₦airaland Forum

Goodmarlian:
97% percent of Japan is unhibitable with rugged mountains,infact Japan entire population of 120m lives in a land less than 20,000km2 infact it was the major reason they wanted to build an empire in 1945 resources were limited in Kyoto island Igboland is about 41,00km2 with a population less than 40million.
God bless Biafra.

AbujaClient:
Don't give up, Make the money now... Now that there is hike in FOODSTUFFS, This Buhari regime favored the foodstuff seller I tell you

dep07:
I hardly respond to people on naira land but you are not totally correct.
In as much as i won't advise someone to come here without a job offer,i have seen graduates who came here without a job offer but still got one especially teaching. The salary may not be fantastic but you can manage with it.The major barrier is the language,
What i won't advise is for someone to come without money and no certificate with the aim of hustling, that one is suicide mission.

nsukkachap:
I am from Nsukka but truth be told Enugu is an overhyped jungle. It is an empty town filled with bad roads, no planning, poor people, etc

Abeg permit me to create a thread with this viyou won't stop disgracing yourself this old man.deo

Anago55:
The list goes this

Ibadan

Ado ekiti

Osogbo

Akure

Abeokuta

Lagos

Repeat it 20×, same state capital will still pop up

Source: African Wikipedia 2021

babakb:
Oui Monsieur, C'est assez d'argent

Labadi69:
I repeat if you don tire for Naija and wan go hustle outside with no money, enter better country for developed world. Worst case you go dey see food chop. Leaving Naija without money to enter poor African country is as good as suicide.

If you get money and fit speak French and get business sense and you dey consider Ivory Coast, I advise you to take a few trips to the country first. Look around, talk to people and do your own feasibility on whether your business go move. This will require a few trips sha before you reach conclusion on if to relocate.

If na job you dey find, search the jobs b4 coming. No come here come find job! There are international organizations here as well as Nigerian companies looking for French speakers to come and work for them in their branches here. I have friends who left Naija on transfer to come and work here and they are doing well. There are also many Nigerians working for World Bank, IFC, UN, ADB, etc that are based here and those ones dey chop correct salaries and living well here.

I don talk my own o. If you nor get money nor just near here o. He who has ears make he hear.

Abeg make I enter Cap Nord and Cap Sud go survey Ivorian women jare. I don waka

AchalugoNwa:
I love you too

DaddyRochie1642:
Someone will soon come here and say "4 inches", just watch and see

Yusfunoble:
You’re urgently looking for a business?

I don’t think you’re ready, you need to sit and go to your drawing board.

Else you will just “start and rush waste your money”

AgricMaster:
where are you base... as in which state?

AbujaClient:
Still in the business...
you can go to the Market or you Invest with us

Raymondj0:
budget around 220k to 240k

Soffyh:
arrived from US January25 check the back sticker

Soffyh:
Working perfectly iphone x 64gb
Everything working perfectly
Swap is allowed
08136312452 dm
Bought it February

genius43:
Phone that is no longer in production

Havanatandt:
Let me ask, does this your 2.5 milli cover your accommodation? ...


With 2.5milli... You can start up a beer palour, it has a very yielding ROI especially if you are within Nigerian community like Teshie in Accra

Another business you can do is Currency exchange as alot of our guys over send money to Nigeria on a daily .. Trust me, you go make am.

Another sweet business you can think about is UBER. Just buy a ride from Nigeria, drive to Ghana, register the vehicle, make money because in Ghana, there is no sleep , you chose to sleep when you like.

Havanatandt:
I stayed in Ghana for 4 years... I came back during the pandemic last year, if Ghana wasn't fav for you, nah CIV u wan go. My brother, u see that Ghana... Is better than CIV, you just need to know what you are doing. .. Ask me questions about Ghana, make i give you small tips.

As a sharp Nigerian, if you want to survive in either Ghana or CIV, Make sure you learn basic languages they speak... Make sure you live close to beaches... So you get to meet whites.. Meeting whites is all about creating a travels and tour business... Take them on tours, you do not need to know where they are going.. Google is your friend and use your Nigerian born instincts..

