The Official Continental Africa Travel Thread

[TheKongoEmpire]

Without a doubt. The 4 weeks between the middle of December and the 1st week in January are absolutely crazy. I'd say you'd probably want to post up in Accra first to get your feet wet and then Lagos once you've got your bearings. You really can't go wrong with either though.

I see you repping Haiti. If your French is on par, then I'd say Abidjan should be looked at as well. From what I've heard, it's got the best nightlife in Francophone West Africa. It's also a big bustling city. Dakar I've heard is more relaxing, so depends on what your looking for.

Don't sleep on East or Southern Africa either. If not for the fact that I haven't been to Lagos in a while, I'd do Jo'Burg instead.

Just thinking about going to Afrika gets my blood racing

I've been working on my Spanish so much, my only French is Kreyol and I'm too pro black and antifrench to work on it

Like I pray everyday France falls once and for all.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Legit thinking those of us looking to invest need to pop off a discord or slack group

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

WorldTravelerDD Wrote: -If you believe that a land that used to be known for slavery is the best place for you to live then you are still a slave yourself.

 

[Apollo Creed]

WorldTravelerDD Wrote: -If you believe that a land that used to be known for slavery is the best place for you to live then you are still a slave yourself.

???

 

[Trajan]

Legit thinking those of us looking to invest need to pop off a discord or slack group

Let's get this cracking

@Nemesis and @PewPew need to be in the group by default

 

[Apollo Creed]

Let's get this cracking

@Nemesis and @PewPew need to be in the group by default

Who else is there. I cant keep up with name changes.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Who else is there. I cant keep up with name changes.

@Cynic @phcitywarrior

 

[Trajan]

Who else is there. I cant keep up with name changes.

I'm not sure. But I remember those two brehs actually walking the walk. They have some good insight of the realities as well as opportunities.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'm not sure. But I remember those two brehs actually walking the walk. They have some good insight of the realities as well as opportunities.

Gotcha. I`ll probably set something up after my trip to Egypt in the fall.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Where's everyone traveling in the next 6 months? I'm wondering if there's gonna be some overlap.

I'm in Naija (Lagos, ABJ, PH) for December. Possibly Accra as well.

@Nemesis May we enta Quliox. Boys wan flex small

 

[Apollo Creed]

I’m in Egypt in Oct.

If I do a Nigeria trip next yr it would be for a conference or something as I’m good on the party scene.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Damn...I need to renew my Nigerian passport. It expires this December

The Nigerian embassy. Enough said

USCIS playing games with this naturalization. Pushed my due date back another 6 months

I blame #TrumpSet for such nonsense.

 

[Samori Toure]

Let's get this cracking

@Nemesis and @PewPew need to be in the group by default

@Chief
@Diasporan Royalty
@xoxodede

If you know people that are interested in doing business in Africa then you might want to let them know about an organization called Africa Business Jumpstart. Dr. Harnet usually does yearly seminars in New York City, London; and this year I think that she is doing one in Africa. In the past I attended one of her conferences and I heard a lot of different small business concepts and ideas that I never even thought about before.

It was amazing to see so many Africans and African Americans sitting together trying to conceptualize business plans that can be started on basically a shoestring budget. I already had a business plan with a man in Sierra Leone before attending the conference, so the conference help firmed up some thoughts that I had on how to move the business forward. However, if people don't have a clear idea about what they want to do or on how to get started then the conference might be helpful for them.

home - Africa Business Jumpstart

 

[phcitywarrior]

You’re moving to spend time in Nigeria or for good? I

I didn't want to derail the other thread. But to answer your question

I'm going to more so survey the country and scout out opportunities. Ideally stay for a year to 18 months, see what opportunities are on ground and then figure out what resources I'll need (capital, education, etc) to capitalize on the those opportunities. Rather do it now that I'm under 25 and my opportunity cost is still low.

Best way to make this happen is to align myself with a multinational stateside, and then transfer to a project in Nigeria. I keep my US credentials and career on course, but I'm able to get a lay of the land in Nigeria. It's very easy for Nigerians who come to the US to get "stuck" in the US. They only visit once every other year for 2 weeks at a time. Very removed from the homeland. But I understand their plight. If you're not plugged in on ground then there isn't much to write home about. And for some people, their lives in Nigeria was mediocre, so the US seems like a better.

My end goal is a state where I'm in between the US and Nigeria with regularity. 3 months here, 3 months there etc. My home is a transient journey between both nations. I have assets and business in both nations and options in each. Truth is my family is pretty evenly split between the US, Nigeria and UK (to a lesser degree). I want to ensure I set myself and kids up for that experience where they feel they have options within those spheres.

Anyway, that's the plan is to go this December and thaw some cold connections and network heavy. Check out the IT space, the agribusiness space, everything. Just a get a flavour of the opportunities in the private sector.

I already have a few business plans for some ventures I'd like to get into. Next would be to get serious data points from knowledge on ground. 3 weeks in Nigeria won't be enough, but it'll whet my appetite for later.

The next growth story will come out of S Africa, I definitely want to have the infrastructure in place for when the growth starts materializing.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I didn't want to derail the other thread. But to answer your question

I'm going to more so survey the country and scout out opportunities. Ideally stay for a year to 18 months, see what opportunities are on ground and then figure out what resources I'll need (capital, education, etc) to capitalize on the those opportunities. Rather do it now that I'm under 25 and my opportunity cost is still low.

Best way to make this happen is to align myself with a multinational stateside, and then transfer to a project in Nigeria. I keep my US credentials and career on course, but I'm able to get a lay of the land in Nigeria. It's very easy for Nigerians who come to the US to get "stuck" in the US. They only visit once every other year for 2 weeks at a time. Very removed from the homeland. But I understand their plight. If you're not plugged in on ground then there isn't much to write home about. And for some people, their lives in Nigeria was mediocre, so the US seems like a better.

My end goal is a state where I'm in between the US and Nigeria with regularity. 3 months here, 3 months there etc. My home is a transient journey between both nations. I have assets and business in both nations and options in each. Truth is my family is pretty evenly split between the US, Nigeria and UK (to a lesser degree). I want to ensure I set myself and kids up for that experience where they feel they have options within those spheres.

Anyway, that's the plan is to go this December and thaw some cold connections and network heavy. Check out the IT space, the agribusiness space, everything. Just a get a flavour of the opportunities in the private sector.

I already have a few business plans for some ventures I'd like to get into. Next would be to get serious data points from knowledge on ground. 3 weeks in Nigeria won't be enough, but it'll whet my appetite for later.

The next growth story will come out of S Africa, I definitely want to have the infrastructure in place for when the growth starts materializing.

my goal is to do the same get into a Multinational with an African presence and go from there. Microsoft would be ideal but I noticed most of there stuff on the continent is Sales focused.