As a black American having lived in Nigeria, Ghana and now Kenya. I would have to say Kenya is way better in terms of technology, hospitality and weather. I moved from Nigeria to Ghana and eventually settled in Kenya. I am 3 years old in Kenya and love it. I regret going to Ghana and Nigeria
Kenya has modern western conveniences and outstanding natural beauty, wildlife, and beaches. Mild highland weather, reasonable prices, and friendly locals. Businesses that don't display their prices can fleece you. That's why I prefer supermarkets despite being Kenyan born and bred and 47 years old. Happily married for 15 years with 3 boys.
As a Black American tourist/businessman, I was always able to get a fair deal in Kenya. I found it to be a very progressive nation - full of intelligence and friendly energy. My only issue was with the police and their constant efforts to rob me.
Its so true what you guys have said, am a Kenyan myself and I was in and out of the country work and all for many years and when I finally came back to settle, Everything is a Vibe, from women they go for what they want and they are straight forward. Kenyans are very welcoming and very friendly, Party life is a whole lotta Vibe. Infrastructure is great you will definitely feel at Home for most people. I have been to other African countries but the Most balanced country in African is Kenya. It just offers so much than other countries.
Interesting 😊 really enjoyed the interview. The best thing about Kenya is that nobody cares about where you're from, everyone minds their own business 🇰🇪
True. Bargaining is a time-honoured tradition in Africa. If you don't, sellers assume you are too rich to care what the price is. Obviously, you can't do that in supermarkets. Btw they try to overcharge wealthy-looking Kenyans too! And that is why, most of us dress down when we shop in certain places like open-air markets!🤣🤣
@@africaine4889Smh.. And so? We are not in a competition to mess up West-Africa and turn it into another Europe or America concrete jungle as you East-Africans are ignorantly and proudly doing to your own detriment..
The fact that that “mistake” (being charged in USD rather than local currency) happened 3 times in 3 different countries leads me to believe that it wasn’t an accident… ALWAYS pay in local currency. And make sure that you have an idea of the correct price before buying.
@KanuMoto… By the way he described it it was user error (by the salesperson) rather than faulty equipment. Regardless, any shopkeeper should be making sure that the price registers as correct before passing the terminal on to the customer.
I don’t see it as fraud…most likely, the cashier or whoever was running the transaction is an employee of the business and wouldn’t have been obvious that they’d directly benefit from the money if it had gone through.
I'm glad you're doing this from experience and sharing to your fellow Black Americans how sweet and great motherland is🌍❤ especially my home country 🇰🇪🇰🇪 how diversified we are...mad Respect blood!!
Yea Kenya , Asia , Egypt , Jamaica and Africa the plan, feels good know ppl on same level as me and aint scared travel alone , my tribe solid 👌🏾 stay up fellas
Keyword...Yeah, selling Kenya..is what everyone is doing as propaganda for their country but 🧠FBAs will not buy it we are good where we are at. The finesse game by Africa is off the Richter scale
@@muragegitari6052 This marketing was created to get my people to come to fuel the economy! People will lie about anything to bring tourists, or people to live in their land! This is a marketing tactic all African countries are using to bring in foreigners to fuel the economy! Africa is in a lot of debt so schemes are being used to get people to come and love on the Continent!FBAs are a target by everyone because we are the wealthiest black group, but this is not done in good faith, we can get along with most Africans in our land because many, refuse to fight White Supremacy, so why should we go and mix with anyone, when Africans rarely mix with each other, Tribes are private, we must secure our tribe lineage, we have the right to be a sovereign group without politics forcing us to be an Avatar for other groups to empower themselves off of us when they don't respect for all we have done for black people worldwide! We constantly get undermined and Sabotaged by other groups when we constantly help them. Those days are over, and NonFBAs don't speak for my people, just because they were born in America and have the accent, we are not all the same in America, my lineage goes way back to like 1500s and before! So I'm just tired of other groups trying to use my people and sell the Wankanda package to fuel their economies!
