Shopping Malls/Complexes

Happy Belated Birthday, Mlimani City!

Posted on November 21, 2009. Filed under: Dar es Salaam, Shopping, Shopping Malls/Complexes, Tanzania |

Mlimani City Mall
Sam Nujoma Rd.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
According to the plaque at its main entrance, Dar es Salaam’s Mlimani City Mall turned 3 years old last Saturday (Nov.14). Happy Belated Birthday, Mlimani City – this one is for you!
For those of you who have never heard of Mlimani City, allow me to tell you simply [...]

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Who Exactly is Mr. Price?

Posted on September 11, 2009. Filed under: Dar es Salaam, Fashion, Kampala, Kenya, Nairobi, Shopping, Shopping Malls/Complexes, Tanzania, Uganda |

I can still remember the day when I first became aware of Mr Price’s existence. The year was 2007; I was driving along Ngong Road in Nairobi near Prestige Plaza. I looked up to see a huge banner announcing the opening of a home furnishing store called Mr. Price Home at the Westgate Centre in [...]

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What Do You Think About 24-Hour Supermarkets?

Posted on November 2, 2008. Filed under: Kenya, Kigali, Nairobi, Rwanda, Services, Shopping, Shopping Malls/Complexes |

It’s been over a year since Nakumatt turned Nakumatt Ukay into a 24-hour facility. 24-hour shopping has become quite normal in Nairobi with Nakumatt Downtown and Nakumatt Ngong Road both also having become 24-hour facilities in the recent past. How has the phenomenon of  round-the-clock supermarket availability affected your life during the course of the past year?
For me, let me [...]

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Yaya Centre – Y go anywhere else?

Posted on October 1, 2008. Filed under: Kenya, Nairobi, Services, Shopping, Shopping Malls/Complexes |

Yaya Centre
Argwings Kodhek Rd., Kilimani
Tel: +254 (20) 2713360/1
Email: info@yaya.co.ke
Website:www.yaya-centre.co.ke
When I first saw Yaya Centre’s new slogan a couple of years ago, I thought: How pompous! No, there really is reason to go elsewhere. That was back when the revamping of the Yaya Centre had just begun, and Yaya’s greatest claim to fame, at the time, was [...]

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