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1
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Natural increase

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Pop rise from rising birth rates

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How old are Lagos residents

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52% of residents 15-34

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3
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Why is religion relevant in Lagos

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Catholic, anti contraception

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Push factors to Lagos

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Few docs
Farming and low pay
Isolated areas from poor roads
Basic school
Bokoharam

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Urban pull factors

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Medical facilities
Well paid jobs
Public transport
Entertainment
Freinds and family moved

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6
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Mega city

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10 mil people
2030= 2/3 of worlds people will live there

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Lagos location

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West of Africa, SW Nigeria neighbouring Cameroon. Coast of south Atlantic.

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History

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1472 slave trade
1861 GB owned it
1914 Lagos is capital
1991 Abuja becomes capital

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Commerce

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Paint
Soap
Fishing
7000 people per km^2
85 pph

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Size

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0.4% of Nigeria
21 million people

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Success

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60% of commercial ventures in Africa
Nolly wood
FDI from Netflix and Sony
30% of Nigerias GDP

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Average income in Lagos

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$2k-$4k GDP per capita
Everywhere else in Nigeria is $500-$1.5k

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Boko haram

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500+ killed

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Birth rate

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Highest in the world

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Female literacy

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20% higher in Lagos

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16
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Social opportunities

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Electricity- more lecy than rural land. 2 new power stations planned. Power cuts occur.
Water supply- street vendors, rich have piped water
Education- 37% more kids finish primary school then the rest of of Nigeria
Health Care- poor places are vunerable
Lagos has healthcare and higher life expectancy
Transport- railway announced but not done. Taxis and busses are available

17
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Economic activity

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Formal economy- tertiary and quaternary jobs in Netflix, Sony, caburies, Shell and Eli Atlantic

Informal economy- no minimum wage, no tax

18
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Eko Atlantic

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$6 billion to build
Provides housing
Infrastructure
Reliable electricity
250,000 jobs

Takes awhile started in 2008
Poor don’t benifit
Relies on FDI.
Corruption
Leakage ( money to HICs )
Shell take home 4x what Nigeria take
Nigeria lost $400mil from corruption

19
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Nic name for Lagos

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The beating heart of financial Africa

20
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Advantages of Eko Atlantic

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Foreign tech
Tax increases QofL
TNCs attract over TNCs

21
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Disadvantages of Eko Atlantic

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Big companies avoid tax
Corruption
TNCs try under pay workers

22
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Squatter settlements

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65% of population
Unclean water
Dangourous
4 million people live in absolute poverty ( less than $2 a day )
They can be knocked down at any time so people don’t care about them

23
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Makoko

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100,000 people
Squattor settlements
They dump everything into the water
Fishing for income
1 school and it’s private
A few hospitals that aren’t free
Over pop
5000 Nira for a kid ( £8 ) what people make in a month

24
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How many Lagos people have piped water

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12%

25
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Flooding

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Large areas flood often with no where being more than 5 meters above sea level

26
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How much waste does Lagos make

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13 million kg per day

27
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How many have access to potable water

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10%

28
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Unemployment rate

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35%

29
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Inequality

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Makoko $10/month
Not 500m away
Victoria Island with an average house price of $600,000

2004-2010 in Nigeria
Millionaires increased by 44%
Number of people in poverty up 43 million

30
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Nigerian economy boom

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1994 $30 billion
2021 $440 billion

31
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How many Nigerians live in absolute poverty

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49%

32
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How many crimes in Lagos

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50k in 2017

33
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Area boys

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Like police
Like mafia
They run areas
Help people out of poverty by paying them

34
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Makoko floating school

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Develop QofL in poor areas with education
Trading space/ communal space for money+freinds
Plants for air quality
Rain water for potable water
Free education
Ran on solar power
It sank in 2017

35
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Cholera

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900 people died of cholera in 2017

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