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“It wouldn’t be a tropical paradise without palm trees” Unknown
The launching of “TAF The Builder”, a blockbuster book depicting the inspirational life of an African living legend Mustapha Njie symbolizes the longstanding African tradition of passing down knowledge through story telling.
The book which was launched yesterday in The Gambia tells a story of how Mr. Njie, who started as a carpenter, made it big, building great cities across Africa. He has recorded his life journey as inspiration to the younger generation.
The event was packed with fellow Africans with great experiences. One among the many brilliant deliveries which highlighted the day was a marvelous speech by Anna Buttner, founder of Fyen Network, the institution which published the book.
Anna recalled a time in her life when she was pregnant and was in search of an “African Princess” book in a US bookshop for her yet to be born daughter. To her utter surprise, she could not find one. She felt disappointed; however, she channeled her frustration into something positive.
She took the advice of her mum to write an African story book and she came up with the now popular “Princess Halima” book which told a unique African story. She toured schools to read out the book to students.
The positive reaction and interest from Black diasporan community encouraged Anna and her team to work on several other African books with the result being a whole publishing firm.
Her approach to the initial frustration has been rated positive and impactful. Instead of merely ranting, she chose to provide a solution.
By Richard Kwame Krah
After launching the maiden edition of the Young Architects Affordable Housing and Design Competition with 42 submissions, 8 young Gambians made it to finals and pitched to our Judges at our Madiba Mall office in Brufut.
These successful Designs will be used at our new Smart City, #TAFCity. TAF City is about 500 hectares, smart and green to be developed between Gunjur and Sifoe, and it’s twice the size of Banjul. Our target is to have this city on the MAP, while it’s totally designed and built by #Gambians.
Winners will be announced on Saturday 28th August 2021 at 12.00noon
We’re grateful to Dr. Roddie Cole, Yai-fatou Gaye, and Mammy Nyomi Danso for volunteering your valuable time to serve as judges.
Facing a rapidly growing population, uncontrolled levels of urbanisation, and rising costs of construction materials, Africa has a mighty housing challenge on its hands. The increasing number of unplanned informal settlements sprouting up across the continent is a testament to this crisis.
“Housing deficit in Africa is estimated to be around 58 million housing units, with approximately 52 million of those units ascribable to affordable housing,” opens Mustapha Njie.
As CEO of TAF Africa Global Limited (TAG), Njie is fully cognisant to continental housing trends, presiding over a leading indigenous real estate company.
For the past 32 years since its inception in The Gambia, TAG has tasked itself with answering the call of the African housing crisis, leading with its pledge to build one million homes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 20 years.
From a humble carpenter to industry-renowned CEO, Njie has honed his construction skills and expertise over the years, having worked for Balfour Beatty Construction Intl Ltd, and closer to home, the Gambian company Ceesay Construction Company Ltd.
“After working for top tier international construction companies for over 13 years and earning a qualification in site management from the Crown Agents Training Centre in Hove, United Kingdom, I left to start my own company, TAF Africa Global in 1990,” he explains.
Originally registered as TAF Construction Company LTD (TCL), in 2017 the company entered its new incarnation as TAF Africa Global Limited (TAG), with its parent company registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Now, Njie sits comfortably at the helm of operations at what is generally acknowledged as, “the best private real estate developer in the business.” A household name throughout Africa, TAG boasts a footprint in eight African countries, with particular dominance in both The Gambia and Nigeria.
“We are poised to change the real estate industry in The Gambia and we are confident that the TAF Twins will redefine commercial real estate, particularly office spaces” – Mustapha Njie, CEO, TAF Africa Global
PRIDE IN PROJECTS
As evidenced by the altruistic mission behind its operation, TAG takes great pride in its work, recognising its social responsibility as people entrust the company to build their homes. In recognition of its pledge for one million homes in SSA, in 2000 TAG ventured into large-scale housing developments, under ‘Operation House the Nation’.
Two major housing estates in The Gambia ensued, both of which were co-financed by Shelter Afrique. These include the Yarambamba Housing Estate in Yundum, and Brufut Gardens. The latter, located in Brufut, comprises 500 high-income houses and apartment buildings.
The success of these projects and recognition of the need for similar efforts elsewhere, led to further expansion across West Africa, with TAG soon entering the Nigerian housing market.
Back on Gambian soil, development on several subsequent estates soon got underway, including the Dalaba Estate, The TAF Murraya Gardens, the Triple Ms, and the TAF Tulip Gardens.
But for Njie, and TAG by extension, the jewel in the company’s crown is its visionary flagship project – TAF City.
“TAF City is eco-smart and designed to be a live, work and play city,” he explains. “It will be a multipurpose city that is well-designed and properly master planned. It will be affordable, sustainable and an eco-friendly environment that is aesthetically appealing with beautiful landscaping.”
