The Side of Ethiopia The Media Won't Show You!(Addis Ababa)

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? Allow me to say this once again a little louder for those of you in the back. The future is African. Can you believe it? This is Africa. I have been coming to this country for the past six years and the transformation that is happening in this country deserves an applaud man. >> What's your impression of the new Adis Saba? >> The futuristic looks of the city, the sidewalk, >> everything. >> Oh wow. >> Developed, civilized. I love how the city is so organized. Like cars are just respecting the rules. The pedestrians are respecting the rules. Literally, everyone within the city is obeying the law. >> Welcome to Adis Haba >> and in English >> means new flower. >> Oh wow, that makes sense. That is why the city is absolutely beautiful because the city is living up to its name. This is Adis Ababa Brown. And you don't want to see this at night because the entire city lights up at night. You might even think that you're somewhere in New York, but that is not New York. This is Adisa Baba. But we're filming at night time and you don't think what we seeing is so beautiful. >> Yeah, it's so beautiful. >> How do you feel knowing that your city lights up at night? >> So beautiful. I love it. >> You love it? >> Yeah. >> A big round of applause to the people of this beautiful country, man. I just can't stop, you know, because I feel like they deserve it. other brother African countries to have a great leader like us cuz we need a dreamers. Most of people, most of all politician more focus on talking, not action. You know, now we see no talking, we see action and we need new generation, a strong youth generation, tinker generation like Mandela, like many Egypt, wherever you are, you are my African brother. Hope you have a good day, have a good life, have a good dream. Never stop dreaming. Always work for country. Even if you are in Europe, even you are in America. No, never forget your country, your home continent. Mama Africa. Wow. Like, is your city built like this? This is Africa. This is Ethopia. This is Adisab. >> Hi. How are you? Pleasure meeting you. Thanks for watching the videos. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, guys. >> Good to see you, man. >> Yeah. >> Taxi driver. >> A taxi driver. >> You. >> Oh, wow. >> You are. >> Yeah, of course. Thank you. >> I like it. >> Thank you so much. What do you love about your country? >> You see our government. It's beautiful like December. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> First impression, I'm super impressed about how clean the city is. And to my surprise, there are people that are constantly cleaning the city every single time. I don't know if you can see the woman behind me. It's not early morning. It's roughly 12:00 and they are on the street cleaning. You follow me? Yeah. Thank you, man. What? I saw you. I follow you. >> Thank you. Adisaba is definitely one of the most organized cities that I've ever visited. You know why? Because everything is in order. I mean, I am currently walking in a place where it's only for pedestrian. And from my side here, this is a bicycle lane. And the roads that you seeing is more like an eight lane where four cars are going and four cars are coming in. And one of the things that makes me feel like the city is so organized is the fact that you see a uniform color for all the buildings that you see along the road. I love the transformation that is happening in your country. >> Do you see the same thing though? >> Yeah, it's every day I'm confused as as if it's a different city. >> So it's not just me. Have you ever seen a city transform so fast that every drive feels like a new experience? Imagine, I've been here for quite some time now. I'm a traveler from Kenya and every time I go out to do a drive, I see something different. First of all, Adaba is extremely clean, but people are nice. The city is devolved. They have a lot of mega constructions and projects turning over the city. Basically, the city is under a massive makeover. >> Aaba is a city that has tall skyscrapers that will welcome you. Like the first time I landed here, I was like, man, am I in Africa? The tall proud buildings, skyscrapers. Wow. You won't believe if I tell you that this is Adis Sababa and Adis Sababa of 3 years ago was definitely not like this. Adis Sababa is my most visited city in Africa and my first visit was in 2018 and this is how the city look like. Yo, good morning. What's up everybody? It's your boy Mr. Ghana baby once again. As you can see, I told you guys that I'm coming to Adoba. I see your boy right here in Adis Saba. You see such a beautiful city and the more I visit, the more changes I see. I'm in Ethopia, but currently in Adis Saba. This city never stops to amaze me. I think I've been in Adis Sababa more than any cities in Africa. And anytime that I come in here, you see something new, you know, like I feel like development of this country is growing so fast. Cuz the last time I came here, you won't see all of this, man. And in 2025, this is not that this baba I was expecting. Welcome back home, man. What's going on? This is my third time. in my homeland. Adaba. Yes, sir. >> And how do you see Adis Sababa after coming back? >> Oh my lord, it's different, man. I don't know what is this place. I think I'm in the wrong place in the world. >> Really? >> This is very modernized. >> Oh, before it was not like this. >> Before it was not like this. Now it's improved, progress. And the transformation that you seen is dubbed as the corridor developmental project and it starts as soon as you touch down at the airport. This airport is one of the busiest airport in the entire Africa. And when I first came in here, the domestic terminal didn't exist. You won't believe what I'm about to tell you. Five years ago when I came to this country there was nothing like a separate domestic um terminal because it was both the domestic and international at