I am Jamaican have been to both countries and both are beautiful. I definitely take Nairobi over cape town, reason as a Jamaican, I feel more at home in Nairobi. No one knows that I am not Kenyan until I open my mouth. A very good feeling😊
@@arhadi-mt3fs It’s not a competition. If it were simply about development levels, we would just stay in our home countries and cities like Paris, Frankfurt, or Stockholm. For those of us in the diaspora, our choices are influenced by more than just the level of development. Personally, with Rwandan heritage, I have a natural affinity for Rwanda but we are still very underdeveloped. And as a physician, I see greater opportunities to establish my own practice in Nairobi, within a predominantly Black African setting. South Africa, while developed, presents its own set of challenges of unprecedented crime levels and a white supremacist structure in place. A significant factor for many in the diaspora is escaping racism and white supremacy, which is more prevalent in regions with strong European, Dutch, and Anglo influences, such as South Africa, where there is a large Caucasian population who calls much of the shots. Despite its flaws, Kenya is a Black African country. I would choose Nairobi over Cape Town any day.
@@arhadi-mt3fs Yet Nairobi has more international appeal than CT. A segregated city based on clear race divide is always going to be unappealing to a lot of people.
As a South African living in Kenya my honest opinion is this: the two countries compliment each other. Kenya is hot on South Africa's heels to keep her in check. Many s. Africans are ignorant about African countries so they get shocked to learn that there are places in Africa much better. South Africa cannot beat Kenya in tourism and hospitality. Kenyans are the most friendly people in Africa and possibly in the whole world. You just blend in very easily. Their accent is also like ours. Nairobi is very cosmopolitan and many foreigners from the US, Europe, west Africa, China and India also live and work here. Our problem in s. Africa is ignorance and arrogance.
Kenyan here and honestly you can’t compare the two… Cape Town is way ahead and in its own league it’s probably the best city in sub Saharan Africa. Live in cpt.
@@Madame_Fi yea agree! But that doesn’t mean that Nairobi is a growing and most advanced city in East Africa. Nairobi is on its way it’s still a great city! 🙏🏽
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 don’t get me wrong I love my home city, and yes it’s one of the fastest growing African cities, but I’d rather compare it to Johannesburg, been to a couple of African cities(southern mostly) and Cape Town is like the Miami of sub Saharan Africa.
But it's full of white people and a few blacks that's why nairobi will be chosen because you will feel like you are in a modern city in Africa when in Nairobi but in cape town you will feel like you are in the Western
🇿🇦 It will never match CapeTowns diversity which is about to boom to another level soon! One main advantage is that it also has a port with sea access which all major global powerhouses must have now for maxium international trade etc. NEW YORK, DUBAI, MIAMI, RIO, BARCELONIA, ISTANBUL, eyc etc etc are all global players. Nairobi is okay but its location put it at a huge disadvantage on attracting big international money & investors. CapeTown Real Estate is hott & its basically out of price range now for most South Africans! Thats foreighner money flowing in rapidly!!
I was born and raised in Johannesburg, then lived in Cape Town for 10 years because of work. Last year December I visited Nairobi. Honestly I would choose Nairobi over Cape Town any day.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 I love the greenery in Nairobi. The infrastructure projects taking place. The culture. The people. Cape Town is very clicky and still has a lot of racism.
@@arhadi-mt3fs huh? What would I gain from lying? Cape Town is very clicky and racist. I worked there for 10 years. I Lived in goodwood then plattekloof then Somerset west. Now tell me, what would I gain from lying about this. Or does it pain you that someone would prefer another city from cape town. I will never go back to live in cape town but I would definitely go for holiday.
Just arrived from Kenya as as someone who has been to both countries I’d say Nairobi For me peace is something I’d never trade with Cape Town high crime and racism and classism The shop followed sucks In Kenya no one knew where I come from everyone minded their business After greatings is “welcome to Kenya” that’s what I had there
I am Kenyan and I am very proud to know that we are heading in the right direction.. I know we have a long way to go but I'm glad whatever we have has been built in a Kenyan way and our development is not European inspired I feel really good knowing we built Kenya in our own way to the point we are easily compared to a European inspired country
Cape Town was not inspired by any European country, everything in South Africa was designed with a different view and inspired by our own landscape. Most buildings still have a long history and found only in our country. The European whites in SA decided 2 build mixing all our cultural aspects to create our own modern African design language.
I am in love with Cape Town and seriously considering of moving there. Especially regarding the extremely high cost of living in Nairobi. Great video as always. Keep it up 👏🏾
Big fan of you Habesha queen! After seeing some of the latest developments in Germany, I'm so happy you brought your children out and settled back in the motherland. More of us are coming back as we speak. Peace and Blessings from Pierre, (Rwandan from France)
Extremely high cost of living in Nairobi? 😂😂😂. I can almost guarantee, overall CT is more costly than Nairobi. But go ahead and move to CT, and let those who love Nairobi to be here.
