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Good day everyone, I will like to know how life in general is like in Guinea, is it cheap to live in
friendly business environment and the likes. Thank you.

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The only reasonable french country in west Africa is Cote D'Ivoire only. Don't go where you will regret.

Warmaterial:
The only reasonable french country in west Africa is Cote D'Ivoire only. Don't go where you will regret.

Equatorial Guinea is Spanish speaking and not French speaking.

Which part of equitorial guinea are you going to?
The island Malabo? Or the main land Bata?
If Bata, it is a dirty poor place with little to nothing to do but if Malabo, you will enjoy the place more as rich settler than a hustler because it is a small country.
The island is quiet, serene and lovely to stay if you have money but economically, there isn't much happening there.
Malabo is just as populated as Abeokuta or Ijebu Ode. About 500k to 1m people max.
So you idea of what am saying. The overall market you want to tap into is small.
I have been there twice

emmaodet:
Which part of equitorial guinea are you going to?
The island Malabo? Or the main land Bata?
If Bata, it is a dirty poor place with little to nothing to do but if Malabo, you will enjoy the place more as rich settler than a hustler because it is a small country.
The island is quiet, serene and lovely to stay if you have money but economically, there isn't much happening there.
Malabo is just as populated as Abeokuta or Ijebu Ode. About 500k to 1m people max.
So you idea of what am saying. The overall market you want to tap into is small.
I have been there twice

How safe is Malabo? Like, using your definition and experience of safety, how safe is it (on a scale of 1 - 10)? Can one drive a G-Wagon without raising eyebrows? Are there police roadblocks here and there? Do their police harass young men who drive nice cars (regular Toyotas, not Benz)? Are there shootings and kidnappings?

Warmaterial:
The only reasonable french country in west Africa is Cote D'Ivoire only. Don't go where you will regret.

Ivory coast is too shmitty



its literally like benin rep

its literally paraguay 1.0


you will enjoy it there if you can speak spanish,
there is a somewhat of igbo community there.


them get access to chile and spain visa free

Gerrard59:
How safe is Malabo? Like, using your definition and experience of safety, how safe is it (on a scale of 1 - 10)? Can one drive a G-Wagon without raising eyebrows? Are there police roadblocks here and there? Do their police harass young men who drive nice cars (regular Toyotas, not Benz)? Are there shootings and kidnappings?

It is relatively a calm, quiet and safe country.
I didn't go out much, mostly was onboard and guest house before going to the airport but from the little I saw, observed and mostly from what I heard from people I met who have stayed or worked there, it is an extremely poor country. So driving G-wagon will definitely raise eye brow unless you are in the top political class.
It is more or less a closed-ended country in that it is an island, which means regular entry into the country is hard and controlled - by air and sea (the port is heavily monitored from Bata and Cameron).
The president has been in power for ages so spies are everywhere trying to sort out rebels or those planning to topple the government by external actors.
As a caution, don't talk bad about their president nor trying to snoop around digging for informations about the president, political class or the country in general for too much else, they single you out for monitoring codedly. You can't trust those you are talking to if they are the government spies.
During the massacre when some factions were rebelling against the government, the government killed over a 100 thousand and over 1m were displaced to neighbouring Gabon who still love there till today to avoid clampdown.
A friend of mine who I met there who works for another company (he stays in Ibadan) was detained with 2 other of his colleagues just for strolling around and wanted to go to a beach close to the presidential villa with a citizen who was their guide.
The citizen was left alone while they were detained on the charges that they were spies and they used 3 weeks in the cell.
It took several top tier calls and intervention to release them after 3 weeks.
My friend told me many people he met in the prison were detained for flimsy excuses and have been there for long with no hope of being released.
In summary, they are hostile to outsiders, Nigerians a bit higher because of some little past issues we had caused.

For those that shared there their own contributions than you,
I ll apreciate more lights on the mater.

emmaodet:
It is relatively a calm, quiet and safe country.
I didn't go out much, mostly was onboard and guest house before going to the airport but from the little I saw, observed and mostly from what I heard from people I met who have stayed or worked there, it is an extremely poor country. So driving G-wagon will definitely raise eye brow unless you are in the top political class.
It is more or less a closed-ended country in that it is an island, which means regular entry into the country is hard and controlled - by air and sea (the port is heavily monitored from Bata and Cameron).
The president has been in power for ages so spies are everywhere trying to sort out rebels or those planning to topple the government by external actors.
As a caution, don't talk bad about their president nor trying to snoop around digging for informations about the president, political class or the country in general for too much else, they single you out for monitoring codedly. You can't trust those you are talking to if they are the government spies.
During the massacre when some factions were rebelling against the government, the government killed over a 100 thousand and over 1m were displaced to neighbouring Gabon who still love there till today to avoid clampdown.
A friend of mine who I met there who works for another company (he stays in Ibadan) was detained with 2 other of his colleagues just for strolling around and wanted to go to a beach close to the presidential villa with a citizen who was their guide.
The citizen was left alone while they were detained on the charges that they were spies and they used 3 weeks in the cell.
It took several top tier calls and intervention to release them after 3 weeks.
My friend told me many people he met in the prison were detained for flimsy excuses and have been there for long with no hope of being released.
In summary, they are hostile to outsiders, Nigerians a bit higher because of some little past issues we had caused.

Thank you for your response.

I jump and pass. Yes, I am not a fan of poke nosing into another country's affairs, but outright detention and harassment isn't my thing. So to drive G-Wagon na big deal for Malabo?

Kaczynski:
Ivory coast is too shmitty



its literally like benin rep

Try visiting Abidjan, you can't compare Cote D'Ivoire with any west African country in so many areas. Try visiting Cote D'Ivoire you won't like to go back.

Kaczynski:
Ivory coast is too shmitty



its literally like benin rep

Try visiting Abidjan, you go change mouth las las.

I am there right now and the company i came to work for is asking me to stay for six months to help them maintain their equipment. Should i consider or should i just go back home?