I'll go first...

1. Cooking gas: Cooking gas is very cheap in ivory Coast. It costs an average of #330/kg of gas. So refilling a 12.5 kg cylinder should cost you #4125 at most.

2. Kerosene: kerosene costs relatively about #650/ litre in the fuel station, where the black market sells for #800/ litre.

Note : This country's oil production is very poor o. They're not even anywhere close to Naija's production.

3. Organisation: Ivory coast is very well organized that you can barely run into unorganized environment. Many areas are safely guarded by their local police officers stationed almost everywhere. You can as well make friends with the officers easily without any form of threat from them. They're very welcoming.

4. Very low violent place: People can move around as late as 10pm till dawn without the fear of harassment or violence. In fact, children play in the tarred road as late as 10pm. They have already come to terms about how safe they are in the country. People can stay up late wherever they went to without rushing back home due to nightfall. Night movements was my best !

5. Good Road network: I spent close to 7 months in ivory Coast and could barely see a road untarred. Almost every road I used was smoothly done and stretched to various cities and States. The only place my leg touched Sandy soil was in my compound because the landlord was still constructing more buildings in the site. So our compound was sandy at the moment.
Tarred road stretched into all compounds in ivory Coast. It's not the responsibility of the government to do your compound, it's yours. I was marvelled by such development though I spent most of my time in the rural area.

6. Security: Police is your friend is the Moto in ivory Coast. Really nice people. I guess I've said it somewhere before now.

6a. Theft is ALMOST uncertainty. The prepaid meter of every individual house is stationed outside the main building without burglary or iron shield. Anybody can touch it. It wasn't even stationed very high from the ground level. It went only as far as 3-4 feets high. A child of 10 can touch it too.

Our apartment is in a 2 storey building comprising of almost 33 units of one bedroom apartments. The building was built like a shopping complex. All of the prepaid meters used in this apartments are stationed outside where everyone can see and feel it. But no one steals it, likewise every other houses there.

6b. Once there was a particular theft in my ivorian friend's shop that I know of. There were 5 boys who was involved in burgling his computer and phone shop one night. But before 5am, the boys were all caught with the complete stolen items retrieved. Funny enough, my friend didn't know. He was woken up by the police to come to his shop and see the guys. And he didn't have to SETTLE THE POLICE FOR DOING THEIR JOBS .

7. There is constant electricity in that country. CONSTANT.
I only observed a few nightouts and those periods were understandable. They all know when the lights would go off in the week or month and have come to terms with it. Light doesn't go off intermittently as obtained in Nigeria. And throughout my stay there, I didn't pay for light bill or water. My caretaker didn't mention it to me too. I was surprised. Steady light

8. Economy: Their economy is very good. It's almost equaling to the Naira at the time I left. So, if you hear 500 CFA there, it's almost equivalent to 500 Naira. So don't do too much calculation.

8a. Minimum wage is very much respected and applied. A POS attendant over their is living a good standard life. A bar attendant earns about 20,000 CFA weekly... WEEKLY o. I mean a local bar attendant. How much more a corporate hotel or bar attendant or waiter.

8b. The money you earn can fetch you a standard living. Their money is easily made and spent too.

9. FOOD : Our area of specialty.

Food is over cheap compared to what's obtained in Naija. You can see someone who earns little but could afford chicken or any frozen food. Food is not part of their problems for now. Banana can go as low as 50 CFA or 50 Naira and it is not the small quantity we're talking about.

A bunch of Bananas that you can get from a roadside vendor in Naija for 800 could be gotten for 150 CFA. So you see it. Once I bought 2 Bunches of banana for 50 each, I couldn't finish them for 3 days.

9a. So sorry, vegetables can be scarcely found there my dear. I made most of my soup without vegetables. That part I didn't enjoy

That's for now. Anybody can add.

Hmmm

Make people wey don travel out talk so that we too go hear ...

Travelling is the best gift you can give yourself...

Every country good,na only NIGERIA my country no good. Yet some people with all the OP write up here,them still they support that cartel man make e come add fuel ontop the small damages wey we dey fight against.