The site will occupy roughly 500 hectares of land, which is twice the size of The Gambia’s current capital of Banjul, and is strategically positioned just 30 minutes away from the principal airport and extremely close to the Allahein river border with Senegal.
Located in Kombo South, between the villages of Gunjur and Sifoe, the project will follow a phased development. In its entirety, this impressive undertaking will encompass 5,000 units of affordable homes of various house types, all of which will be equipped with water and sewage reticulation systems, and a constant electricity supply based on power generators and solar. The homes will be divided into 10 residential estates, with each named after various ethnic groups native to the country.
“Given the magnitude of TAF City and the need to ensure an absolute implementation of design as well as efficiency in the management of resources, the project will be developed in phases.
“The first phase will be a gated community comprising 277 housing units surrounded by paved roads, solar lights, about 2,000 trees, gardens and green areas, religious institutions, stalls, jogging track, a creche, parks and community centres,” he elaborates.
This landmark project will have a huge impact on the country. “TAF City is one of its kind and second-to-none in The Gambia,” Njie acclaims.
Aside from the housing units themselves, the development includes jogging tracks and parks, apartment blocks, a boutique hotel, agricultural zones, wellness centre, shopping centre, educational facilities, restaurants, shops, transit centres, government institutions, industrial/logistics areas, and a retirement village.
Throughout all phases of the development, TAG will strictly adhere to and promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. One key tenet of this is providing gainful employment opportunities for the local community.
“As a 20-year-long project and as part of TAG’s drive to continuously provide solutions to societal challenges, 60,000 jobs will be created for Gambian youth and other nationals in SSA.
“This will help to accumulate human capital, promote social stability and lower the unemployment rate challenge across Africa. TAG will directly create jobs from lower income earners to higher income earners which will boost economies, lower crime rates and change the landscape especially for The Gambia,” he explains.
Other key priorities include ensuring gender equity in the hiring of contractors to undertake the work, providing economic opportunities for community members, and reserving a significant portion of the entire estate as green and public spaces. Urban farming initiatives are an exciting and dynamic part of this for TAG.
“Over the years we thought of ways to incorporate an agricultural value chain into our real estate business, and we are proud that TAF City will also provide a space for urban farming. This will grant residents opportunities to engage in farming for both subsistence and commercial purposes.”
TAF City’s inhabitants will have the chance to absorb themselves in practices including horticulture, aquaculture, hydroponics, poultry and animal husbandry, light industry and many more. Homeowners in TAF City will be encouraged to grow what they eat and assist in lowering the costs of importing products through intensive farming.
“This will also boost our economy and attract foreign exchange as any excess will be for the open market and exportation,” Njie adds.
The first phase is due for completion within the next two years, following a grand and hotly anticipated foundation laying event.
Elsewhere, the company has its hands full with the development of modern office complex, TAF Twins, and the RIVTAF Golf Estate in Rivers State, Nigeria. Njie describes the latter as, “a bespoke transformation of about 40 hectares of swampy and inaccessible land into a piece of heaven on Earth, which is also the largest functional luxury estate that has been delivered and developed in the southern part of Nigeria.”
“We are confident the TAF City would be one of our greatest signature and landmark projects, which would improve the quality of life of Gambians and other nationals who would reside in the city”
LOOKING AHEAD
In the years to come, expansion is top of the agenda for TAG, with new growth on the horizon.
“In our quest to build one million homes across SSA, TAG has recently invested in Sierra Leone.
“There are plans to start work there later this year. As we have done in The Gambia and Nigeria, TAG will build affordable homes in Freetown with requisite social amenities. We are confident that the execution of TAG projects in Sierra Leone will positively disrupt the country’s real estate landscape, reposition the economy and improve the living standards of the good people of Sierra Leone,” closes Njie.
As The Gambia’s leading real estate developer, and with a handful of exciting projects in the pipeline, TAG will continue to house Africans affordably, comfortably, and sustainably for generations to come.
Read on the Africa Outlook Magazine website: https://lnkd.in/ebqRBP6N
https://www.africaoutlookmag.com/company-profiles/1499-taf-africa-global-ltd
With the mission to build one million homes across sub-Saharan Africa, we discuss redefining the real estate landscape with Mustapha Njie, CEO of TAF Africa Global Limited
Writer: Phoebe Harper | Project Manager: Ryan Gray
Facing a rapidly growing population, uncontrolled levels of urbanisation, and rising costs of construction materials, Africa has a mighty housing challenge on its hands. The increasing number of unplanned informal settlements sprouting up across the continent is testament to this crisis.
“Housing deficit in Africa is estimated to be around 58 million housing units, with approximately 52 million of those units ascribable to affordable housing,” opens Mustapha Njie.
