₦airaland Forum

mavinc4u:
Are there schools running masters in Cyber security in France?

Yes dear.

I want to apply for a master program in Cybersecurity or network related IT program. But I need a scholarship or any form of grant. I have written to Grenoble, but their response didn't include how I can secure a scholarship. My experienced gurus should help out please.
Cc ogatboy

Sandramuna:
Please I need help or any assistance I can get. I got into Abidjan on Friday only to realize my $1000 dollars I brought is missing. Please I beg please I need help..I'm stranded and very confused I don't know what to do as I'm here now...that fund was supposed to help me settle my accommodation here and feeding for at least three months before I settle well. Please if any can assist me or direct me to someone who can I'll be very grateful and recompense as soon as possible. This is the number I got please +225 64 52 95 80.

So bad. I will just check what I can do.

amysavage:
Ok..even in Cotonou I got one for 60000cfa to 80000cfa but they owe a lot and I really can't because the pay is really small but if I could stroll down there I would take the job but the transport fare is killing.. From my house to school is Everything expensive..except u want to eat too much pineapples..even pineapple sef dey expensive..(trying to do pineapple business with some students but border wahala..i think French speaking countries are extremely expensive for now ..just stock your kitchen with foodstuff and enjoy the breeze close to the beach.

I can't stop agreeing with you. You nailed it but I met a guy(Teacher) here who has bought a car and got married under two years.

Shakitibob0:
roughdiamond ugosample

Is online shopping a common activity in cote d voire?

Coincidentally, I am into this business. Still expecting my first order this week. I can't really answer your question now because this language barrier is treating me too bad. I am still thinking of how I will make sales but there is God sha.
But honestly, most products that people make use of here are imported. I wish to get an English conne, and this storm will be over. I searched all I could in the market today for English - French book but couldn't see. All I was seeing were French - English. Whoever knows where I can get a good book that teaches French very well should help me.

amysavage:
25000cfa to 35000cfa per day? Hmmmm c'est pas vrai..es que je peux trouver une travail comme ça

He meant 2500 - 3500 per day. But this can't even pay one's rent here.

@Rolly83, I withdrew at N1:1.57F with my First Bank ATM. If there is any place around you where you can check, please do because it may be higher.
@good4all40, personally I won't support whatsapp group. I really learnt a lot from this tread. A whatsapp group will just give the tread a natural death which won't be good for future travelers. Whoever has any question should spill it here and people will respond according to their views.
@all, if you plan to come here, please start learning French from home. Just look for anyone to teach you basic French, it will help you in a great measure. Come prepared too(I mean with both cash and mind).
Someone should please help me with cheap data plan, I buy 500mb for 3kF. Too bad

Sandramuna:
Hi @roughdiamond, please I need to get in touch with you with regards to Abidjan. How can I reach you? Or please can you send me a message (Sandramunachim@gmail) really looking forward please. Thank you

The Email address is not correct but I sent you pm

JWTheocracy1:
roughdiamond are you on WhatsApp?

Yes, check your mail

JWTheocracy1:
Thanks bro for that hint. please is Mr Abel on WhatsApp? would love to chat him up. I have an account here with GTB in Nigeria and wanna ask him some questions.

Yes he is. Check his profile

JWTheocracy1:
lol.. do not let this your love for women make you be like those who went to equatorial Guinea (Panya) in the early 80's and came Back With nothing.
that's a nice business though because Ivorian ladies have penchant for looking foppish.

please how can I open an account and transfer my cash before coming if possible?

If you don't already have an account here, it will be very difficult. I had an account with Diamond Bank back home, I called to tell them about my coming even met their customer care one on one. Behold, I arrived here and their ATM is not even working with their bank. I opened an account with them here but they told me that I should get authorization back home for a transfer. I called home but was told my presence is needed for the authorization. What you will do is this, come with a Nigerian master card and be withdrawing your money from SGBCI Bank here. I will recommend you withdraw from their headquarter in Plateau. It dispenses up to 200kF. First Bank charges me 420 for each withdrawal.
To open an account here, one of us here (Abel) works with GT bank. He is a nice guy too, I was with him yesterday. And their ATM is cheap too (11kF). Diamond told me 20KF

JWTheocracy1:
roughdiamond which business specifically interest you that you're planning to invest in?