10. The use of generators: I never heard the sound of generators throughout my stay there. Even barbershops don't have it. Light is in abundance. Many times I cut my hair in their shops, I looked out for generator even one of those days there was interruption in power, no barber owned a generator to assist his work. Nobody at all. Total blackouts is generally distributed once there's interruption due to maintenance.

Why won't the barbers make it financially, there?

@Op - How much do I need to travel for let's say, three (3) weeks vacation to Ivory Coast? I was considering the Gambia initially, but it's like I already have a change of mind.

DearGorgeous:
@Op - How much do I need to travel for let's say, three (3) weeks vacation to Ivory Coast? I was considering the Gambia initially, but it's like I already have a change of mind.

Gambia is a very good place to be. If you have the cash.

Going to ivory Coast should take up to 80k. But you must factor hotel bills and normal itinerary too

aboyaji:


Gambia is a very good place to be. If you have the cash.

Going to ivory Coast should take up to 80k. But you must factor hotel bills and normal itinerary too

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Thanks for the info.

Yes, I will like to visit the Gambia. And now that Ivory Coast is in the offing, I will try visiting there too.

DearGorgeous:
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Thanks for the info.

Yes, I will like to visit the Gambia. And now that Ivory Coast is in the offing, I will try visiting there too.

You're welcome

Nice one but no pictures to support ur claims.

LoL ivory coast. The same one I know. Continue to cap. As horrible as Nigeria is, the only African country better than Nigeria is south Africa.

tensazangetsu20:
LoL ivory coast. The same one I know. Continue to cap. As horrible as Nigeria is, the only African country better than Nigeria is south Africa.

Ivory Coast is also very nice
I have been there and I can testify

Though it has its own problems too

tensazangetsu20:
LoL ivory coast. The same one I know. Continue to cap. As horrible as Nigeria Is, The only African country better than Nigeria is south Africa.

Tenza, E be like you don Smoke Weed this Night😂

Algeria?
Tunisia?
Morroco?
Egypt?
Seychelles?
Namibia?

Evolutionlove:


Tenza, E be like you don Smoke Weed this Night😂

Algeria?
Tunisia?
Morroco?
Egypt?
Maldives?
Seychelles?
Namibia?

Nigeria better pass Namibia. Job no dey that country. I no consider those north African countries as African nations na. I have been to Morocco and everything about it felt and looked European down to the most basic Infrastructure. When I talk Africa, na black man countries for Africa I dey talk.

tensazangetsu20:

Nigeria better pass Namibia. Job no dey that country.

I no consider those north African countries as African nations na. I have been to Morocco and everything about it felt and looked European down to the most basic Infrastructure. When I talk Africa, na black man countries for Africa I dey talk.

Oh I was Wondering Ooh😊

tensazangetsu20:
LoL ivory coast. The same one I know. Continue to cap. As horrible as Nigeria is, the only African country better than Nigeria is south Africa.

How would you know the horrible state of Nigeria when you've not seen other countries..

So until then let people that have seen other countries talk.

tensazangetsu20:
LoL ivory coast. The same one I know. Continue to cap. As horrible as Nigeria is, the only African country better than Nigeria is south Africa.

How far, chief, why you comot Morocco?

Op, how does one cope with language barrier?

haybhi1:


How far, chief, why you comot Morocco?

I finished what I went there to do

A bunch of Bananas that you can get from a roadside vendor in Naija for 800 could be gotten for 150 CFA. So you see it. Once I bought 2 Bunches of banana for 50 each, I couldn't finish them for 3 days.

9a. So sorry, vegetables can be scarcely found there my dear. I made most of my soup without vegetables. That part I didn't enjoy

That's for now. Anybody can add.[/quote] please I want to relocate to Abidjan, how is London used (fairly used) laptop business that side?

aboyaji:
10. The use of generators: I never heard the sound of generators throughout my stay there. Even barbershops don't have it. Light is in abundance. Many times I cut my hair in their shops, I looked out for generator even one of those days there was interruption in power, no barber owned a generator to assist his work. Nobody at all. Total blackouts is generally distributed once there's interruption due to maintenance.