Cape town is fully developed but Nairobi is like an ex you keep going back to. Just something about it that can't be explained fully. Cape town has the allure but Nairobi the heart.
@@seektruth5750 Lol and it is still called a developing country. How can it be fully developed when SA is the most unequal society in the world. What about those people who live in Kyayelitsa and Cape flats and in the shacks? Do you understand the metrics that makes a country developed?
@@alexchui3511 this here is talking about city, not country, with your logic, we can also ask, how come CPT always comes first as “the best city in the world” when there are also shacks around the western cape, with having the most unequal distribution of early in the world, SA is still the number of African country in terms of the middle class, so???with that said, it has the highest rate of immigration in the continent, why? Why do people from the continent wanna find themselves in SA is large numbers ? And what you’re saying would also have us saying that NY and LA are not fully developed because there are rising numbers of homelessness over there, especially in the Bay Area, San Francisco and Oakland, so? What are you trying to say?
I am from Nairobi, Kenya and I feel your review is balanced and quite fair. I have been to 3 South African cities and infrastructure-wise and in terms of city planning/organization and public transport they are doing well and we could learn a few things from them. Nairobi is improving daily but we have to get the basics right in some locations. I love Nairobi weather, greenery, safaris, cityscape, rooftop bars, intercity train system, language, international set, mid-range affordability, conveniences, shopping experience, hospitality, internet speeds, nightlife, expressway, food, safari sevens tourneys, polo, basketball nights, poetry/ open mic scene, plays/ theatre experience, ice skating rink, hiking and climbing Ngong hills etc. I would love to also sample CT views, beauty, beaches, girls, V&A waterfront, clubbing scene, table mountain, wine fields, et cetera but only as a tourist not a resident. A decade ago Nairobi was way behind and very few would have mentioned Nbo in the same breath as CT. So I take this as a W. Cheers and enjoy!
@@paulmuriithi9195 it’s not hurtful to try different places out. It can also help to appreciate your home country more after coming back. Find your way where ever it is 🙏🏽
Im well travelled in Africa,, Capetown is beautiful, when people prefer one over the other,dont take it personal,, Africa is diverse,, Nairobi is heading the right right way as true African city,,, considering the wealth of both countries and capabilities,,both are cities you cant ignore,,data supports that ‼️🙏👌
Cape town is cleaner, and generally well organized. Many parts could easily pass for a city in Europe. On the other hand, that cannot be said about Nairobi. This city has slowly degenerated into one big slum over the years. Dirty, unauthorized structures everywhere and completely disorganized. I don't wonna imagine how the city center looks these days.
@@afrihension You are defending the undefendable 😅 Where are pedestrian walkways in CBD to begin with? Where are the metros? Vibandas and liter everywhere. Nairobi should be compared to it's peers like Kampala and Kinshasa. Not an international city like Cape town😂.
@@BensonNyasae You clearly have no idea of what you are talking about. Let me leave you. There is a reason everyone is using Nairobi for comparison. Ask yourself, of all East Africa's cities why did he choose Nairobi?
@@lezzsebothoma not true just reading from a SA Jo burg and CT guy here proves otherwise how can the greenery in Nairobi and parks be so fake ?no city beats it in trying to have the cool , CT looks more fake,,if not for the ocean and the mountain,lets agree here both cities are irresistible 👌‼️
@@Philasande_Shange I was wondering. I arrived there in late April and I was still told it could happen. I did not see it happening once. So I came at the right time.
Another excellent breakdown! It’s really cool to see more members of the diaspora like you on RUclips. It’s refreshing to hear perspectives that come from a cultural intersection between European sensibilities and the emerging African experience like yours. By the way, are you the younger brother of Plan B to Africa? She's a force to be reckoned with!
I appreciate your continuous support! It’s needed for us to come back and show the rest of us how life actually is. At least we need to understand to choose if we want to continue living back on the continent or the place our families had to go to. 🙏🏽 she’s definitely a force to be reckoned with and am happy to be close to her. 🤞🏽
The reason why you seem to blend easily in capetown is that you resemble them so they automatically think you are a “colored” ( mix race ) from capetown same case would apply if you were in the kenyan coast Mombasa or Malindi no one would have called you a “Mzungu “ . Knowing both of the cities (Nairobi and capetown ) i will choose Nairobi 1 trillion times 👊
Yes that’s very true! It just felt good! Had the same experience in Mombasa but I don’t live there so most of the time people assume I’m a mzungu. Still know how they mean it so it’s nothing bad 🙏🏽
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1we used to go with mom and dad Sunday afternoon to the Savanna the wilder beast migration will teach you something about life and survival
You may have felt a sense of belonging in CT because, you being (I assume) mixed race, they thought you were a native of Western Cape province and the dominant ethnicity there. Due to SA racial history and apartheid there is a heavily mixed race community that calls itself coloured. They have African, Asiatic ( Malagasy, Java and Malay) as well as European (Dutch, German, Portuguese) blood. They also claim Khoisan first nation blood which would make them more African and simply black but they prefer another name. Most of them speak Afrikaans which started as a kind of kitchen Dutch but is now it's own language. I'd love to watch more of your videos and how you perceive CT and ZA in general from the perspective of someone the locals believe is not a visitor.