My brother, due to my union and love for women, I am working towards beauty products. Ranging from what they wear/apply from head to toe.

cutieme:
Thank u very much roughdiamond but please i'd like u to help me survey this eatery business over there.The type where cooked noodles like spagetti and indomie are sold with some tea and bread including drinks too.I don't know if u get me clearly but pls try and make a proper survey on that and tell me if it really moves down there,thanks and please be careful with those daughters of eve o because i learnt they are tempters o

Wow! What a nice business idea you have. It sells like there is no tomorrow. The only challenge will be enough space. But don't worry, your money will get you that. This is how it may go ; tea, bread and indomie in the morning, or spaghetti included and drinks in the evening. They love drinks a lot. With these, you will be busy all the time.

cutieme:
Thanks for the much given info but bro so far,what is your view about place now that u have settled down and what business do u see or feel thrives more ,the one somebody can venture into,thanks

I am still trying to settle here oooooh! No settlement until cash starts rolling in. Abidjan is OK but very expensive though, maybe because I haven't started making money here. Honestly, I would prefer specific questions, that way, it will be easier for me to provide answers. For business, from my personal observations, every business thrives here. I can't specifically tell which one sells more than the other. There are great businesses all over. What matters is your capital. Yes, business here requires capital.
For withdrawals here, I recommend SGBCI bank. First Bank charges me 420 Naira for each withdrawal.

MamaTej:
I came in on Saturday. But I'm leaving tomorrow.
So bored.

Why are you leaving Mama, what happened/is happening? Is it because of the language or you don't like the environment? You should have spoken up earlier. If you wouldn't mind, do contact me if you will extend your stay. Life isn't like that. I can really relate because I nearly got frustrated but someone I met here kept giving me hopes and I am loving this place already. The major problem from my experience is the language barrier because these people are very friendly and accommodating.
Any other person coming should please ask your questions in details and appropriate answers will be provided.

@JWTheocracy1, Nwanne Mmadu, I will be highly honored to welcome you. Mee Kam Mara mgbe ibatara. Nno ije in advance

@Chimaxan, thanks for your concern. Getting someone to share with me now will be very difficult besides, I haven't shared a room before even with my brothers at home. Sharing a flat (2bed room) will be better. I have parked in now, just trying to settle and learn the language. Getting out of my dumb mood soon. Lol

cutieme:
The ones u saw,how much are they calling and how months advance payment?Then on the other hand,why not try places like adjame,i learnt houses are cheaper there i stand to be corrected tho.

I got one at Grand Bassam at 40k cefa per month. 2 months advance, 4 months caution. I finally parked into a single room without toilet and bathroom at 25k cefas per month. 2 months advance, 5 months caution and 1 month agent fee. Adjame? Drop what you read online until you experience it yourself.

cutieme:
Hahahahahahahahahahaha they show porn movies on TV?Kai!na sodom and Gommorah?Anyways thanks for the info but so far,what business can you point out that moves very well there that one can venture into?Secondly,the 50k u mentioned earlier,is it 50k cfa or naira?Pls tell more for more knowledge of the place,thanks.

Any business can move here provided you are financially loaded. I was talking about 50k cefas not Naira.

corkpikin:
[b]let say N1 million

That's 1million CFA

Accommodation in areas like Cocody,Riveria and Palmeria extention

100,000 cfa per month at Riveria Jardin studio apartment.
Landlord takes 3 months rent + 2 months Caution + Agent fee equals 600,000 Cfa . I had no choice. Trechville,Grandbassam, Macouri faya, is a no no for me Average house rent overthere is 50,000 to 60,000 cfa.
Youpogon hmmmn! it's a choice though house rent there is btw 35,000 to 50,000 cfa see! fine girls full here o most especially you can't speak French prepared to be loved by FEMME here unlike no woman for u in Nigeria if u can't speak good english.

