_a8346303a2_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/246/518273991_16ecdfc09b_b.jpg

Michelangelo Towers Mall

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/518273899_addcc1e656_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/518278097_ef3c78f462_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/518273951_b576575a8a_b.jpg

Fashion TV Cafe - this was the first FTV cafe to open in SA at Michelangelo towers mall in 2005

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/518278089_52b16a21f5_m.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/252/518273937_edac7ccf6b_b.jpg

Design Quorter

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1338/871211582_5e6659dd7c_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/870360549_af9c82a6b9_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1195/871210578_2f3697c93a_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/943290478_901b538839_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/942446031_02e330538c_o.jpg

^^
Where is that? Sandton?

^^
Where is that? Sandton?

I have never been to Design Quorter myself but i understand that it is in Fourways, about 5 kilometers further north of Sandton,
The other pictures are all Sandton.

Dang man, this is better than a good bunch of some usa cities. best thing of all ill be there in two weeks esp the mandela square, thats right I'LL BE THERE, may be kulani might show me around.

Village market Nairobi

http://www.kenyanlist.wanderi.com/klist-wmk.php?path=pics/a/20070315124815_ariel_view_of_vm_at_gigiri.jpg

Dang man, this is better than a good bunch of some usa cities. best thing of all ill be there in two weeks esp the mandela square, thats right I'LL BE THERE, may be kulani might show me around.

Don't forget to take tons of pics during your trip! :D

I have never been to Design Quorter myself but i understand that it is in Fourways, about 5 kilometers further north of Sandton,
The other pictures are all Sandton.

Thx for the info! As for Melrose Arch.. is the whole precinct enclosed? is it mostly pedestrianised?

Coffee shops for the financial whizz outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Nedbank's head office. As i write, Standard Chartered plc is rumoured to be mulling over a takeover of SA's fourth largest bank, Nedbank in what would be a $10 billion takeover which comes only a few years after Barclays bought 60% of ABSA in a transaction that was worth $5 billion then.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/190604537_9f11dfbedb_b.jpg

Dang man, this is better than a good bunch of some usa cities. best thing of all ill be there in two weeks esp the mandela square, thats right I'LL BE THERE, may be kulani might show me around.

Sorry mate, i am actually going to be traveling to the UK then, but i can always ask my brother to come and keep you company if you want, pop me an e-mail.

Fruit and Veg comes in all forms including the more upmarket ones like these. This particular one is
in Hermanus, Western Cape

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/639094899_46320d396d_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/639987352_0af34f0196_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1098/639987300_a2d70caec4_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/639094933_c6d806a0bf_b.jpg

Thx for the info! As for Melrose Arch.. is the whole precinct enclosed? is it mostly pedestrianised?

Melrose Arch is a gated complex but once you have gone past the gates, the place is all pedestrianized. This is how the entrance looks coming from outside from the BMW and Volks Wagen's dealerships.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/440642359_4f5fcc4c28_b.jpg

some of the car dealerships routinely showcase their cars inside the malls

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/243805261_a499ab856b_o.jpg

Downtown Joburg in the sky and a McDonald sign down the road. The earth works opposite are part of the Gautrain Rapid Rail link that is being contructed to link OR Tambo airport, Joburg, Sandton and Pretoria.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/412752272_9f8ee5c050_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1263/943374794_e48c065baf_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1047/942529505_8a41e39601_o.jpg

entrance to a small Woolworths

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1009/534734832_db78e31fcf_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1053/534880465_82f213b43c_b.jpg

wonder if that water is free, seeing it looks like its past the checkout area

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/534766046_93dac53144_b.jpg

another fruit and veg, cape town

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1300/877328556_9639a14651.jpg?v=0

KFC in South Africa (been in SA since 1971), virtually in every town

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/188040897_9585eaca13_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/282416562_b1058f9252_o.jpg

McDonalds, mostly in the big cities including some townships like Soweto, this chain has grown to over 100 restaurants since launching in SA in 1995.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/432877505_dd321ad39c_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/425305438_15b6d6b16e_b.jpg

McDrives

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/942458141_ac0bd57ec3_o.jpg

do u guys have hip hop stations on the radio in SA....that plays mostly r&b and hip hop kulani?

Nando's is a global fast-food restaurant chain originating from South Africa with a Portuguese-theme. Today its to be found as far as UK (Carnary Wharf, leeds) Australia (Sydney, Perth), Canada, Zambia and even Indonesia. here is the full list of countries they are present in today. angola,fiji, lebanon, new zealand,senegal,zambia,australia,lesotho,nigeria,south africa,usa,zimbabwe,bahrain,india,malawi,oman ,sri lanka, botswana, israel, malaysia, pakistan, swaziland, canada, indonesia, qatar, uganda, uae, cyprus, kenya, namibia, saudi arabia united kingdom. if you like hot, grilled chicken then this is the place to go, you will never regret.

