Inside Gambia's First Smart City

My concern with these estates is the loss of social cohesion that most of the developed world is facing presently... everyone behind close doors with not a care about your neighbours, not to mention the unaffordabilty for the majority of Gambians and lack of green spaces.Our enviable culture heritage should woven and preserved in these projects for future generations .....that is why Africa is unique. Please remember to preserve the habitats of the local wildlife...birds ,monkeys, lizards etc ... otherwise ,our people will one day have to travel to Europe to view them.

This Country is developing very fast and I will come to visit one insha allah from Somalia same as Gambia.

They need to replant trees throughout the housing community!

Rise Mama Africa rise ,it's your time to shine.

Wow Africans are moving forward. I love seen West Africa progress in the development.

Your content is inspirational. You are more than a content creator….you are a story teller , educator and documentarist. I’m so happy I stumbled into your channel. So proud of you. ❤. The estate is amazing….wow. Gambia rising. Watching from Nottinghamshire UK

The thing that I don't like about how they build in Africa is that you can live in a gated community and your house would also be behind a 10ft concrete wall with electric fence on top and plus security bars on all windows. It's like living in a prison complex with no trees and very little green space. Is Africa that dangerous to live because in America in the hood/ ghetto people don't live that way even rich areas don't have walls and electric fence up. Sounds like the government  need to do better job of protecting the people.

I'm really happy that our beloved country is developing..great job bro

Showcasing West Africa Real Estate sector to the world. Welldone African brother it's good to know you share the same passion with Tayo Aina, Wode Maya and Steven Ndukwu Keep up the good work 💪🇳🇬🌍🇬🇲🇬🇭 😊

I don't like commenting, but this is the second time I'm commenting on your videos. I just want to say this: keep it up. Keep moving forward. Your contents are great and I feel deep down me that you have all it takes to be seen by the world. Sending love from the kingdom of Morocco.

Not sure if you have a LinkedIn but you should DEFINITELY create one! You can post insights on what you’ve learned and connect with people intellectually around the world. Your intellect is an asset ! And I’m pretty sure there are so many people around the world that share the same interests and ideas as you. I’ll be among the first to follow you as well!

The first thing you notice there are no trees anywhere next to any of the houses, African developers must be mindfull not to be in such a hurry to impress and sell also to follow bad practices of the West where when you have no natural foleage anywhere or flora as soon as you get Heavy Rain Fall the whole City will get flooded Quickly , it looks great yes but from the outside you have back gardens with no trees no natural shades from sunlight also Asthetically it makes the gardens look dead , the problem is when people don't use decernment or do not know true functional design you end up paying a heavy price , apart from those points the city looks well put together 😆👍

African developers don't forget to build more affordable flats for middle income earners ,this could make you reserve or conserve Lands ,also please dont forget parks , recreational areas,possible wood forest area where people can walk through and also most importantly RAIL LINE. Trian or trams are very important these days

I personally have my feelings around “smart” cities and the level of social controls+loss of freedoms that will arise with centralized tech and social credit systems that come along with such projects. It’s to be seen if The Gambia will follow down the same path as western and eastern countries building smart cities where it’s all about “the grid “ . As someone else said , the community that underlines African societies come into question in space where people become isolated and cut off from one another. Will they face the same social mental issues and breakdowns as in the west from disconnection and isolation? The image for the video showed colorful homes but in the video it’s mostly this bland white color with minimal color around a door or two. Where is the COLOR?!are we having to mimic the US or somewhere where color isn’t appreciated? Also…WHERE are the trees? Not a single one in that city. Not even palms! How can we talk about eco friendly and there aren’t any trees?! I do notice African cities that are planned seem to completely miss this step…trees are LIFE! But they’re never planted….

I love to see positive news about Africa.

Gated communities prevent social cohesion and integration. I get it, it’s a security issue, but it would be nice to see open mix economic neighborhood developed in west africa. It’s very unfortunate how developments are being designed.

you'll be the first millionnaire youtuber in The Gambia insha allah

Much Respect to you brother you channel is very useful Maa Shaa Allah keep up the good work Man may Allah accept your efforts it makes me very happy to see such developments at Home❤

Insha Allah I will live here some day with my family 😍🌍

That seems like a promising project. Including more trees around would be good too.