Taxi from Cocody to Trechville 2,000 CFA woro woro cost 700cfa ... Normal Naija money remember CFA and Naira are almost the same

10 eggs cost 1,000 cfa
Can coke cost 500 cfa
Table water 500 cfa .... Though they have one of the best h20
SK something that make's boiz smile ask tinubu .. 1 wrap is 1000cfa and naija 100 Naira .... No wonder they traffic drug here but if thier police catch you ehn! 20 years bye bye ur pikin don grow smoke that shit in ur house .

Your 10,000 Naira in Nigeria is one paper here.

Now i want to do e spending

wake up in the morning and i brush up my teeth.
visit suprette
Bonjour man. I normally don't use the word Messouir

Me: Bonjour Man
Him: Bonnnnjour mesiour common tu va
me: Fine! Mercy . Frowned face naija calculation on my head..
Pardon don mua . Eff avec delo combien?
Him: Mill cent cang..
Me: QUA? pardon ecript write. pulls out my calculator to press the figure ..Oh 1,500 Cfa egg and water .. Nawaooooo!
give red bull how much ?
Him: 1,000 cfa
Me: for my head Red bull 1k naija inside west Africa wey i no dey Europe damn! Abidjan is expensive Ghana dey learn work.

3G internet 10,000 cfa

10gig cost 30,000 cfa

If you have a job here you are good to go. [/b]

I never took this serious owing to what other Nairalanders had written about Abidjan until now. I always made reference to the infos here when I was searching for a house and at a point, the people helping me got annoyed and threatened to leave me. I Never came across any self contain at 25k or 30k even in the crowded village of Grand Bassam

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My advice to whoever wants to come here. Please prepare very well. Both financially and mentally. Things are really expensive, especially house and data. Data and calls are free in Nigeria compared to my experience here. If you really have much, think of investing in internet service providing. Many things about this country were overhyped. Nigeria is in a million times better than this country but they are very organized and everything is working. God really blessed us but punished us with bad leaders. Only Dangote can buy this country but come and see how everything is working. I nearly cried.
For those who may still have questions, drop them but I may go on break from now as I don't have much to spend on data again. Thanks

cutieme:
Roughdiamond,how much did you pay from Nigeria to the place,and what are the documents you carried along?Secondly,how do you view life there compared to Nigeria in terms of living standard,economy,weather,currency,infrastructures(houses)businesses and lastly their women compared to naija women,thanks.

"whatever I write here is a personal experience" I paid 27k at the young shall grow;had my passport only and paid 9k cefas for Yellow fever at Ghana border. The living standard here is OK but apartment. You can't imagine the houses where people live here. The only advantage is that it has light, water and very organized. Their Economy is OK. I have observed no difference in weather here. Currency is cefa. They make use of coins here. There was light everywhere I had visited, Sontra buses at 200 cefas to anywhere. There are other buses and taxi too which is costly. Houses are very expensive here. Very expensive and the least I have seen, you must pay from 6 months up. Two months rent, 4 months caution. If you are thinking of coming, budget from 50k/month for a studio. Though, you may get a cheaper one. Comparing their women to Naija is like comparing Abuja and Aba. Their women are amazing and too cheap but I must advise ; if you have a long term plan, delete their women from your mind. Many Nigerians here married them. They are very nice, but too sexually immoral. They show porn on cable TV here, so just imagine the effects.

skylane:
wow but some people said the place is not realLly expensive,except house rent,like what and what category of things are expensive