Why won't the barbers make it, financially there?

please I want to relocate to Abidjan to sell London used (fairly used) laptops,how lucrative is the business that side?

Umegoejiofor:
please I want to relocate to Abidjan to sell London used (fairly used) laptops,how lucrative is the business that side?

very lucrative.

tensazangetsu20:

Nigeria better pass Namibia. Job no dey that country. I no consider those north African countries as African nations na. I have been to Morocco and everything about it felt and looked European down to the most basic Infrastructure. When I talk Africa, na black man countries for Africa I dey talk.

Job no dey Namibia but job dey naija
Keep giving yourself false hope

Akano5:


Job no dey Namibia but job dey naija
Keep giving yourself false hope

Dude no one hates Nigeria more than I do but there's data and data doesn't care about feelings. When I newly got into tech I was always on job sites and Nigeria and south Africa are the only countries in Africa with job openings. This isn't even related to tech. I am talking about the general job market. I am posting all the number of jobs from LinkedIn from both Namibia and Nigeria under this post.

tensazangetsu20:


Dude no one hates Nigeria more than I do but there's data and data doesn't care about feelings. When I newly got into tech I was always on job sites and Nigeria and south Africa are the only countries in Africa with job openings. This isn't even related to tech. I am talking about the general job market. I am posting all the number of jobs from LinkedIn from both Namibia and Nigeria under this post.

i agree with you to some extent but i disagree with you about the availability of Jobs in the general market.... at least check the percentage of students graduating every year and compare it with the percentage of graduates getting employed....

Akano5:


i agree with you to some extent but i disagree with you about the availability of Jobs in the general market.... at least check the percentage of students graduating every year and compare it with the percentage of graduates getting employed....

True there's no job in Nigeria but other African countries are worst. In a lot of these countries once you leave university you just go back to your father's house and farm. In Cameroon just here doctors hawk drugs as there are no jobs for doctors. You can imagine for other professions. South Africa has the most job openings but the unemployment rate in south Africa is around 70 percent

tensazangetsu20:


True there's no job in Nigeria but other African countries are worst. In a lot of these countries once you leave university you just go back to your father's house and farm. In Cameroon just here doctors hawk drugs as there are no jobs for doctors. You can imagine for other professions. South Africa has the most job openings but the unemployment rate in south Africa is around 70 percent

In conclusion, there is unemployment everywhere...
What field are you in tech bro?

Akano5:


In conclusion, there is unemployment everywhere...
What field are you in tech bro?

Web development. Unemployment is a huge problem in Africa. For instance even though south Africa has the most job openings in Africa. It has less job openings than Uruguay a country of less than 5 million people in south America and much lower salaries. I noticed this two years ago and even made a thread on it

https://www.nairaland.com/6079537/cant-escape-africa-please-not

Things have actually gotten worst since I made this thread on the African continent

tensazangetsu20:


Web development. Unemployment is a huge problem in Africa. For instance even though south Africa has the most job openings in Africa. It has less job openings than Uruguay a country of less than 5 million people in south America and much lower salaries. I noticed this two years ago and even made a thread on it

https://www.nairaland.com/6079537/cant-escape-africa-please-not

Things have actually gotten worst since I made this thread on the African continent

Damn, ahh, I'm speechless bro

tensazangetsu20:


Web development. Unemployment is a huge problem in Africa. For instance even though south Africa has the most job openings in Africa. It has less job openings than Uruguay a country of less than 5 million people in south America and much lower salaries. I noticed this two years ago and even made a thread on it

https://www.nairaland.com/6079537/cant-escape-africa-please-not

Things have actually gotten worst since I made this thread on the African continent

Ahh, Damn, I'm speechless

In Senegal, if you slap a military man, they will beat the shit out of you but if you touch a police man can land you in 2 years in jail without trial.