@@wisdommasterreviews4712 Again, it is your choice to come to Africa, or not. AAs who choose to come are welcomed from the heart because their ancestry is African, not because we need them. FYI Africa has some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Do some research instead of ranting from ignorance.
@@mumbingugi Bro all Black Americans do not have African Ancestry, a White man created that information! Some of us have Genealogy only in the Americas and we are black Aboriginals! Also, Africa's economy is growing because of the Chinese and other Foreigners, Africa is in debt! Real Africans will not even come back and invest out of Europe! So who's investing if real Africans will not come from Europe and invest how is the economy growing besides prostitution? Now back to My group , we became connected to Africa threw politics before the 80s we a we're never called Africa anything! This title was forced on us because of politics! We never asked or voted for that title..its all political! My group is different from Africans in many ways!FBAs get undermined by Africans constantly in America and we always have problems with them and they will not fight white supremacy, so why would FBAs come to Africa, when we have problems with them in our own land?It doesn't make sense unless it's for tethering!#FBA
Good to see you spreading the word, and dispelling the myths about African countries. You will love other countries like Ghana, Gambia and the Gabon too. The triple G's are also great places. I have never tried Nairobi, but will definitely try there one day
Auston, visit tea plantations in kiambu which is very close to nairobi. The landscape and vegetation is similar to Rwanda. Another place of intrest is the escapment in limuru where you can see rift valley. Its magnificent to see.
Great Pod! Kenya Sounds Great! Remember Brothers Be in Shape Before You Travel! Don't go to Africa and Simp. If want to leave that in the states Or Dominican Republic!
I’m from here Kenya ,men braiding hair is common you will be right at home and it’s really affordable to get your hair braided to in the salon ,like high ended salon cheaper lesser than $50
@@KemuntoBear i kno whu yu are kemunto, i'm subscribed tu yo channel, next time i come tu nairobi i want tu meet yu, yu and yo friend that be in yo videos wit yu
@@ell6074hey 👋🏿 aww thank you I appreciate it just dm me on Instagram @kemuntobear when you here I will guide you or email me kemuntobear2016@gmail.com it will be a pleasure meeting you I will personally take you to the stylist who does my hair she braids for $20
If you want to hike try naivasha, nakuru( hell's gate, mt longonot) or you can decide to try mt kenya/ aberdares. Too much fun though right now it should be coooollldddd
This was a great video Auston. Keep interviewing more of the AAs as we get to learn alot from their reflections on Kenya and other African Americans. Watched your last video of Rwanda visit and thought u were already cooked up by the Rwandan chic ....🤣
Do you mind if i ask why do you say that? I live in the US and I visited Kenya for a few weeks and liked it. It is a little expensive, a little cheaper than the US but the salaries are not the same as the US. I am very curious as I would like to live in Kenya as long I can on my little retirement savings. I would appreciate your feedback as there may not be things I had considered. Thank you.
@@Dan-xx5jqf you have money then Nairobi is for you. @lawrence is probably one of those that don’t make enough to earn a good living so he would not understand what difference it makes to have money
Not just foreigners. They do it to even Kenyans, who they think do not know the approximate price. There are two factors; not knowing the prices and being able to buy at high orices without complaining.
But they hike prices for Kenyans too😂..Once they see u and they think u don't know,they take their chances Even to Kenyans . That's why everyone knows u bargain.Foreigner or local.. Nobody is safe
@@curious-mind7265 For African videos that involve marketing to my group, I will be on to debunk the gibberish and tethering they want to do off my people! I am for my people and I'm radical for my group! The days of disrespect and using us for clout are over! A Truth seeker is everywhere to fight lies and evil must not go unchecked! I purify minds, and I seek to widen the gap, delineation, and separation from leeches that undermine us are FBA commandments! The day when Africans stop using my people for clout and trying to use us for fueling the economy will be the day I stop my crusades!