The Nandos in Canal Walk, Cape Town

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/879383181_0bb4b2b3a2_o.jpg

The Nandos in Carnary Wharf, London

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1374/582479013_79cead62d4_b.jpg

Louis Vuitton at Sandton Mall, i think they opened in 2004/2005

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/879400847_ea66d6ffa1_o.jpg

others like Gucci are also at Sandton Mall and Cape Town

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1070/880560866_c26247ea91_o.jpg

do u guys have hip hop stations on the radio in SA....that plays mostly r&b and hip hop kulani?

I can't think of stations that are r&b, hip-hop only, but YFM and METRO FM in Joburg generally dedicate 50% of their music airtime to r&b, hiphop and 50% on local and house. Those are my favourate stations, but there's sure a whole lot of other stations that also play hip-hop and r&b throughout SA. My experience is that although SA stations are up to date with hip-hop, they lag West African radio stations, perhaps because West Africans are well represented in the US and therefore are closer to the action and US hip-hop culture is more familiar to them. SA appears to be rather developing its own flavour of hip-hop that has a lot of local influence while house music is also very popular.

And don't forget fontana which is a 24 hour spot that comes very handy to party peeps like me who need a bite at 5 am after a heavy night of drinking and partying.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/99352827_87b7a1587f_o.jpg

For the coffee fanatic, Mugg & Bean is always there to please.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/252/448140123_47f61ed00b_b.jpg

Guys, i can't find a decent picture of Makro, the leading wholesale group in SA. So i decided to just use this picture of a Makro that caught fire in 2004. Over $30 million worth of stock perished. There was actually an urban legend that Makro was being stalked by some guy as a few other Makros caught fire around that time. But this one and the other ones that burned down have now been fully restored. Makro has everything you would want to buy including a well stocked liquor depot (very important).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/441620594_228928975d_o.jpg

I can't think of stations that are r&b, hip-hop only, but YFM and METRO FM in Joburg generally dedicate 50% of their music airtime to r&b, hiphop and 50% on local and house. Those are my favourate stations, but there's sure a whole lot of other stations that also play hip-hop and r&b throughout SA. My experience is that although SA stations are up to date with hip-hop, they lag West African radio stations, perhaps because West Africans are well represented in the US and therefore are closer to the action and US hip-hop culture is more familiar to them. SA appears to be rather developing its own flavour of hip-hop that has a lot of local influence while house music is also very popular.

i think the same goes for kenya. on kenyan radios its hip hop r&b,
genge(kenyan music) and reggae. i saw that springbroks jersy and i think although SA population is diverse but in sports they find a ground that brings them together, i guess this is one of the reasons why sports are big in SA. i cant wait for 2010, hey kulani u got to get a ticket for the final

More pictures of The Palms Mall in Lagos, Lekki

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/495564234_f3410d394b_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/484018619_12dbf7eb3a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/478403582_631a172565_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/561241966_8821ae46cb_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/561679255_6abe0790dc_o.jpg

More pictures of The Palms Mall in Lagos

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/211/495566372_5319d099d4.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1052/555887213_fc6354f818.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/495564618_0e801cc6e1.jpghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/495599399_b448c03118.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/495564430_67b629cb14.jpg?v=0

i think i underestimated palms mall, its great

i think i underestimated palms mall, its great

It's a truly world class mall (quality tenants, quality finishes etc) like you would expect to find anywhere in the world. They spent $50 million to develop a mall with a capacity of up to 70 shops with a parkade that has 750 parking bays. A friend who was recently there tells me its pumping and the News Cafe outside is one of the best hangout spots for the who's who in Nigerian business circles. I am just waiting to confirm the beer price, before i visit this News Cafe, LOL.

lol..one of the pics there is the lagos international airport

lol..one of the pics there is the lagos international airport

is that the one with the lovely woman with a BIG hat?

i think i underestimated palms mall, its great

It is standard, nothing special! Something that Asian cities have at nearly every street corner, check out the quantity of malls in Bangkok, Jakarta, Mumbai, in Delhi (Guragon), in Manila (Makati). bangkok alone has more than +60 malls!

I am not talking about the highly adavced countries in Asia such as Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong (with its special status) or Japan?