Suspect33:
No


With the current level of influx this profession has seen, in a few years the number of programmers will far outweigh the number of available programming jobs, this will in turn crash the value of the coding profession as only the creme de la crème of programmers will be sought after

There are other IT skills you can opt for, some, even more profitable and marketable ( job security) than programming, but it's all up to you.

Teci:
Sorry about your experience in Ghana. Those guys are ****. I'd advice every Nigerian to avoid that country. The only difference between them and South Africans is that they are yet to take up arms and start killing Nigerians (which I believe they'll not hesitate to do if given the permission).

For your questions,
1. & 2. I don't really have the full answers, but you can get a teaching job in some English schools here (some schools are set up by Nigerians to cater to Nigerian children who wish to learn based on Nigerian educational curriculum). I don't know how much they really pay, though I think it's the same standard private schools in Nigeria pay their teachers (same as you would expect to be paid based your qualification if you were in Nigeria).

3. Generally things are really expensive here. For the accomodation issue, you'd need a really good agent who can find a good place for you. Some of the areas you can start out are Adjame (Liberte, Paillet area), Deux Plateau (the lower end). Nigerians reside a lot in the Adjame Commune, especially Yorubas and a few Igbos and predominantly muslims; also, it's the business area of Abidjan (note, Abidjan is not a city but a state, Adjame is a local government in Abidjan - they are called communes here). Almost every Nigerian business person plies their trade in Adjame, and they are crushing it in business. That's the only way to really make it here in "Abidjan"; a job would not really help you in the long run. If you're coming here and hoping to reside here, just come with the mindset that you're here to do business, because that's the easiest way to meet up with the high standard of living here. Hopefully, once you're settled in Abidjan after say, a year and you're making some financial progress, you can relocate to other high brow areas like Cocody, Treichville, Bassam and the upper part of Deux Plateau. For the rent payments, it's somewhat confusing for a first timer, but here's how it works:

You can only get houses through an agent, who'll connect you to a caretaker. Those agents will charge you at least 5000 FCFA to go inspect the house and see if you like the area (that means, you'll be paying the person 5000 FCFA to show you all the houses he knows are vacant). If you like any house, (NOW PAY ATTENTION REALLY CAREFULLY SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS) he'll take you to the caretaker and after you agree on the rents, you'll pay an amount which is the equivalent of 3 months rent in that apartment. So, if the monthly rent of the house is 50,000 FCFA, you'll pay the caretaker 150,000 FCFA; this money is not the house rent, but the CAUTION FEE. The essence of paying this is that it is a sort of deposit. When you are about the leave the house (whether in 6 months time or in 10 years time) the caretaker will come to the house to inspect it and ensure that anything which was installed in the house before you parked in, was not damaged. If it was damaged and you did not replace it, the costs for doing that will be deducted from the Caution Fee; also, if you were owing any month's rent in arrears, the debt will be deducted from the Caution Fee and once it is exhausted, and you have not paid up, you'll be issued a notice to quit and evicted. Their evictions here don't take much time as we do in Nigeria (they can evict you under 2 weeks with the court order, and you'll still pay for any extra time you spent after staying over. They are strict with their laws here, especially when dealing with foreigners). It is your duty to ensure that you inspect the house along with your caretaker before parking in, to avoid arguments over the state of the property when you are about to move out at any point in the future. When you pay your caution fee, please collect your receipt for that one from the caretaker. The other payment you'll make is the main rent, and it is upfront for 3 months too. BUT, note that what you are actually paying for is 2 months, and here is why; out of that 3 months, one month's rent will be given to the agent who introduced you to the caretaker. That is his commission for sealing the deal. So, you'll start paying for the next rent from the 3rd month of your stay. If you park out of the house before the initial 3 months, you'll have to forfeit the payment for the remain months left (let's say you park out by the second month, you'll forfeit the rent you have paid for the 3rd month); this does not affect the caution fees you have paid, because those ones will be refunded to you, only the main rents are affected. However, if you park out after the first three months, then you'll not forfeit any rent. The final set of fees you pay regarding your rent are the caution fees for electricity and water utilities respectively. Let's say the usual fees being charged for your light and water bills are estimated around 5000 FCFA each (if you're living alone in a self contain - they call it studio apartments here), you may (DEPENDING on your negotiation with the caretaker) deposit 15000 FCFA as caution for electricity bill and 15000 FCFA as caution for water bill. Like the original rent caution fee, these will be refunded to you when you are about to leave, as long as you are not found to be in arrears of any payment. Note that, this is how it works and the Ivoiriens always apply the rules strictly to foreigners, especially Nigerians, but are somewhat biased in favour of their own people. So, if you are parking in to a new place, always inquire from the caretaker and get the past invoice for the light and water bills, to ensure that there is no debt that has been left by the previous occupant, else you'll have to pay for it or be disconnected from light and water access. I know a Nigerian guy here who inherited a debt of over 50000 FCFA for water bill. He has paid half and is yet to be reconnected until he completes the payment.
For the costs of rents, it varies and depends on the location. I currently stay at a middle class area of Adjame, and I'm still studying the situation. Self contains around my area costs around 45000 to 60000 FCFA monthly. Same around some parts of Deux Plateau. I heard you can also get same rents for self contains in some areas of the Yopougon commune, and cheaper rates at Abobo commune, which is where the lower class citizens live. At Cocody, Treichville, the high brow areas of Deux Plateau, self contains can be found from around 90,000 FCFA upwards. Plateau commune is the Wuse zone of Abidjan. You'll mostly see government institutions, foreign offices and the Ivoirien parliament there. For intending businessmen, I heard shop rents start from around 100,000 FCFA monthly (have not really confirmed this because I don't do business, just hearsay from a friend here who does), and if you're in open market stands where they pay for spaces, you may pay around 50000 FCFA monthly.