Thanks for the feedback! This is definitely the reason of me feeling welcomed there. Will do some more videos about that in the future. Stay tuned. Good to have you here 🙏🏽
Welcome to CPT, there's more to explore in SA. Amazon has been in the city for few years, is just new HQ building at Salt River that is new, and there are some Amazon buildings around Cape Town and Joburg
Thank you! I know there is a lot to explore 🤞🏽 I saw that and I think they just started their operations this year. What is an interesting development for the e-commerce space in South Africa that leads to a lot of new opportunities. 💪🏽
What about blending in and feeling home apart from skin color? I always hear that the contrast in South Africa between rich and poor and white and black is such a huge thing that makes it hart to live there.
The hear say and experience is a different thing , The western countries always talk bad about Africa, but when you arrive it's totally different, same thing to South Africa,
That’s only the way I felt. People accepted and I could connect with everyone. I had conversations with a lot of different people and it was easy with each and everyone.
Both cities and counties definitely are beautiful on its own. But don’t think we should hate anything. Think there are many people that don’t know much about the cities and it helps them to get a clearer picture.
Lol Nairobi was built by the British who happens to be Mzungus if you went aware.If you look at the architecture of Johannesburg and that of Nairobi you'd see that it spells the same people.
@@mosalethoba5267 Google Nairobi in 1963 then look how it looks rn,I've noticed something with SANS just because your cities are built by yt people,any great city in Africa you guys think it's built by yts too,bro you're alone
Kenya is the home of African peace safe to the foreign nation the country we're the citizens respect the foreigners..Capetown is the city of crime u walk around u feel ur different from the other peace matters than beauty
@@arhadi-mt3fs peace by walk with the gun all around to protect ua self.. Those are leaving in peace are those one are nothing to lose..in short south Africa is not a safe country for foreign nation
@@arhadi-mt3fs good for those who are born there as a foreigner that kind of life style is real scary no way u will feel at home..am talk to my experience I was there so into you u want to compare those buildings but wat about peace of mind and safety
@modenasayi Bi***** i bet you a hundred barks you are a hater from either Tanzania or Uganda. Dirty hearted, jealous mofos. Especially those Tanzanians. Roho chafu kabisa.
I heard cape town is unsafe south africa in general thats my biggest fear going there i been to nairobi i know for a fact its safe but i want to see south africa but kindof scared at the same tym
I only been in Capetown and I felt quite safe there. There are definitely unsafe areas like in a lot of other major cities. At least have a look for yourself and you’ll know. It’s not that you need to fear whenever you go outside. 🤷🏽♂️
@MarvinGreii know many South Africans Black and White who relocated to Australia and UK due to gun violence levels in SA. Kenyans are economic migrants while SA migrate due to insecurity mainly.
I don't know when you were in Cape Town but the power crisis is over, and like other commenters said this is a silly comparison. Cape Town is the uncontested jewel of the continent's largest economy and Nairobi is... it's whatever. SA does not need tourists like you who insult its cities by comparing them to shitholes.
You blended in in Cape Town because they assumed you are a coloured, how would you not know that? And why are you in Nairobi if Cape Town got the most points in your categories? Dude, you need to head South if that is where you found most joy.
I could imagine also from the things I heard but being there and experiencing it, was different for sure. I been in Nairobi for almost 2 years now and build life here. There is a chance that I’ll make a move next year to Capetown.
I don't think you should even compare caoe town to Nairobi people calling you mzungu in Nairobi...in South Africa there's almost half white people in Kenya white people are few n they were not born there...
That is true but still a different feeling not to be see as foreign. Even in german the country I grew up in people think of me as foreign so it was a good feeling not be seen like that.
I been to both, I am from USA, so I have no bias, I found Nairobi a little better, Then cape town , then Jo burg, then Rwanda, I find Nairobi more developed by a little
I think this comparison isn't making any sense Capetown is built by the west while Kenya is by Kenyans ..and look where we are ..SA has nothing to offer in the table..truth be told ..the white did everything compared to Kenya
@@willisdedan console your self, but when you go to Western cities you don't even mention white or black you just go and stay without talking about colours.people are Fannie.
There is no loading shedding in Cape Town do not lie no more loading which Cape Town are you talking about there is no place you can compare with Cape Town in Africa do not make a mistake.
@vathiswa. They do this videos to get views and subscribers. Kenyans are not loosing any sleep comparing themselves to Capetown. We have better shit to do. Get over yourself.
