Why live in Lagos?
Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria’s economy and Africa’s culture. The sheer energy and resolute ambition to hustle and succeed of the city is one of the most contagious force you’ll ever experience in a city. If you are driven, then we will explain why Lagos is made for you.
A city full of opportunities
In a sense, Lagos is currently going through a period of rapid economic growth and transformation with unequal shared benefits among the social strata, similar the US Gilded Age of the 1870s to the 1930s. The game is quite open is many industries and tomorrow giant corporations are being built as we speak. Powered by the ambitious drive of its inhabitants, the large population of the city and of Nigeria, and fueled by an influx of oil money, the business landscape is being transformed and several pan African companies are already headquartered in Lagos. Among Lagosians, you can count Nobel Prize winners, billionaires including Africa’s wealthiest man, a cohort of smart tech entrepreneurs, tens of millions of workers and hustlers.
Rich lifestyle
Despite its occasional challenges, live in Lagos has several enticing lifestyle opportunities. Lagos host several big events worth the trip during the year, some of them being Lagos Street carnival, Homecoming Music Festival, Lagos Hennessy Artistry Concert. Also thousands of weddings take place in Lagos who are each events on their own, full of life, colour, dance. The Wedding Party movie best illustrate how experiential those events can be.
On a daily basis, you can also experience a rich lifestyle in Lagos: a dynamic food scene with chefs and restaurant venues that keep pushing the limits, Africa’s largest night clubs and lounges and the most energetic nightlife on earth and other opportunities to experience life on a positive note. And when it comes to music, cinema, contemporary art, fashion, weddings trends, Lagos has become a global epicenter for cultural influence. And within Africa, by far the most influential city, setting the trends in many industries.
Contribute to building the future Africa
The next Africa is being built now through technology adoption, tech startups, development problem solving and shaping the pan African culture. Whether you come to work for a NGO addressing the most pressing issues, or to be part of the casual business ecosystem or start the next African unicorn, by living in Lagos, you will be contributing to improving and shaping the future of a billion-strong population. Start your legacy here in Lagos.
Surmountable challenges
Of course you could be intimated by Lagos daily challenges such as traffic jams, power outages, perceived insecurity to name a few. They are all surmountable and there a well-known mitigating strategies to reduce the adverse impact of those. And that mitigation always start with the right real estate: proper accommodation with amenities to suit your needs, relative location of accommodation vs office and other centres of interests, right neighborhood to fit your lifestyle and so on. This can be solved just by arriving leveraging the deep expertise of a credible real estate brokerage frim like Madingwa Real Estate. So don’t pass on Lagos opportunities for so little.