"Everything I write here is my personal experience" The only cheap things I have seen here are ; women and food. Water is costly. The bottle water I buy in Nigeria 100-150 is 500cefa here. One egg is 100cefa. A man I met here as I type tells me that opportunities are everywhere here but I am yet to find them. He is a Nigerian too. Though, I am trying to be very careful with Nigerians here. Two boys (G Boys) had earlier met me in my previous hotel advertising their business. That contributed to my relocation as the last thing I will do is crime. Maybe when I get an apartment, I will blend in

skylane:
porn :opornwhat kind of nonsense is that? Is it midnight or daylight? Don't they have kids there? Anyway no yawa,but try and contact her you never know y you met her,she will help you get your ground faster because naturally that trust wud be established since you guys journeyed together ,you are a man now you define the relationship,so howfa are you relocating there?or short visit?

I have my reservations on why I haven't contacted her. She works at Cocody and lives really big but women are last in my list here. I have seen and heard much about them here. I came with a plan and haven't even gotten an apartment. One needs to settle first. My first objective was for her to help me find accommodation but she pays 80k cefas where she lives which is against my budget. My mission is to stay here but things are damn expensive here. I mean very expensive

chimaxan:
I want to come over to ivory...how can I get ur contact diamond.

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I would wish you ask me everything here but If you insist, send me a pm

skylane:
oboy no be small thing o,thiers girls and we enh,anyway try and contact her,talking with her will help you with the language barrier,the house rent no be here,you will try n enta inside,some places are still cheaper so I read,oboy let's connect now even if its on whatsap,gats ask you more questions, can I PM you?

Yeah, I really wish to contact her but the stories I have been hearing and my personal observations about their girls is scaring me. I wouldn't want to loose focus (have many things to achieve first. Not a Saint oooooh!) But honestly, these people live a weird life. I don't advise any man to raise a family here. I went out yesterday to buy Banana, unfortunately the seller couldn't understand me so she called a girl to interpret for her. At the course of the interpretation, I found out that the girl is a Nigerian. Do you know what she does? Prostitution. A teenage girl of about 16-18 years. Ivorians generally seem to be nice and friendly. Please feel free to ask me your questions here. It was by others' questions that I learnt what took me to this country. Feel free to ask, I don't think anything should be hidden as they even show porns on their cable TV here. Lol

Ugosample:
Youpougon would not be a bad idea if you are on a budget.

I moved to Gonzaque today. A Nigerian guy I met in the bus and his pastor are trying to secure a place for me. I was able to get a hotel there too for 7k cefa. And by his grace, I may park into my own apartment tomorrow.

skylane:
what is thier (girls n boys) mentality towards nigerians,how easy is it to make money,what about the rent,like a single room etc

Their girls too like Nigerian guys. I have not really observed much about their mentality towards Nigerians but from my little experience, they are very nice and friendly. I met a very charming Ivorian girl at The Young Shall grow park. Didn't know how to approach her ( because of how our girls in Nigeria treat guys) but fortunately, her seat was beside mine. She greeted immediately she entered and our conversation started till we got to Abidjan. Though language barrier was a great problem but Google translator helped. I collected her number but yet to call her.
I haven't known how to make money here as I am still trying to settle and break the language barrier but there are great businesses almost everywhere.
House rent is very costly from my little experience. I was told 50k cefa at Marcory and required to pay for 4months. A local hotel I slept in charged 12k cefas.

skylane:
lolz oHh boyy why are people saying their girls are so sweet?,no be small thing,I will make sure I get there especially because of the food.please update us any new experience abeg

I will prefer you ask me questions on what you want to know about this place and I will try my best to answer based on my little experience. I am currently at the beach at Gonzague catching a little fun

skylane:
welcome bro how you see the life in abjdan

life here is very cool but everything is expensive except their women and food. Only God can save a single guy in his country. The language barrier is real but I have been trying to settle.

Just landed in Abidjan today. Trying to settle but this language barrier is a real Bleep up. Chijoke Mbanefo (High life musician from Anambra state) is performing this night but how to find my way there is a complex problem. We came together with his music group through the young shall grow but my dumb and deaf nature has restricted my stay to my room alone.