Nairobi Scores

  • Female friendly: Women are still not only dependent on the will of men, but also systematically continue to be subjected to humiliation and discrimination on the basis of gender.

  • Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.

  • Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic in Nairobi is extremely difficult.

  • LGBTQ friendly: The attitude towards the LGBT community by the majority of citizens of Nairobi is fine.

  • Free WiFi: Free wi-fi is available in almost all hotels, but its speed raises many questions. In cafes and restaurants, you sometimes have to pay for an Internet connection.

  • Level of happiness: Low level of satisfaction and fatigue from life in the current conditions.

  • Startup friendly: In the past few years, startups in Nairobi have gained high popularity, increasing the flow of money invested.

  • Quality of life: Nairobi performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Freedom of speech: People have full access to free media for accurate information and analysis. Journalists in most cases do their jobs without fear of detention or restraints.

  • Nightlife: has a small number of pubs and nightclubs, but the existing ones are characterized by a high-quality level of service and reasonable prices.

  • Safety: The crime rate in Nairobi is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.

  • Air quality: The air is considered to be very clean. A favorable climate, no sources of dust.
  • Walkability: The area of Nairobi is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $121 a month.
  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1300.
  • Education: In terms of the quality of education , students do not score enough for the average level in reading literacy, mathematics, and science.

  • English: The locals speak excellent English, the only thing that you may notice is not always accurate pronunciation, because the phonetic system of their language is different from English.

  • Internet: The Internet speed is fine.
  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

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