The palms is a start that has long been overdue, Lagos is still a shopping´s desert! I want to see more than 20 (mega) mall in Lagos is a decade! Then there is hope and reason for joy (as far as consumer "paradise" is concerned).

Does anyone know how many new malls are under construction in Lagos at the moment??

sure, i think everything starts somewhere, i am happy that they have at least raised the bar, so that everyone else can now start to aim much higher. Also you have to realize that the challenge in mall development also comes in tenants. You can't develop 120,000 square meters of retail space if you won't be able to get the tenants that will afford to pay the rentals and also be able to bring the required foot traffic to make the development a commercial success. Here you have to balance the tenants between international brands and local ones. So the Palms has brought a certain tenant mix which will be useful for future mall developers to tap. New tenants also need to be brought to the Nigerian market, but they all will look at the current tenants who are there and being successful before they venture into the market. Its all about mitigating the risk factors to attract more players and here all the small malls that are springing up now, are making it all that less riskier for the big malls to invest.

Right now, i think Lagos and Abuja is ripe for malls in the $200 - $500 million range with at least 90,000 square meters of retail space. I hope the land owners do not become a problem in the process of releasing land to develop these kind of malls and the government start to fix the roads that lead to these malls.

man, with the population in lagos i think in a dacade that place should have a good bunch of greate malls coz galleria and palms cant handle that poupulation. btw GREAT POINT KULANI

man, with the population in lagos i think in a dacade that place should have a good bunch of greate malls coz galleria and palms cant handle that poupulation. btw GREAT POINT KULANI

absolutely, if i was a mall property developer, i would be aiming seriously on Lagos and Abuja, because the potential is massive. And best of all, the naija boys, spend.....

African megastores proliferate across continent

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy The Associated Press

Published: June 7, 2007

NAIROBI: At thousands of street corners across Africa, tiny wooden kiosks are arranged to peddle everything from phone cards to glass bottles of Coca-Cola.

But the continent in recent years has been seeing an increase in what long has been a staple in the West: The "megastore," selling food, electronics, beauty products, furniture and even, in some cases, cars. They are part of an often overlooked economic boom of sorts across the world's poorest continent.

The Kenyan supermarket Nakumatt, which has 18 stores, is poised to become the most wide-reaching East African megaretailer, with plans to open its first outlets outside the country starting in November.

Like the U.S. chains Wal-Mart and Target, many Nakumatt shops are brightly lit and stuffed with television sets, refrigerators and other big-ticket items, alongside staples like vegetables, milk and bread.

The new stores planned for Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda would make Nakumatt ready to match the ambitions of giants based in South Africa, like Metcash and Shoprite, according to analysts at Planet Retail in London. Until now, those companies have been the only retailers in the region with the financial power for expansion plans of this scale.

U.S. inquiry casts shadow over prominent Hong Kong businessmanMurdoch's arrival worries Wall Street Journal staffChina's economic growth accelerates despite efforts to slow it downThe African Development Bank reported in May that the rate of economic growth on the continent would rise to 6 percent this year, the highest level in two decades.

Some countries have reported especially striking results, The Malawi economy grew by 8.5 percent last year, for instance.

In Kenya, Nakumatt has grown thanks to the relative financial stability in the largest economy in East Africa, which last year grew 6.1 percent, the highest rate since 1981.

The retailer also is gearing up to be listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange by 2009.

Planet Retail said Nakumatt would find a large customer base outside Kenya, particularly in Tanzania's urban centers of Dar es Salaam and Arusha.

"In both cities, South African retailer Shoprite has already opened stores, but market sizes and economic stability suggest there is room for more," the analysts said in a recent report.

The Shoprite Group of Companies is the largest food retailer in Africa. Over all, it runs 886 outlets in 17 countries across Africa, the Indian Ocean islands and southern Asia.

Another Kenyan supermarket chain, Uchumi - which means "economy" in Swahili - has a branch in Uganda, but has suffered vast financial woes. Uchumi shut down in June 2006 after 30 years of business, saying it could no longer sustain its losses and blamed mismanagement, political interference and competition.

Local media described the closures as "one of the greatest corporate disasters in the history of independent Kenya."

A government-led rescue plan saw the reopening of all but 3 of 17 Uchumi stores in Nairobi. The Ugandan outlet, operating under a local franchise, has continued to operate.

So-called "big-box stores" in the United States, like Costco, have long been the target of critics who say their discounted goods drive out "mom-and-pop" shops and sap communities of their local flavor.

But Nakumatt, which has been in business for more than 20 years but only recently supersized its stores, has been quick to state that it was not out to hurt small businesses or local farmers.