I am Jamaican have been to both countries and both are beautiful. I definitely take Nairobi over cape town, reason as a Jamaican, I feel more at home in Nairobi. No one knows that I am not Kenyan until I open my mouth. A very good feeling😊
Nairobi still behind to Cape town, it's a boy against a man
It’s great to hear that! That’s what it’s about in the end. Where you feel more comfortable 🙏🏽
@@arhadi-mt3fs It’s not a competition. If it were simply about development levels, we would just stay in our home countries and cities like Paris, Frankfurt, or Stockholm.
For those of us in the diaspora, our choices are influenced by more than just the level of development. Personally, with Rwandan heritage, I have a natural affinity for Rwanda but we are still very underdeveloped. And as a physician, I see greater opportunities to establish my own practice in Nairobi, within a predominantly Black African setting. South Africa, while developed, presents its own set of challenges of unprecedented crime levels and a white supremacist structure in place. A significant factor for many in the diaspora is escaping racism and white supremacy, which is more prevalent in regions with strong European, Dutch, and Anglo influences, such as South Africa, where there is a large Caucasian population who calls much of the shots. Despite its flaws, Kenya is a Black African country. I would choose Nairobi over Cape Town any day.
@@sarafinalove5330 He looks like a coloured, he needs to go to Cape Town and leave out our city in his comparisons.
@@arhadi-mt3fs Yet Nairobi has more international appeal than CT. A segregated city based on clear race divide is always going to be unappealing to a lot of people.
The reason people talk to you in their local language they think that you are a Cape Town colored❤🇿🇦
As a South African living in Kenya my honest opinion is this: the two countries compliment each other. Kenya is hot on South Africa's heels to keep her in check. Many s. Africans are ignorant about African countries so they get shocked to learn that there are places in Africa much better.
South Africa cannot beat Kenya in tourism and hospitality. Kenyans are the most friendly people in Africa and possibly in the whole world. You just blend in very easily. Their accent is also like ours. Nairobi is very cosmopolitan and many foreigners from the US, Europe, west Africa, China and India also live and work here. Our problem in s. Africa is ignorance and arrogance.
l am from Nairobi, but Cape town has my heart, such a beautiful city.
Yes! It’s very beautiful 🤞🏽
I am South African and Love Kenya ( Nairobi)
Cant mention Nairobi and Cape town in one sentence, Kaapstad has been voted the best city in the world multiple times
@@viwekenneth6028 yea but doesn’t mean that Nairobi has nothing to offer. 🤞🏽 it’s definitely a city we need to spread more knowledge about!
@@viwekenneth6028 as many times as Nairobi too ‼️🙏
cape town the best city in the world don't make me laugh
10 years ago no one could mention Nairobi with Capetown, kudos to Nairobi city
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Kenyans are always progressive. We're a great country
It's progressive for specific people though.....some people have it stagnant the poor@@lavenderflowers1075
Kenyan here and honestly you can’t compare the two… Cape Town is way ahead and in its own league it’s probably the best city in sub Saharan Africa. Live in cpt.
@@Madame_Fi yea agree! But that doesn’t mean that Nairobi is a growing and most advanced city in East Africa. Nairobi is on its way it’s still a great city! 🙏🏽
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 don’t get me wrong I love my home city, and yes it’s one of the fastest growing African cities, but I’d rather compare it to Johannesburg, been to a couple of African cities(southern mostly) and Cape Town is like the Miami of sub Saharan Africa.
But it's full of white people and a few blacks that's why nairobi will be chosen because you will feel like you are in a modern city in Africa when in Nairobi but in cape town you will feel like you are in the Western
🇿🇦 It will never match CapeTowns diversity which is about to boom to another level soon! One main advantage is that it also has a port with sea access which all major global powerhouses must have now for maxium international trade etc. NEW YORK, DUBAI, MIAMI, RIO, BARCELONIA, ISTANBUL, eyc etc etc are all global players. Nairobi is okay but its location put it at a huge disadvantage on attracting big international money & investors. CapeTown Real Estate is hott & its basically out of price range now for most South Africans! Thats foreighner money flowing in rapidly!!
No it's not
I was born and raised in Johannesburg, then lived in Cape Town for 10 years because of work. Last year December I visited Nairobi. Honestly I would choose Nairobi over Cape Town any day.
Why is that for you?
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 I love the greenery in Nairobi. The infrastructure projects taking place. The culture. The people. Cape Town is very clicky and still has a lot of racism.
@@666oracle yea makes sense! The culture in general is very different in both places.
You are a liar , you try to play some tricks
@@arhadi-mt3fs huh? What would I gain from lying? Cape Town is very clicky and racist. I worked there for 10 years. I Lived in goodwood then plattekloof then Somerset west. Now tell me, what would I gain from lying about this. Or does it pain you that someone would prefer another city from cape town. I will never go back to live in cape town but I would definitely go for holiday.
