Africa.

James Cubitt has carried out several major project recently in in Kenya, the branch office was set up in 1975, and has successfully delivered diversified number of project throughout Nairobi. We have currently an established association a local firm that has an business network to local developers and other states in Kenya.

Kenya’s economy has been inconsistent since its independence in 1963. During the initial years of independence, the country achieved high economic growth of 6%, which declined to below 4% in the following decades. In the 1990s, Kenya’s GDP also experienced great inconsistency, ranging between negative figures to 4%. After the millennium, Kenya started to produce higher and higher growth rates which peaked in 2007 with 7%.

Our showcase projects in Kenya include: urban planning of a new high quality residential district for Eldo City in Kenya with an approximate estimated value of $300M, master planning of Pwani University and Moi University in Nairobi.

James Cubitt Nigeria was set up by the London office (James Cubitt & Partners) in 1956, following an initial venture into Ghana. As the West African regional office, the Lagos practice was able to efficiently execute the increasing number of post-independence projects.

Nigeria is a middle income, mixed economy and emerging market, with expanding financial, service, communications, technology and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 26th in the world in terms of GDP in 2013, 40th in 2005, it is the largest economy in Africa (based on re-based figures announced in April 2014). It is also on track to become one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020. Its re-emergent, though currently underperformed, manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent, and produces a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region

Nigeria is one of the largest oil and gas producing countries in the world, its economy primarily depend on petroleum sector revenue, where a large percentage of the population remains involved in agriculture. It has a well-developed financial services sector and an established manufacturing industry.

The firm has since executed commissions in the educational, industrial, commercial and residential sectors. The current focus of the practice is commercial-office and residential, with the dominant clients being the banking and telecommunications industries. We also provide architectural consultancy, planning, project management and interior design services in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.

Our portfolio of recently completed projects includes the Lagos Civic Centre and Diamond Bank, proving that we are constantly reinventing ourselves and remaining relevant. With a fully established office and over 50 years of design experience, James Cubitt retains a reputation for cutting-edge design in Nigeria. Our core strength lies in our ability to translate every brief into simple, precise, yet bold forms, with a commitment to social and environmental responsibility.