As CEO of TAF Africa Global Limited (TAG), Njie is fully cognisant to continental housing trends, presiding over a leading indigenous real estate company.
For the past 32 years since its inception in The Gambia, TAG has tasked itself with answering the call of the African housing crisis, leading with its pledge to build one million homes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 20 years.
From a humble carpenter to industry-renowned CEO, Njie has honed his construction skills and expertise over the years, having worked for Balfour Beatty Construction Intl Ltd, and closer to home, the Gambian company Ceesay Construction Company Ltd.
“After working for top tier international construction companies for over 13 years and earning a qualification in site management from the Crown Agents Training Centre in Hove, United Kingdom, I left to start my own company, TAF Africa Global in 1990,” he explains.
Originally registered as TAF Construction Company LTD (TCL), in 2017 the company entered its new incarnation as TAF Africa Global Limited (TAG), with its parent company registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Now, Njie sits comfortably at the helm of operations at what is generally acknowledged as, “the best private real estate developer in the business.” A household name throughout Africa, TAG boasts a footprint in eight African countries, with particular dominance in both The Gambia and Nigeria.
“We are poised to change the real estate industry in The Gambia and we are confident that the TAF Twins will redefine commercial real estate, particularly office spaces”
Mustapha Njie, CEO, TAF Africa Global Limited
PRIDE IN PROJECTS
As evidenced by the altruistic mission behind its operation, TAG takes great pride in its work, recognising its social responsibility as people entrust the company to build their homes. In recognition of its pledge for one million homes in SSA, in 2000 TAG ventured into large-scale housing developments, under ‘Operation House the Nation’.
Two major housing estates in The Gambia ensued, both of which were co-financed by Shelter Afrique. These include the Yarambamba Housing Estate in Yundum, and Brufut Gardens. The latter, located in Brufut, comprises 500 high-income houses and apartment buildings.
The success of these projects and recognition of the need for similar efforts elsewhere, led to further expansion across West Africa, with TAG soon entering the Nigerian housing market.
Back on Gambian soil, development on several subsequent estates soon got underway, including the Dalaba Estate, The TAF Murraya Gardens, the Triple Ms, and the TAF Tulip Gardens.
But for Njie, and TAG by extension, the jewel in the company’s crown is its visionary flagship project – TAF City.
“TAF City is eco-smart and designed to be a live, work and play city,” he explains. “It will be a multipurpose city that is well-designed and properly master planned. It will be affordable, sustainable and an eco-friendly environment that is aesthetically appealing with beautiful landscaping.”
The site will occupy roughly 500 hectares of land, which is twice the size of The Gambia’s current capital of Banjul, and is strategically positioned just 30 minutes away from the principal airport and extremely close to the Allahein river border with Senegal.
Located in Kombo South, between the villages of Gunjur and Sifoe, the project will follow a phased development. In its entirety, this impressive undertaking will encompass 5,000 units of affordable homes of various house types, all of which will be equipped with water and sewage reticulation systems, and a constant electricity supply based on power generators and solar. The homes will be divided into 10 residential estates, with each named after various ethnic groups native to the country.
“Given the magnitude of TAF City and the need to ensure an absolute implementation of design as well as efficiency in the management of resources, the project will be developed in phases.
“The first phase will be a gated community comprising 277 housing units surrounded by paved roads, solar lights, about 2,000 trees, gardens and green areas, religious institutions, stalls, jogging track, a creche, parks and community centres,” he elaborates.
This landmark project will have a huge impact on the country. “TAF City is one of its kind and second-to-none in The Gambia,” Njie acclaims.
Aside from the housing units themselves, the development includes jogging tracks and parks, apartment blocks, a boutique hotel, agricultural zones, wellness centre, shopping centre, educational facilities, restaurants, shops, transit centres, government institutions, industrial/logistics areas, and a retirement village.
Throughout all phases of the development, TAG will strictly adhere to and promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. One key tenet of this is providing gainful employment opportunities for the local community.
“As a 20-year-long project and as part of TAG’s drive to continuously provide solutions to societal challenges, 60,000 jobs will be created for Gambian youth and other nationals in SSA.
“This will help to accumulate human capital, promote social stability and lower the unemployment rate challenge across Africa. TAG will directly create jobs from lower income earners to higher income earners which will boost economies, lower crime rates and change the landscape especially for The Gambia,” he explains.
Other key priorities include ensuring gender equity in the hiring of contractors to undertake the work, providing economic opportunities for community members, and reserving a significant portion of the entire estate as green and public spaces. Urban farming initiatives are an exciting and dynamic part of this for TAG.
“Over the years we thought of ways to incorporate an agricultural value chain into our real estate business, and we are proud that TAF City will also provide a space for urban farming. This will grant residents opportunities to engage in farming for both subsistence and commercial purposes.”