Just arrived from Kenya as as someone who has been to both countries I’d say Nairobi
For me peace is something I’d never trade with
Cape Town high crime and racism and classism
The shop followed sucks
In Kenya no one knew where I come from everyone minded their business
After greatings is “welcome to Kenya” that’s what I had there
@@UneNuRu yea that’s fair! Peace of mind is what is most important! 🤞🏽
I am Kenyan and I am very proud to know that we are heading in the right direction.. I know we have a long way to go but I'm glad whatever we have has been built in a Kenyan way and our development is not European inspired I feel really good knowing we built Kenya in our own way to the point we are easily compared to a European inspired country
Cape Town was not inspired by any European country, everything in South Africa was designed with a different view and inspired by our own landscape. Most buildings still have a long history and found only in our country. The European whites in SA decided 2 build mixing all our cultural aspects to create our own modern African design language.
I am in love with Cape Town and seriously considering of moving there. Especially regarding the extremely high cost of living in Nairobi. Great video as always. Keep it up 👏🏾
Big fan of you Habesha queen!
After seeing some of the latest developments in Germany, I'm so happy you brought your children out and settled back in the motherland. More of us are coming back as we speak.
Peace and Blessings from Pierre, (Rwandan from France)
Thanks for your words! Agree with you! 🤞🏽
Ok good luck
Extremely high cost of living in Nairobi? 😂😂😂. I can almost guarantee, overall CT is more costly than Nairobi. But go ahead and move to CT, and let those who love Nairobi to be here.
isnt nairobi more expensive than south Africa cape town?
Cape town is fully developed but Nairobi is like an ex you keep going back to. Just something about it that can't be explained fully. Cape town has the allure but Nairobi the heart.
Cape Town is not fully developed. The CBD and the suburbs are, Cape flats is full of slums and shacks all over the place.
Both cities got their advantages and disadvantages. No city is perfect 🤷🏽♂️
@@alexchui3511it is fully developed.
@@seektruth5750 Lol and it is still called a developing country. How can it be fully developed when SA is the most unequal society in the world. What about those people who live in Kyayelitsa and Cape flats and in the shacks? Do you understand the metrics that makes a country developed?
@@alexchui3511 this here is talking about city, not country, with your logic, we can also ask, how come CPT always comes first as “the best city in the world” when there are also shacks around the western cape, with having the most unequal distribution of early in the world, SA is still the number of African country in terms of the middle class, so???with that said, it has the highest rate of immigration in the continent, why? Why do people from the continent wanna find themselves in SA is large numbers ? And what you’re saying would also have us saying that NY and LA are not fully developed because there are rising numbers of homelessness over there, especially in the Bay Area, San Francisco and Oakland, so? What are you trying to say?
I am from Nairobi, Kenya and I feel your review is balanced and quite fair. I have been to 3 South African cities and infrastructure-wise and in terms of city planning/organization and public transport they are doing well and we could learn a few things from them. Nairobi is improving daily but we have to get the basics right in some locations. I love Nairobi weather, greenery, safaris, cityscape, rooftop bars, intercity train system, language, international set, mid-range affordability, conveniences, shopping experience, hospitality, internet speeds, nightlife, expressway, food, safari sevens tourneys, polo, basketball nights, poetry/ open mic scene, plays/ theatre experience, ice skating rink, hiking and climbing Ngong hills etc. I would love to also sample CT views, beauty, beaches, girls, V&A waterfront, clubbing scene, table mountain, wine fields, et cetera but only as a tourist not a resident. A decade ago Nairobi was way behind and very few would have mentioned Nbo in the same breath as CT. So I take this as a W. Cheers and enjoy!
Although we love South Africa, Kenya is home. Nevertheless, we agree with your observations. On point!
Both are amazing countries and have their great sides to it! 👏🏽
Am kenyan this video has made me re ignite my love for cape town. I shall relocate from my home country to south africa because of videos like this
@@paulmuriithi9195 it’s not hurtful to try different places out. It can also help to appreciate your home country more after coming back. Find your way where ever it is 🙏🏽
@@paulmuriithi9195 Wewe toka hapa peleka ujinga mbali.
Third world to another third world eti bora umepanda ndege bratheee, akili ndogo nayo....
@@alexchui3511 Lakini Alex, sioni ngori mtu akiwa na preference ingine tofauti na yako. Don't be too defensive.
@@mfalmegreatness5482 opinion yangu inakuashia nini? Si amepost apate feedback? Aende CT apige content huko ama what was the point of this comparison?
Im well travelled in Africa,, Capetown is beautiful, when people prefer one over the other,dont take it personal,, Africa is diverse,, Nairobi is heading the right right way as true African city,,, considering the wealth of both countries and capabilities,,both are cities you cant ignore,,data supports that ‼️🙏👌
@@zedekiahkwame640 yess agreed! Both cities are evolving in different ways 🙏🏽
Cape town is cleaner, and generally well organized. Many parts could easily pass for a city in Europe. On the other hand, that cannot be said about Nairobi. This city has slowly degenerated into one big slum over the years. Dirty, unauthorized structures everywhere and completely disorganized. I don't wonna imagine how the city center looks these days.