Do you have to have a permit of some kind? And is it easy to get. I visited India and it is virtually impossible to do that and they will arrest you and throw you in jail for a long time.
Holl3man, the $2,000 (Ksh 280,00) you see as little is what the middle-class earn hear. If you can buy a car & find a 3-bedroom house at ksh 40,000, you can cut on the expenses, especially the rent in Kilimani, Westlands, Hurlingham apartments where you pay 120-200k for 2-bedroom. But its worth it bcoz of the luxury
Austone Hollemann please thanks for being kenya friendly ambassadar, But remember kenya _ Africa is a barghain culture which many cannot do when your from for example U S A / Europa. Try to ask for a second pricen which might be easy to pay + lower abit. thst will try to bring the higher price lower.
Thanks for the content brother. I hope you know just how much of a inspiration you are to people. I hope we can do business together one day and make some things happen 💯.
@@LetsTravellChannelep. As a congolese I find west, east and south africa.wayyyy cheaper than my country. Like wayyy cheaper. That's why I moved in my mom's country Tanzania but in mozambique now but going back soon
Very interesting conversation. I am not sure if African Americans will come to Kenya in the numbers going to West Africa, like countries Ghana and Nigeria. For one, the Ghanaian government is offering them a lot of incentives to return to Ghana and bring their money with them. Some are very wealthy especially from Washington DC working for the US government. I see FB groups of ex US government employees moving to Ghana especially as they like to say, as Repats and not Expats. The Kenyan government should also try to tap into that great financial resource system, bringing in US dollars to Kenya. However, some of the reasons for choosing the West Coast is from finding their roots and DNA tests. Most English ship merchants and captains that moved Africans from the West cost of Africa to the Americas. The Portuguese on the other hand took Africans from their colonies in Angola, Mozambique (and even Zanzibar and Mombasa) to Brazil mainly. (Some Africans were taken as slaves to Goa, India by the Portuguese. However, the Africans revolted in Goa and fled into the interior of India, mainly in the State of Karnataka where their descendants continue to live in, today. They are know as 'Siddi', a name they gave themselves. A popular Kenyan YTer went out there to meet them, thinking that they would want to know about Africa and would want to return to the homeland, but they were not interested at all. He raised a lot of money from mostly African Americans who assumed that they felt the same way as them in America, and were too poor to return to Africa. I don't know what became of all that money although a Nigerian was suing him and sister for some money of his. The Siddi said that they are very happy in India, they speak the Indian languages and don't have anything left of their former lives. They expressed no interest at all about coming to Africa, completely unlike the African Americans. And these Siddis people get an education, jobs and housing. In fact they lived in very decent housing that is well laid out and the best thing was that it was very peaceful. They say they live with their doors and windows unlocked as they have zero crime. They talked about having to face crime in Africa if they returned and even Kenyans agreed that they were much better of living in their peaceful villages. The Catholic Church with priests from Goa take care of the villages making sure their needs are met. Some have graduated from university but come home to live because they like their peaceful life. Who wouldn't want to live with zero crime?).
Correction the Portuguese took people from CONGO Angola didnt exist back then that entire area was congo those same people were scattered across Dominica guadeloupe and martinique
Another african youtuber from ivory coast went to India and visit the siddis. His channel is visual poet. He has several videos with them. And on his videos they ask him about Africa and how they want to go back. They tell him about their african roots. They also told him how the Indians treated shunned them and how life was difficult for them in India. So what is the channel of that african youtuber of yours?