one place. So seeing that they have a new domestic airport it shows that now this country is really improving in terms of infrastructure man that's really insane. And it's so beautiful to see that the airport terminals have been expanded. The transformation that is happening in Adis Sababa really deserves a round of applause from each and every African. And that is why I'm here to ask you all, have you liked the video? Like the video now? Thank you. You're the best. But hey, the goal is to reach 2 million subscribers by the end of December. Your subscription will help us get there. Please subscribe. Tell your friends and family to subscribe to this YouTube channel. Thank you. You all might be wondering what is the corridor developmental project all about. So the corridor project is a very strategic project part of our urbanization strategy. Okay. So what it does is it chooses the big arteries of the cities. So it choose the largest arteries and it does four things. One is of course beautifification. So we try to make it a real city where cars can flow where people pedestrians can walk. We had no walkways before. So, um we're at Shirroa. >> Okay. Uh biggest uh cultural clothes marketplace and addis. Literally everyone shops here and I actually grew up here. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. And I remember we only had one road when >> you mean the entire entire area. We only had one small road. I used to >> get very very crowded. didn't have that much infrastructures and not really a pleasant place to grow up in. >> Okay. And now >> and now look at this like this transformation is crazy. Like we have um roads to like the standard of the roads is crazy. And you see the buildings uh the structures for the marketplace. It was not like this before. Uh it was very hard to shop around this area. There's lots of thieves and stuff like that. But not anymore. You see the street lights especially at night places amazing. >> The city of Adis Sababa promotes a healthy lifestyle which is why there are bicycle lanes along the road. And let me tell you one thing that will shock you the most. Most of these white roads that you've seen within the city get blocked each and every Sunday for people to exercise. Incredible, right? This is what we call car free day. >> Happy car free day. >> Oh wow. Thank you. Car free day. >> Yeah. >> Which means no car pass today, right? >> Yes. No car pass. >> The main roads the main roads are closed every Sunday. >> Okay. >> Till every Sunday. >> Midday. >> So midday. >> Yeah. >> So what happens? Everybody is allowed to come out. >> Yes. >> And exercise. >> Yes. Wow. The I stretch. >> Yes. Can stretch, can play football, can walk, can jog, can do the bike. Yes. >> It's just for a healthy living. >> Yes. Just promoting health. Yeah. >> You know, I never knew something like this actually exists in Adisaba because I've seen it in South Africa. I've seen it in Rwanda. So, it's beautiful to see that it's happening. I really love how anytime someone breaks the rule in terms of trying to drive within the major road that are being blocked, the person get arrested and at the end of the day you get to pay a fine man and to ensure that people exercise within the week. They built over 100 astro tabs within the city. I am so impressed how the city of Adis Sababa is intentionally promoting sports or a healthy living within the city because whatever corner that you pass in this beautiful city you get to come across astrotest like this and literally they got over 100 astros within the city man. So to the extent that just people come out in the day and even at night just to exercise man and this is what is happening currently they are playing football and people are out here just watching. The second objective was to make sure that all our utilities were intelligently done. Water, electricity, uh telecoms and then have smart city uh items, you know, like the street lights >> like the make it safe with cameras. The other part was to make it more green. >> There are so many things that I love about Ethiopia. Um, one of which is the greenery. As you can see, Ethiopia now has a lot of parks, a lot of natural uh areas where you can just sit, chill with your friends. One of the most important thing for people, people's mind, people's inspiration, people's innovation, for people to to create is to have parks in the cities. You have to be able to go and walk and see beautiful things for your mind to rest. I love how Adaba is not just a concrete jungle, but it's definitely one of Africa's greenest city that I've ever seen. And the fact that they've beautified the entire city with greenery, but look behind me. What do you see? That's a water fountain. And water fountains like this can be found at every corner of the city. And believe it or not, whenever you see a water fountain somewhere, there is a coffee shop where people just sit, drink coffee, meet loved ones. The beautiful new city of Adi Sababa is big on green energy as they've introduced new electric buses into the city. So you can definitely commute from one point to another in an electric bus. Adaba is indeed living in the future. We are in Mesca Square, the city center of Adis Sabava. This is where we celebrate one of the biggest festivals in the country, which is the messa festival. >> What is mecal festival all about? >> Mecal is like it's a true crossbinding day in Ethiopia and we celebrating the whole Orthodox church combining together to celebrate in this area. And right beneath Mesca Square, they've built a car park. I mean a threetory car parking beneath the Mesca Square. Before it didn't exist, but now >> it's happening. >> I feel like your city is very organized right now to have underground parking. >> Exactly. >> How many of these do you have in the country? in the city. By the way, >> everywhere we go, let's have it like this parking >> really >> parking spot. Yeah. >> Wow. This didn't exist before. We are just right below Meco Square. >> Exactly. >> So, which means this is new. >> Yeah. It's been like two almost 2 years now. >> Almost 2 years. >> But this is my first time being. >> Your first time being at this Sabba had a lot of dead rivers within the city. But as I speak to you now, most of these dead rivers within the city are being converted into recreational parks. >> So in Addis, we have a lot of rivers, >> okay? >> Very dirty rivers, you know. So we want to uplift that dirty rivers in order to like beautify them and use it as a place where people can come and chill, enjoy. You know our rivers became like a source of uh recreational now before we don't want to even pass through this old rivers. Yeah. >> You know it it's so beautiful to see that it's the people that are doing everything. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's our people. This areas al also one of the shanty and the ghetto areas with no amenities you know and very dirty area >> and it has been transformed. It has been transformed. >> Anytime I get to showcase the beauty or a transformation of an African country, I get accused of being paid by the government of the day. But I'm here to let you all know that I'm not the only one noticing the transformation that is happening in Adis Baba. >> Oh, Adis Sababa is a beautiful capital. very very beautiful. It's actually my first time in Adis but I'm enjoying my stay. >> Beautiful things seeing that um there's a country in Africa which is developing and which is really doing great. um the cleanliness of the city um something that I think most of the countries in Africa are moving towards and for for Ethopia that you know you've already started to achieve those things it's good >> the city become so light and even if even a needle far is on the ground you can find easily because of the light so it's bright the people may assume that you are in a dubit >> it just shows us uh how much Africa can do on its own and I would like to commend Adis and Ethopian generals. I'm happy that the honorable Gizela Tete, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing is in the chamber today. Recently I was with her in Adis Sababa and the trip that took us from our hotel to the AU headquarters. We talked about nothing but town development. We discussed why we couldn't do what they are doing in Adi Sababa. Mr. speaker. I had been there 5 years before and this time when I went I didn't recognize the city they are building it the city they are conscious of the road three four lane roads in adis with walkways where pedestrians where the ordinary can also walk and maybe she can help with the measurements I don't know the measurements but I saw the walkways were equal to one road. It's not this corner things that we do in this country space. And we saw couples holding hands and walking and we saw Ethopians walking in their city. Mr. Speaker, we don't walk in this country because there's nowhere to walk. To the people of Ethopia, let me know in the comment section. This is not a paid video. Let me know what you think about your government. One of the things that makes me so proud about this beautiful country. The fact that the infrastructure development that is happening in this beautiful country is not just in the capital city. I mean, Adis Sababa is transforming completely, but the transformation is also affecting almost every city that I've been to. I mean, I've been to almost five cities in here. >> Yeah, we we are we are in Jima, right? >> Yeah, we are in Jima. We love you. Thank you so much. We love you. So I love the fact that the corridor project is also right here in Jima. So whatever you see in Adis, you see in different cities across the entire country and this is what you're seeing right now. Whatever you see behind me did not exist until the corridor project was initiated. This is absolutely beautiful man. A big round of applause to the government of this beautiful country. Currently in Hawasa and as you can see the corridor project is actually going on. The expansion is happening in every city in this country. That is incredible man. >> I used to see shanty towns within the city. What happened to them? >> Yeah. You know uh there are shanty gate or slam areas in the city. >> So these people most of them are like low income. >> Okay. >> So they cannot rebuild their houses and everything. Yeah. >> So the government took action that they take to temporary shelter all of them in these areas especially this is one of the areas that uh government take a very good action. >> So they built this area the entire uh community especially all the building within just six manes almost all of them like built within six months. >> Wow. By the government. by the government for the people. >> For the people that >> in six months >> in six months. >> Was it free? >> Of course, it's for free. >> Wow. >> So, they take it back. All of the uh communities take it back to their areas and government give them all almost for all of them furnished apartment and with full amenities. So these buildings are new uh we call it Galankura site for the people uh resettled from the place we call Kazanches before they were living in various slum areas ghetto areas in Kazanchis area. So the government decided to demolish all the areas in that uh uh in Kazenes and they relocate them to this place. This is really amazing to know that the people that were displaced out of the city were given houses to live in. Yep. Look at that. So all this were built for the people. I am living in the motherland celebrating every African. I am >> It's really beautiful and exciting to see what is happening in Adis Saba and I hope and believe that other countries within the continent can emulate or replicate what is happening in Adi Sabava in their various cities. Like I said, Africans deserve better and it's about time for us to build our cities together. My name is Maya, your one and only annoying village boy from Ghana. Don't forget to like this video. Share to your president. 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