Stop lying. Your description shows that you haven't been to Nairobi lately.
@@afrihension You are defending the undefendable 😅
Where are pedestrian walkways in CBD to begin with? Where are the metros? Vibandas and liter everywhere. Nairobi should be compared to it's peers like Kampala and Kinshasa. Not an international city like Cape town😂.
@@BensonNyasae You clearly have no idea of what you are talking about. Let me leave you. There is a reason everyone is using Nairobi for comparison. Ask yourself, of all East Africa's cities why did he choose Nairobi?
Nairobi is a bit artificial in its looks, Cape Town is just naturally beautiful
@@lezzsebothoma not true just reading from a SA Jo burg and CT guy here proves otherwise how can the greenery in Nairobi and parks be so fake ?no city beats it in trying to have the cool , CT looks more fake,,if not for the ocean and the mountain,lets agree here both cities are irresistible 👌‼️
Last load shedding was in March 2024. So electricity is now much more stable than the past couple of years.
@@Philasande_Shange I was wondering. I arrived there in late April and I was still told it could happen. I did not see it happening once. So I came at the right time.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 Yah you were lucky because it has improved, it use to be very bad, especially from 2019 to 2023.
@@Philasande_Shange Got you! Thanks for that update, I wasn’t aware of that.
Nairobi, Kenya all day without hesitation!!
If I would have met you in Cape Town I would have converse with you with my native tongue. Because you look like my people 😂
@@leszjacobs1637 nice! I’m ready to learn 🤞🏽😂
We don't have loadshedding anymore
I was there from April to July and I got told it’s still happening. But I never noticed anything that surprised me.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1They lied, it no longer happening
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1we haven’t had load shedding since February. It’s a thing of the past now.
What is load shedding??
South Africa hasn't had loadshedding since March 2024?
What powercuts in Cape Town? It makes no sense.
It had load shedding before that for a while. Now they don’t anymore.
Cape Town has issues more with water scarcity than power.
Amazing video bro! I love both cities but Capetown is too beautiful 😍
I would love to live there and maybe I will one day who knows 🙏🏾
Thank you hawey! 🤞🏽
I’ll see you there when you do!
cape town is it!❤
Good Stuff Bro....As a Kenyan, I totally agree with your Points
@@gideonriungu7785 appreciate it! Both cities are amazing 🙏🏽
I'm in South Africa, I would like to live in Nairobi... I feel like there's more opportunities in Nairobi than there is elsewhere in Africa.
Yes there is a lot to do in both places. If you’re looking for opportunities in Kenya you’ll definitely find some 🤞🏽
Another excellent breakdown! It’s really cool to see more members of the diaspora like you on RUclips. It’s refreshing to hear perspectives that come from a cultural intersection between European sensibilities and the emerging African experience like yours. By the way, are you the younger brother of Plan B to Africa? She's a force to be reckoned with!
I appreciate your continuous support! It’s needed for us to come back and show the rest of us how life actually is. At least we need to understand to choose if we want to continue living back on the continent or the place our families had to go to. 🙏🏽 she’s definitely a force to be reckoned with and am happy to be close to her. 🤞🏽
Cape Town is beautiful but has the most windy and uncomfortable weather plus has water scarcity issues. Nairobi is much more vibrant and friendly
The reason why you seem to blend easily in capetown is that you resemble them so they automatically think you are a “colored” ( mix race ) from capetown same case would apply if you were in the kenyan coast Mombasa or Malindi no one would have called you a “Mzungu “ . Knowing both of the cities (Nairobi and capetown ) i will choose Nairobi 1 trillion times 👊
Yes that’s very true! It just felt good! Had the same experience in Mombasa but I don’t live there so most of the time people assume I’m a mzungu. Still know how they mean it so it’s nothing bad 🙏🏽
Well said. I wonder why he is back in Nairobi if CT left a great impression on him. That's rather counterintuitive.
@@alexchui3511You've got a choice not to watch his videos toxic man
@@mosalethoba5267 Go cry in Khayelitsa dummy!
@@mosalethoba5267 You've got a choice to f*** off!
I’m from Canada and I been to Nairobi and Capetown and Durban . Is weird I prefer Nairobi over Durban and Capetown over Nairobi
That’s great! Every place has its advantages so it makes sense. 🤷🏽♂️
Nothing beat sense of belonging
@@bonginkosishazi2592 Facts
Amazing Content Bro...Thanks for Repping Nairobi
Any time
We have A Savanna.the 7nth wonder of the World is Our animal life.I was born and raised there,nothing can beat that.#Simba
Yea it’s truly beautiful 🙏🏽
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1we used to go with mom and dad Sunday afternoon to the Savanna the wilder beast migration will teach you something about life and survival
@@EdwinOluoch-y9j sounds amazing! Glad you could make that experience.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 me too fr.