If you dress like you’re abit wealthy, you get higher prices everywhere. We say, there’s a price for everyone! I’m Kenyan and bargaining is not my thing too. With time people get used to their tactics but it’s really hard
Oh yeah tell the brotha tu go tu Bogani, Bogani is a shopping center with alot of small shops, it's located in Karen, the lady charged me less than ten dollars tu take ma hair down, and she did not knot my hair up, she took it down perfectly, she washed it, blow dryed it, oiled my scalp, and braided it, I tipped her, and I went tu a tailor in Bogani, it's not far or tuu far from galleria mall, but tell brother tu go tu bogani
Black Americans need to come home, and help build our motherland. Black Americans have plenty of skills, and Africa has all the resources, we can make it happen together. We love you and miss you 😊
The usually have standard prices so they shouldn’t hike the price on you. For the braids I know they can charge up to 2k depending where you go and the type of braids. I honestly don’t think they hiked the price on you specifically for what reason
One thing I will always criticize returnees is their apparent unwillingness to learn the local languages and integrate thereby. A good number of them don't even make some type of effort! Especially if you're in some East African countries, you can't tell me Swahili is too difficult to learn.
@@licioussamuels yea these people assume they know everything about me, even though i dont talk to them that much. im not even an incel most of the people calling me that. i get more pussy then them
Good interview Fam! With all due respect and i'm only saying this to offer constructive criticism. That "you no what I mean" every other sentence is annoying AF!
Namibia is top of my bucket list here in Africa. Its so photo scenic, with a very beautiful landscape. My dream is to one day take a 4*4drive from Botswana and drive through the whole of Namibia. Such a lovely place 💯
Being overpriced is a common thing in kenya most kenyans especially the kikuyu community i being on one of them are very aggressive businesswise so when you show up to purchase something be informed on prices plus remember bargaining is very common so don't just buy something knowing well it's overpriced negotiate with the seller that's the kenyan way or negotiate whatever service you want and you will be surprised they will lower their charges to the ones you were acquainted before. I've done business before been selling mobile phones some time back and a customer's appearance upon walking in determined my price range though not all of the aligned with it though😊😊 it's business anyway
The most kumbafu explanation you gave. Im surprised you seem to justify that's how business goes or atleast excuse such behaviour. Ukwenda uthomithio fiashara professionally. But I know you'll further justify yourself and give ten examples of how you've been in business long enough. Shenji sana
@@kr3539 The problem might not be Kikuyu's in this scenario you narrated. Gotta be sharp in these streets. On the other hand, almost everyone is scammed at some point in their lives, myself too, a couple of times. My point? may be hating a whole tribe shouldn't be the first, or last, thing you get out of your experience. Think fast!
The level you dislike Kikuyu is alarming... But we are here to stay and do local and international business as you keep spreading negativity... Aniai fiû. Nûgû ici
If you are BLACK AMERICAN your best residence to live is BARAKA ESTATE, NYAYO ESTATE, LORESHO ESTATE, DONHOLM ESTATE, MIUNTAIN VIEW ESTATE, G9NGR9AD ESTATE, WAIYAKI WAU ESTATE, when you to Nairobi.
Then u will love francophone African countries like ivory coast, Cameroon and Congo( but Congo is not ready yet for tourism) and nigeria.. Also lusophone countries like angola. In most african country the women dress up when they go out
@@antony6799 wasn't talking to most BA but to the guy who made the comment. The same way there are BA going to Brazil without knowing a word of Portuguese u have some that go to francophone African countries.
@@africaine4889 They go to Brazil because Portuguese is similar to Spanish, and Spanish is widely spoken in America. If you don't believe me, try finding any video on RU-vid of an American that moved to French West Africa, you'll probably find none.
@@antony6799 I speak Spanish and Portuguese and they are different. And most of the Americans going on holiday do not speak Spanish nor Portuguese like that. Even Spanish in Europe have some difficulties hearing or talking Portuguese besides some words they have in common
I was with him until he said african police are friendly and looking out for you 😂stay in nairobi long enough watch how they fuck with you and try to extort you just as in every african country
@@williamkamau1167sk him. Was reading earlier how some yte policemen got into a black man house without warrant and subdue him to torture and even sxal abuse. They just got arrested.
