SimplyFabulous:


Hello bro, I am currently thinking of moving over to Abidjan to start a trading business. Please i just need information on how i can get a decent room to start with and at what cost can i get it. I am hoping to arrive before the new year or probably by first week of the new year. I will appreciate any assistance i can get so that i dont find myself stranded there.
Thank you so much.

roughdiamond:
please mention me next time you need my attention. There are many decent rooms depending on your definition of decent. On the cost, budget from 25k to 50k per month excluding water and light bill.

cutieme:
That amount,is it in naira or cfa?

roughdiamond:
The amount is in Naira. Houses I have seen; one room 30-35k cfa, self con 50 - 80k. A friend that stays in two rooms apartment pays 60k cfa per month. Anyone thinking of coming here should know that things are highly expensive. I am not trying to discourage anyone but it will be nice to have the clear picture before embarking on the journey to avoid regrets.

cutieme:
OK,good but,are there jobs that one can do?

roughdiamond:
@cutieme, nice that you speak French. But honestly, I don't know and can't tell much about getting a job because I am not in the line.

good4all40:
SENT YOU CAN CHECK E-MAIL NOW

LeStylo:

Hi Collins, Sent you an email this evening. Waiting for your reply.
Faire-toi une bonne soirée.

LeStylo:


Hello. An old friend in CIV would love to sell beads. Perhaps i can hook you two and she could be your retailer of sort. What do you think? Yes, she's an Ivoirian but speaks no word of English apart from basic greetings.

Let me know what you think.

lilrash4real1:
Bienvenue frere, je suis Rasheed la Nigeria. I have already made up my mind for coming to Abidjan soon and I am very good business marketer currently in oil and gas marketing and computer information technology marketing.. My information technology business is more about selling of computer parts and accessories which I intend to come a start up a branch in Abidjan, and the most important thing I thought of my travelling is because of lack of forex to move my information technology business line.. I thought if I am able to travel to Abidjan I will be able to use Abidjan visa or master card to purchase online through eBay using PayPal, please can this be possible? How is the rate of engine oil importation and exportation in Ivory cost per say.. If I can't use ivory cost bank cards on international pos for purchase my travelling won't be necessary then and can I be able to get a studio one room immediately upon my arrival that will cost 40,000cfa?. I am currently learning French on my own, because I am fast learner.

I am a very young talented person with a lot of business idea and a good marketing analytic skills.. But I don't believe in dirty business, because there is no gain in cheating.. @ugosample @ify----- @everyone_Abidjan_please react.. Contact me through mail or drop me a what'sapp number to my mail.. lilrash4real@yahoo.com..

Merci.

Bro are you still in Nigeria or you're already at Abidjan

lovethone1:
Hello everyone Greetings to you all, please is there anyone currently in Abidjan? I need information about getting a studio apartment in areas like Cocody, Riviera etc... I am coming over next month for linguistic studies on French and Spanish. Pls your immediate response will be appreciated.

Thanks

heaven4me:
Rough diamond,how far u b na? It's been quite ages o,how is Abidjan now?Hope u don settle down

ogbolu0147:
Good day every one...I just got an employment as a sales officer in a telecom company... And I am schedule to be posted to ivory coast, SAN PEDRO to be precise.....don't really know much about the place...haven't gotten enough information from google...so anyone in the house with useful info about San pedro ......please let me know...

heaven4me:
Roughdiamond I can perceive from here yhat you are already acclimated to life and the system there,so what is your view of life there in ivory and what are the opportunities laid out for one to tap into?

roughdiamond:
Your perception is wrong as I still encounter challenges here on daily basis. How can that be when I buy paracetamol that I used to buy 20-50Naira 200cfa, antimalaria 2500cfa, Antibiotics 8700cfa? If I should tell the truth, Abidjan is over hyped. Cost of living is just too high. Whoever wants to come should be fully prepared.

lovethone1:
Hello everyone Greetings to you all, please is there anyone currently in Abidjan? I need information about getting a studio apartment in areas like Cocody, Riviera etc... I am coming over next month for linguistic studies on French and Spanish. Pls your immediate response will be appreciated.

Thanks

frenchman2:


I want to believe you are going to Universite de Cocody (C.U.E.F. am I correct?)for your french studies. Cocody and Riviera are highbrow areas of Abidjan. The cost of getting accommodation there would just be too high for you as a student.
I went for my french studies there in 2001, what i did was to rent a room in the hostel. You will come across Ivorian students ready to rent their accommodation. This will help you a lot. you will be having the ivorians as room mates and neighbours so you have no choice but to speak the french you came to learn. so when you learn theory in class you do practical in the hostel.
This was what i did, and i never regretted it.
As at 2001 i paid 10,000 cfa per month for the hostel accommodation. This particular accommodation is just two people sharing a room. you have a bathroom inside your room for both of you. while the toilet is in the passage where about 20 rooms sharing i think 6 -8 toilets.

this was the one i paid for.

but there is another type of room. like a self contained. where just two people sharing a toilet and a bathroom. as at then, this one goes for 25,000 cfa per month.

There you are. The choice is yours.
wish you all the best in your studies

goodieuzo:
how long does the study last I mean years?

frenchman2:


the one i did was for 6 months duration

onatisi:
There seems to be 4 categories of ppl traveling to Abidjan,namely hustlers,students, expatriates and traders .
Pls the bitter truth is HUSTLING IN ABIDJAN OR ANY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY ISN'T EASY,
Secondly one needs to have more than enough cash to settle down,it isn't easy to arrive in a country and be thinking of settling down with the money been made from hustling there ,it is a Damm time waster,by the time one settles down 2 years would have elapsed. But if you enter a country with more than enough cash like 1.5m then you can rent,feed and regularise your papers on time and still save money

goodieuzo:
1.5m for west African country?