Table Mountain is also one of the Natural Wonders
You may have felt a sense of belonging in CT because, you being (I assume) mixed race, they thought you were a native of Western Cape province and the dominant ethnicity there. Due to SA racial history and apartheid there is a heavily mixed race community that calls itself coloured. They have African, Asiatic ( Malagasy, Java and Malay) as well as European (Dutch, German, Portuguese) blood. They also claim Khoisan first nation blood which would make them more African and simply black but they prefer another name. Most of them speak Afrikaans which started as a kind of kitchen Dutch but is now it's own language. I'd love to watch more of your videos and how you perceive CT and ZA in general from the perspective of someone the locals believe is not a visitor.
Thanks for the feedback! This is definitely the reason of me feeling welcomed there. Will do some more videos about that in the future. Stay tuned. Good to have you here 🙏🏽
All love from Bo-kaap Cape Town
The area I felt the most comfortable in! Sending much love back 🤞🏽
IF KENYA GETS A GOOD GOVERNMENT, IT'LL RISE FASTER.
Yes it has a lot of potential for growth, I agree with you!
Wouldn't you say that about most African countries?
@@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c yes all of them have immense potential. Endless resources and amazing humans!
Welcome to CPT, there's more to explore in SA. Amazon has been in the city for few years, is just new HQ building at Salt River that is new, and there are some Amazon buildings around Cape Town and Joburg
Thank you! I know there is a lot to explore 🤞🏽
I saw that and I think they just started their operations this year. What is an interesting development for the e-commerce space in South Africa that leads to a lot of new opportunities. 💪🏽
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 e-Commerce started this year, but cloud computing, and corporate business is been here for years.
What about blending in and feeling home apart from skin color? I always hear that the contrast in South Africa between rich and poor and white and black is such a huge thing that makes it hart to live there.
The hear say and experience is a different thing , The western countries always talk bad about Africa, but when you arrive it's totally different, same thing to South Africa,
That’s only the way I felt. People accepted and I could connect with everyone. I had conversations with a lot of different people and it was easy with each and everyone.
Kenya has it own beauty and so is South Africa.I hate the comparrison.
Both cities and counties definitely are beautiful on its own. But don’t think we should hate anything. Think there are many people that don’t know much about the cities and it helps them to get a clearer picture.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1What's the essence of comparing them? Both cities are unique in their own way.
Here for the comments, patriots up In arms!😅
Enjoy the comments 🤷🏽♂️
Too many of them folks in Cape Town. Nairobi for the win!
Both cities are amazing! 🤞🏽
they in nairobi too
Cape Town is pretty much a white city with great disparities between the races. Nothing like that in Nairobi.
@@alexchui3511You can Console your self but cape town is better than Nairobi period .
but you don't say anything about white when you go to Western cities,
Your accent sound so South African.
Really? I never heard that before 🤷🏽♂️
Incomparable. You can't compare Cape Town to Nairobi,,,
NAIROBI, NAIROBI, NAIROBI, CAPE TOWN WAS BUILT BY MUZUNGU NAIROBI IS BUILT BY KENYAS👌👌👌
Those mzugu"s are South African citizens They've been there for centuries
Lol Nairobi was built by the British who happens to be Mzungus if you went aware.If you look at the architecture of Johannesburg and that of Nairobi you'd see that it spells the same people.
@@mosalethoba5267 Google Nairobi in 1963 then look how it looks rn,I've noticed something with SANS just because your cities are built by yt people,any great city in Africa you guys think it's built by yts too,bro you're alone
Kenyans, British, Indians, Chinese and recently Somalians and other immigrants
You should have visited Sandton 😢
@@karabotauyaborwamakunyane1301 what is there? I can definitely do that next time I’m in SA
Loadshedding where?
I got told it’s still happening when I was there this year. But it’s also true that I never noticed a blackout and I didn’t check the schedule.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 🤣 You aren’t telling your experience, you are telling what you heard.
Kenya is the home of African peace safe to the foreign nation the country we're the citizens respect the foreigners..Capetown is the city of crime u walk around u feel ur different from the other peace matters than beauty
@@simiyurobert6144 all those people are saying they living peace and well in Cape town are liars ?
@@arhadi-mt3fs peace by walk with the gun all around to protect ua self.. Those are leaving in peace are those one are nothing to lose..in short south Africa is not a safe country for foreign nation
@@simiyurobert6144 Kenya is the best country?
@@simiyurobert6144 so Kenya is better country than South Africa ?
@@arhadi-mt3fs good for those who are born there as a foreigner that kind of life style is real scary no way u will feel at home..am talk to my experience I was there so into you u want to compare those buildings but wat about peace of mind and safety
Cape Town is better nairobi is a village
Yea more to do in Cape
town but wouldn’t call Nairobi a village 🤷🏽♂️
@modenasayi Bi***** i bet you a hundred barks you are a hater from either Tanzania or Uganda. Dirty hearted, jealous mofos. Especially those Tanzanians. Roho chafu kabisa.