Earlier this month, Nakumatt, which in the past has stocked mainly foreign goods, pledged to support local industry.

"We stock local products, we deal with local investors, local banks," said the Nakumatt operations manager, Thiagarajan Ramamurthy.

Owners of the local corner kiosks say they do not see much of a threat.

David Mwauria, who has been selling flowers on the roadside just steps away from the newest Nakumatt in Nairobi - a hulking stone building - said that he has had even more customers since the store opened weeks ago.

"Some customers come here to buy, some go there," he said. "There is enough business to go around."

Well as for Abuja, three mega malls are under construction - to my ntice

one built by A British company (City Mall ), it is a $300 million dollar venture.
Abuja Mall which will be huge mega mall built by an Emirati company
and Unity Mall

Marketing people must be very deaf and have nothing in their brains, how can they miss to ignore Nigeria for so many years? Everybody that has entered made a lot of money. I am even thinking of opening a franchisee there. We Nigerians are extremly brand-conscious people (especially Igbo girls attach a lot of importnance to clothes and brands, gadgets, perfumes and cosmetics, they will do anything just to look good and trendy)

yes kulani..the one with the woman in the big hat

yes kulani..the one with the woman in the big hat

Thanks, i have nuked it. Lovely picture though, i have to find somewhere to put it.

true say mega malls in nigeria are loooooooong overdue..but remember dat if nigeria had kept the pace it was at in the 60's to mid 70's every major city would have had at least 2 Megamalls if not more by now.


I remember watching a doucmentary of Lagos and how life was there in 1960's at that time department stores were everywhere ..but corruption killed all those things

New Game in Tanzania

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1013/896208489_4b1eb90ea2_o.jpg

what does game sell? as in is it a grocery store or electronic or clothing coz i dint think we have one in kenya

what does game sell? as in is it a grocery store or electronic or clothing coz i dint think we have one in kenya

mostly household electronics, household stuff, sporting stuff, a selection of sportswear, but definitely no food and not much clothing (just a selection of mostly sporting footwear and maybe some baby stuff).

http://www.game.co.za/portal/game/images/leaflets/rsa/images/rsa-2007-07-24-10.jpg
http://www.game.co.za/portal/game/images/leaflets/rsa/images/rsa-2007-07-24-13.jpg

Is that Game store in the recently completed Mlimani City Shopping mall?

Is that Game store in the recently completed Mlimani City Shopping mall?

yes that's correct. Here's the picture of the shopping mall in Dar es Salaam. Thanks for getting the name Tbite.
I didn't even know. Had to Google it.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1327/812065848_06c1f191af_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/392274172_c0a0532816_o.jpghttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/392274171_6e00d2b80c_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/392274174_e99f88d1a2_o.jpg

true say mega malls in nigeria are loooooooong overdue..but remember dat if nigeria had kept the pace it was at in the 60's to mid 70's every major city would have had at least 2 Megamalls if not more by now.


That´s so true what you said, those twenty years of horrible mismangement flung back Naija almost an entire generation! Nations like Thailand overtook Nigeria in the 80´s! It can be so frustrating, just imagine where Nigeria would be today if the growth rate of 7-8% of the 1970´s continued! Wow, Nigeria´s GDP might probably be higher than that of Argentina today!

But we have to look forward now, the economy is growing at a rate of almost 6% per annum now again. (although I would love to see 9%) but no time to look back, the past is gone!

These are pics of the entrance of the new Crossroads Mall in the Karen suburb of Nairobi.

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/4604/2638884980092122409S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/3785/2966245990092122409S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/4404/2928623760092122409S600x600Q85.jpg

that's a lovely suburbia mall in Nairobi, this is the kind of mall i like to retreat to, when i want to drink some coffee and read a newspaper and i am tired of the fast paced life of the big malls. My house has one mall just like that behind it.

that's a lovely suburbia mall in Nairobi, this is the kind of mall i like to retreat to, when i want to drink some coffee and read a newspaper and i am tired of the fast paced life of the big malls. My house has one mall just like that behind it.