If you're coming over PLEASE master the French language before travelling. I know it has been said over and again, but it's important you do this, so you can blend in the environment with little hassles. Some of the Ivoiriens (few actually) who stay at Adjame are now becoming hostile to new Nigerians who speak English, because sadly, some of our young men migrating here recently, are now spoiling things and taking advantage of their goodwill and hospitality (Ivoiriens are actually really helpful people I must say, but some have encountered Nigerian fraudsters; even our Nigerian people who have established themselves here, are also wary of new comers because some try to be too smart and take others for fools based on their kindness). I encountered one angry Ivoirien pastor recently who I approached to ask for directions to a place and he answered me in a rude manner. It was only after one of his boys who speaks English discussed with me and I explained to him who I was and what I was looking for (told him I wasn't looking for money or a job, just directions to a school), the pastor had to explain to me that he was initially rude to me because he had been approached in the same way by Nigerians like me who would pretend to be seeking help and claim they were stranded, but would defraud him later on.

Finally, please if you can, by all means travel by flight. The land route is really not for the faint-hearted, especially at Ghana checkpoints where they harass and extort Nigerians ceaselessly.
In all, if you are looking to venture into business, Abidjan is the place for you, and like others have suggested, wares like second hand bale (okrika), electronic gadgets, footwears and motor spare parts are killing it. If you're here to look for a corporate job, I'd advise you to look for another country. There's not much opportunities (just really few) for persons here with English qualifications, except for teaching vacancies in Nigerian private schools. If you're also looking at building your football career like Mekus, you are highly welcome here. There's really opportunity for you. I think also the same for musical talents; these people love Nigerian songs, and as long as your music contains too much noise and vibes for dem to shake body wella, your song go sell

That's all for now...
Eid Mubarak to my Muslim brethren. Make I go chop the sallah food wey my Muslim neighbour give me

Silver247:
No vex baba I neva get reply
The manny wey suppose help me go check don come back naija

Silver247:
Its more than enough depending on the business tho


About the shop you asked about I will ask a friend and get back to you

MERCHANDISER:
when u wan travel?

Bullrun:
Sure

Tremple8v:
Been to Accra like twice , Ghanaians do sell weed too , this is not a news pls .