@ modenasayi. Like the village in Uganda that you come from.
Your most probably a dirty hearted hater from Uganda or Tanzania.
@@Tdem-b5t Nairobi is a village to cape town she’s right ukweli usemwe
@@Tdem-b5t village = KUNYALAND
Without you saying you're not from Cape Town you definitely look like a Cape Town majority population Cape coloured no wonder you blended in
Yea that’s what I understood when I got there. 🤞🏽 feels good to blend in like that.
Nairobi is full of slums compared to Cape Town. Better comparison would be Nairobi vs Kampala or entebbe
In the end is it hard to compare them all. Nairobi is also further developed than Kampala. 🤷🏽♂️
@@Tdem-b5t I know your 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
@@Tdem-b5t Kenya as a country is a village tembea uone Addis Ababa itself has outperformed Nairobi
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1you can’t compare Nairobi with Kampala. Seriously, even Ugandans themselves will tell you Nairobi far more developed.
@@DesignsbyRos I went to Uganda twice and it is nice in its own way. Can not compete in terms of development but it still has something to it.
I heard cape town is unsafe south africa in general thats my biggest fear going there i been to nairobi i know for a fact its safe but i want to see south africa but kindof scared at the same tym
I only been in Capetown and I felt quite safe there. There are definitely unsafe areas like in a lot of other major cities. At least have a look for yourself and you’ll know. It’s not that you need to fear whenever you go outside. 🤷🏽♂️
@MarvinGreiffenberg1 thank you I feel like you give great insight & in depth responses that r so helpful appreciat it
@@Ukhty.diaries trying to make things easier that you have the same chance with the things I learned. 🙏🏽
@MarvinGreii know many South Africans Black and White who relocated to Australia and UK due to gun violence levels in SA. Kenyans are economic migrants while SA migrate due to insecurity mainly.
I don't know when you were in Cape Town but the power crisis is over, and like other commenters said this is a silly comparison. Cape Town is the uncontested jewel of the continent's largest economy and Nairobi is... it's whatever. SA does not need tourists like you who insult its cities by comparing them to shitholes.
You blended in in Cape Town because they assumed you are a coloured, how would you not know that? And why are you in Nairobi if Cape Town got the most points in your categories? Dude, you need to head South if that is where you found most joy.
I could imagine also from the things I heard but being there and experiencing it, was different for sure. I been in Nairobi for almost 2 years now and build life here. There is a chance that I’ll make a move next year to Capetown.
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1 Good bye!
@@alexchui3511Nasty
@@MarvinGreiffenberg1Good bye. Just leave our Nairobi alone.
Jealousy
I don't think you should even compare caoe town to Nairobi people calling you mzungu in Nairobi...in South Africa there's almost half white people in Kenya white people are few n they were not born there...
That is true but still a different feeling not to be see as foreign. Even in german the country I grew up in people think of me as foreign so it was a good feeling not be seen like that.
My fellow South African compatriot toxic online as always 😂
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FIRST OF ALL, SOUTH AFRICA IS THE ONLY DEVELOPED COUNTRY IN AFRICA. SO HOW DO YOU COMPARE THEM.? SOUTH AFRICA HAS GOLD .
I been to both, I am from USA, so I have no bias, I found Nairobi a little better, Then cape town , then Jo burg, then Rwanda, I find Nairobi more developed by a little
@@odellowe7340 Nairobi still behind Cape town , Johannesburg, Durban and Pretoria interms of infrastructure,
There are differences, but there is more you need to feel comfortable than the development.
I think this comparison isn't making any sense Capetown is built by the west while Kenya is by Kenyans ..and look where we are ..SA has nothing to offer in the table..truth be told ..the white did everything compared to Kenya
@@willisdedan console your self, but when you go to Western cities you don't even mention white or black you just go and stay without talking about colours.people are Fannie.
you look like a Keagan though.......😂
I think the comparison is not fair maybe compare Johannesburg and Nairobi
Let me travel to Johannesburg first that I can make a comparison with my own perspective. 🙏🏽
Cape Town is mostly naturally beautiful but when it comes to development for me Jo'burg is more developed, don't sleep on Jozi!!
You look coloured😂
Yea might be because I’m mixed 🥴
There is no loading shedding in Cape Town do not lie no more loading which Cape Town are you talking about there is no place you can compare with Cape Town in Africa do not make a mistake.
When I went in April they still told us it can happen. But learned today that there is no more! Cape Town is amazing 🤞🏽
Please stop being so arrogant
@vathiswa. They do this videos to get views and subscribers.
Kenyans are not loosing any sleep comparing themselves to Capetown. We have better shit to do. Get over yourself.