^^
Couldn't agree with you more. Especially in this one, The neighborhood of the mall has that country feel with horses grazing in their paddocks. It surely is a retreat away from the rush of downtown Nairobi and other larger malls.:)

Mall in Randburg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/918960474_5a9c60d5c2_o.jpg
Courtesy of Pule

Hydepark mall, this mall is popular with the rich and famous in Johannesburg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1100/943283456_2b56a14773_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1137/943285288_37bfff9fdf_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1117/942441161_5933887fca_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/943286906_40c33152dd_o.jpg

The men sitting behind this advertising banner wrapped around a huge structure under construction are working to finish what will become Soweto's biggest mall. Once complete the Maponya Mall will be the biggest shopping mall ever built in Soweto and will boost more than 190 shops. The mall will boost anchor tenants such as Woolworths, Edgars, Ackermans, Jet and Sportscene. Maponya Mall's other tenants will include Toys-R-Us, an eight-theatre Ster Kinekor cinema, a new-concept McDonalds , as well as a 12,000m² flagship Pick 'n Pay, one of the largest in the country. Well-known international shoe retail chain Geox has announced that it will be opening its first store in South Africa at the Maponya Mall.

The mall to be built at a cost of $70 million is being constructed on a 21ha site owned by Richard Maponya — situated on the Old Potchefstroom Road . Once the 65,000 square metre mall opens its doors on the 27th of September 2007, It will also be a dream come true for Sowetan businessman Richard Maponya, who for the last 30 years has cherished the dream of building a true mega shopping mall for Soweto. Maponya is one of Soweto’s best-known businessmen. He managed to create successful businesses in spite of apartheid constraints on black business.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/942456997_7998370edb_o.jpg

Gold reef city, casino, entertainment and shopping

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/942449275_a0bfac8251_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/942450089_718dc520f1_o.jpg

The Butcher Shop and Grill, a chain of upmarket restaurants to be found in Cape Town and Johannesburg are perhaps as exclusive as it gets and has entertained the likes of former British PM Tony Blair, former President Nelson Mandela etc. Don't forget to bring a fat wallet as well.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/942517707_366717bd67_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/942520407_81ef4e631f_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1316/942518387_d006294f75_o.jpg

Village Walk, also in Sandton, Johannesburg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1286/942478353_b114286af9_o.jpg

This is inside Monte Casino, an upmarket casino and shopping mall in Fourways.
Nairoberry, don't miss it, but please don't gamble, LOL.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/943303208_345ff6e5da_o.jpg

Chicken Licken is another one of SA's most successful franchises, especially popular in townships and small towns.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1431/940668955_bdad30ef8b_b.jpg

King Pie, is a nationwide pie franchise. Here it can be seen in downtown Joburg.
Ready to serve warm fresh pies of all sorts.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/918981138_7e877b306a_o.jpg

Atrium at a mall called ''The Mall'' in the Westlands suburb of Nairobi

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1302/964452627_35f8ef0e88.jpg?v=0

Montecasino looks great! The Fourways Mall reminds me a bit of Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai /smaller version of it.

The Butcher´s Shop is very nice, mouth-watering and inviting!:eat:

Montecasino looks great! The Fourways Mall reminds me a bit of Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai /smaller version of it.
The Butcher´s Shop is very nice, mouth-watering and inviting!:eat:

Here's more pictures of Montecasino, built like an old world Tuscan hill-top village

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1180/729503281_305a95d4fc_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/334068801_8359cf6d50_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/729545677_4ee9c3bf85_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/515818622_12e19a407e_b.jpg

more of Montecasino

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/446575764_97369bc590_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/386616609_2b3923af7b_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/386617801_44ddff6c82_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/80331239_0e89a43fbc_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/1007706529_ad6c6e8f5f_o.jpg

None of these pics have really captured the full scale of Monte. It is really huge, an aerial pic would be great to show this

Monte Casino is located in sandton?

I am seeing pictures i have never seen of South Africa......man....I will visit SA before i die...:D...maybe when im married and just take my family on a visit there.
Monte Casino is really pretty...looks like italy.

Monte Casino is located in sandton?

Monte casino is in Fourways, this place is roughly about 15 minutes drive from Sandton. Fourways is also the place where Design Quarter is (see previous pages for pictures of Design Quarter). Other malls in that same area include Fourways Mall and Fourways crossing. Below is an aerial picture of Fourways Mall (top section) and Fourways Crossing (bottom section), which are within a walking distance from MonteCasino (i admit its going to be a bit of a walk, but if you aren't lazy, go for it).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/283930741_bf7fed7e9d_b.jpg

Don't know the name of this shopping center, but its next to the massive Menlyn Park shopping mall in Pretoria. The usual anchor tenants to be found in every big mall in SA are here too.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/470889344_72b3139ed8_b.jpg

Cresta Mall in Johannesburg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/243806212_cecf08a6c7_o.jpg

where my naija people........anybody from texas...i wanna move to dallas...cuz im tired of houston.....so i can find new friends in dallas....holla @ me.

Kulani move to america.