(12 Jan 2025)
KENYA START-UP CITIES
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Tatu City, Kiambu County, Kenya – 25 October 2024
1. Various drone shots of business buildings and housing units in Tatu City ++MUTE++
2. Wide of apartment units
3. Road signage
4. Various of people walking in Tatu City
5. Various of speed limit signage and digital speed meter on road
6. Wide of Tatu City’s Country Director, Preston Mendenhall, during interview
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Preston Mendenhall, Tatu City’s Country Director:
"Tatu City is a 5,000-acre Special Economic Zone (SEZ) right on Nairobi’s door-step, about 30 minutes north of Nairobi. We have got more than 5,000 residents living here today, just a few years ago there was nobody here. So the population is growing very quickly. We have more than 3,000 homes, that is single family homes and apartments, currently at Tatu, housing those 5,000 residents. We have more than 80 companies in our light industrial park, that range from the leading Kenyan brands to multi-national brands."
8. Various of content creator Valerie Akoko recording video in her home in one of Tatu City’s apartments
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Akoko, content creator:
"I feel like Tatu has more law and order than other places. Because you will realise in other estates, there are no rules. I have been here two years, I have never seen Tatu City dirty. The rules state that the estate should be cleaned as regularly as possible. I have been here two years, there has never been an accident in Tatu City, like where a resident or maybe a guest runs over maybe a child or somebody. Because there are rules."
10. Various of restaurant owner Sylvester Njuguna during a a meeting at his restaurant in Tatu City
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sylvester Njuguna, restaurant owner:
"If you look at the infrastructure, if you look at the utilities, if you look at the security, if you look at the controls, it is one of the best. Actually, if you look at Tatu City, it is the largest employer in Kiambu County. That is the main reason why we looked at it, to come to Tatu City."
12. Wide of an entertainment venue owned by The Burns Brothers Inc. under construction in Tatu City
13. Various of Will Dos Santos, Head of Operations of The Burns Brothers Inc.
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Will Dos Santos, Head of Operations of The Burns Brothers Inc.:
"We feel that here, in this location, will be essentially a second Nairobi. So we are kind of first to the punch here. We know that all around us there will be more economic development and growth, so from a business perspective and the decisions we made as an executive team, it still made perfect sense for us to come here."
15. Drone shot of green houses next to water body ++MUTE++
16. Various drone shots of a cold storage facility ++MUTE++
17. Various of an operator moving products inside cold storage facility
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Preston Mendenhall, Tatu City’s Country Director:
"All of the Rendeavour developments (the development’s multinational owner) in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), they are demand driven. So, we build what the market needs. We are not putting in all the infrastructure on day one and we are not going to the banks for lending. We are fully funded internally."
19. Various of athletes training on a nature trail in Tatu City, includes drone shots
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A privately-owned development outside the Kenyan capital is attracting residents and businesses with its strict rules and modern infrastructure.
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