TAF City’s inhabitants will have the chance to absorb themselves in practices including horticulture, aquaculture, hydroponics, poultry and animal husbandry, light industry and many more. Homeowners in TAF City will be encouraged to grow what they eat and assist in lowering the costs of importing products through intensive farming.
“This will also boost our economy and attract foreign exchange as any excess will be for the open market and exportation,” Njie adds.
The first phase is due for completion within the next two years, following a grand and hotly anticipated foundation laying event.
Elsewhere, the company has its hands full with the development of modern office complex, TAF Twins, and the RIVTAF Golf Estate in Rivers State, Nigeria. Njie describes the latter as, “a bespoke transformation of about 40 hectares of swampy and inaccessible land into a piece of heaven on Earth, which is also the largest functional luxury estate that has been delivered and developed in the southern part of Nigeria.”
“We are confident the TAF City would be one of our greatest signature and landmark projects, which would improve the quality of life of Gambians and other nationals who would reside in the city”
Mustapha Njie, CEO, TAF Africa Global Limited
LOOKING AHEAD
In the years to come, expansion is top of the agenda for TAG, with new growth on the horizon.
“In our quest to build one million homes across SSA, TAG has recently invested in Sierra Leone.
“There are plans to start work there later this year. As we have done in The Gambia and Nigeria, TAG will build affordable homes in Freetown with requisite social amenities. We are confident that the execution of TAG projects in Sierra Leone will positively disrupt the country’s real estate landscape, reposition the economy and improve the living standards of the good people of Sierra Leone,” closes Njie.
As The Gambia’s leading real estate developer, and with a handful of exciting projects in the pipeline, TAG will continue to house Africans affordably, comfortably, and sustainably for generations to come.
Today H.E Adama Barrow laid the Foundation stone for the development of the first Eco-Smart City in The Gambia, the TAF CITY in Gunjur.
This fruitful event is a start of a new era as the Gambia witnesses the first Eco Smart City. This city will comprise of over 5000 units of affordable homes. It will create 60,000 direct jobs and 25,000 indirect jobs in the next 20 years.
We send our special appreciation to all our guests for honouring our invitations, to our partners in development, the UN-HABITAT, Shelter Afrique, African Export Import Bank – Afreximbank, and ECOWAS BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (EBID-BIDC). TAF Africa Global is honoured to have received you at this auspicious event.
Construction has already begun at the TAF City.
To buy a home at the TAF CITY contact us on :
(+220) 776 2333 / 376 2333
info@tafafricaglobal.com
With Taf Africa global’s goal of providing 1 million affordable and accessible homes across Sub- Sharan- Africa, it takes immense pleasure to announce to you that TAF Africa Global and Reliance Financial Services have agreed on a 15-year mortgage with only a 20% down payment. This is part of our mission to provide affordable and accessible homes for eligible Gambians and non-Gambians, our current and potential clients., this will primarily target high, middle and low-income earners.
Own a house now when you qualify for a mortgage on all active projects, particularly our newest smart and green housing project, TAF City, between Sifoe and Gunjur in The Gambia.
TAF Africa Global invites all potential clients to visit our office in the Madiba Mall in Brufut Gardens or give us a call at (+220) 7762333 or 3762333 as we look forward to a successful partnership with Reliance Financial LTD.
AT TAF Africa Global we are all about long-term healthy relationships with our customers and business partners. With this in mind, At TAF City yesterday afternoon, we also officiated the MoU with GAMTEL; this partnership seals the provision of Fibre Optic internet infrastructure at TAF City. With fibre optic internet all TAF City residents can now benefit from fast, reliable and safer internet with competitive download and upload speeds to give residents the ultimate comfort at home.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
As part of TAF Africa Global ‘s goal to provide 1 million affordably priced homes throughout sub-Saharan Africa an MOU was signed in early 2022 with the government of Seirra Leone for the development of real estate projects. I am delighted to announce that TAF Africa Global and the Government of Sierra Leone, represented by Hon. Turad Senesie Minister of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning, signed a joint venture agreement today, January 31, 2023.
The Project will build 5,000 reasonably priced homes and other amenities for Sierra Leoneans. The location is John Obay.
While we anticipate the successful delivery of TAF Africa Global’s affordable housing projects in Sierra Leone, I’d like to thank H.E. President Julius Mada Bio for inviting me to invest in Sierra Leone and for his unwavering support of this project during the 18 months of negotiations we had with his administration.
As done in the Gambia and Nigeria, this estate will be a modern estate made up of affordable houses with requisite social amenities. We are certain that the implementation of TAF Africa Global projects in Sierra Leone would significantly alter the country’s real estate market, restructure its economy, and raise the standard of living for its good citizens.
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