Abidjan Disussion Thread - Cote D'Ivoire

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Naijaborn

Lmao, That isnt bigger.

I cldnt get a bigger front photo of the buildng due to the photography restrictions associated wth the region(it is locatd nia th UNEP hq n the region has many restrictins). the photos above are actually side views. bt honestly its bigger. al try n find u sme photos.

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Naijaborn

LOL!!
well, Nigeria doesent have the most extensive infrastructure in West Africa, and one of the most extensive on the continent because it wants to build them, for ghosts, But because people actually need them.

Now, comoaring Lagos to Accra. Accra and Abidjan are capital cities, Lagos isnt.And Lagos still has more people than Accra and Abidjan put together and multiplied by 2. Lagos isnt a small city at all.

And no, I wont say china has better infrastructure than Israel, Bigger isnt equual to better. Outside of Abidjan, show somewhere else ''decent'' enough in the whole of Ivory coast.

Anyways, that is not my point....... when will the Ivory coast get back fully on its feet again??
we neeed more countries to do well in West Africa.

My brother am happy u seem 2 agree with my bigger is nt beta thng bt again u contradict yuaself. saying only abidjan in ivory coast has such infrastructure-now with 5mil pple, abidjan has almst 30% Of IC. that is more than the percntage of nigerians lvng in lagos, abuja, calabar and port harcourt combined!

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by HerachioBlo

my friend commot with your division, show me what abidjian has that Lagos doesn't have in volume?

and 1 million or not Abuja is still first world, the only things on the continent on par are some south african cities (which are as good as or better) and some north african cities.

you can't say 'any nigerian city' then disqualify abuja for being a growing city.

but taking Abuja out of the picture Lagos is still superior to Abidjan in every way shape and form. IF you look at everything a city is to have there's no comparison.

Av never been to Abuja but like many other cities in the world, i knw much about the city. frankly from what i see, abuja doesnt come to me as anything near a first world city and its archtecture is just so boring-no creativity. the roads are marvellous though. from what nigerians say, anyone who has no idea of what abuja is might expect smthng of New york calibre-anyway from the way nigerians talk, the whole lot cant just lie-for me, i take what they say and blend it with what i knw, i bring forth a city with good infrustructure, maybe beta than all ssa minus sa bt nt by the huge margin u guys tend 2 mek us blv. the one thng that i hate about abuja is tht its luks sooo boring.

[Mintali]

More views of the nairobi one

[Naijaborn]

still small {Compared to the Abidjan one of course}
Dude the American embassy in Abidjan is Huge, it isnt a hidden fact.

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Naijaborn

still small {Compared to the Abidjan one of course}
Dude the American embassy in Abidjan is Huge, it isnt a hidden fact.

If it suits you. but then, I would advice you to check up the sizes using google maps and measure them then you will realize what am talking about. btw, the nairobi one is composed of two structures.(the nairobi one has 2 large structures mearing 102m and 70m while the abidjan one has one large structure of length 90m.)

[Hadrami]

Who gives a damn if its bigger or smaller guys.

[Hadrami]

Originally Posted by Mintali

with 5mil pple, abidjan has almst 30% Of IC.
that is more than the percntage of nigerians lvng in lagos, abuja, calabar and port harcourt combined!

That is because of the war, everybody fled to Abidjan !!

[Naijaborn]

Including the Northerners and Migrants??

[Hadrami]

Originally Posted by Naijaborn

Including the Northerners and Migrants??

I have family there. They left Senegal at least 30 years ago. When the ivoirian dream was alive and kicking. They are succesfull businessmen now. They suffered a lot during Gbgabo’s 10 years in power.Thank God the civil war is over.


The foreigners in CIV feel very Ivorian since they come from neighbouring countries with exactly the same greater mandé culture as northern ivoirians. Many left but many stayed, after two or three generations the links with their country of origin were already too blurry.

At least 50% of Abidjan is of northern or greater mande origin.
Look at the top 10 football players
Top 10 CEO’s
Top 10 actors
Top 10 politicians
Top 10 whatever ...

At least 50% are sons of migrants from the greater mandé or northerners. And they (especially dioula/wangara )control small business and transport business. They got too much money too loseso they didn’t leave. And the southerners Akan and Bété are not seen as very good businessmen in CIV, they better leave that to the Dioula, lebanese and french. Like my mother’s cousin they are not thinking of leaving Abidjan or other southern cities. They stayed, the money is too good.

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Hadrami

That is because of the war, everybody fled to Abidjan !!

it wasn't war that we were discussin

[Hadrami]

Originally Posted by Mintali

it wasn't war that we were discussin

You talked about the demography of Abidjan and you can’t do that while ignoring the civil war and unrest during the last 10 years !!!

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Hadrami

You talked about the demography of Abidjan and you can’t do that while ignoring the civil war and unrest during the last 10 years !!!

Cool then bro. only that I wanted to explain why good infrustrure in Abidjan alone is still a good step in a country with small population such as Ivory Coast. Anyway thanks

[Naijaborn]

Originally Posted by Mintali

Cool then bro. only that I wanted to explain why good infrustrure in Abidjan alone is still a good step in a country with small population such as Ivory Coast. Anyway thanks

Have u been to Abidjan before???

[Mintali]

Originally Posted by Naijaborn

Have u been to Abidjan before???

Not really.

[urbanaturalist]

Originally Posted by Matthias Offodile

Yes, blablabla, you don´t have to tell me anything because my parent´s friends had to flee Abidjan in 2004! (one was a German lady married to a Nigerian , the other a French lady married to an Ivorian couple the latter lived there for more than 30 years). I am more than well aware of what was and is going on in your country and the biggest lie is your president and his monstruous wife! Belive me, I do hope that durable peace returns to your country.



Let´s close the debate.

For my part I offer you pics now!

image hosted on flickr


image hosted on flickr

Interesting ground pics........................thats not a sight you see........ever.... black folks riding in a bicycle race.....extra cool......Tour de Abidjan

[bieber]

More pics?

[•eze•]

What's good with Abidjan, this used to be the best city in West Africa. More pictures.

[Naijaborn]

What's the best city now?

[Arinze]

Cotonou