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A Comparison with Australia | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. May 7, 2012. A Comparison with Australia. Looking at the Ivorian government budget. I thought it would interesting to compare it to a developed country. To avoid adjusting for population size, I checked if there were any developed countries with about the same population as the Ivory Coast:. Here’s where the receipts (largest categories) came from:. The thing is income tax, company tax and VAT only touch the formal economy in the Ivory Coast, whereas everybody h...
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Elections in Senegal | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. February 26, 2012. Wade is not Gbagbo. I’ve been following the presidential elections in Senegal today. Senegal’s president Abdoulaye Wade was long the opposition leader and democratic hope, and came to power in year 2000, just like Gbagbo. Then in power he didn’t quite meet expectations, but in terms of going bad after coming into power Wade was far from the nightmare of Gbagbo. Pro Wade election poster in Dakar. Laquo; Just in: Newborns. On February 27, 2012.
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Taxis are out | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. April 25, 2012. Things taking longer than expected. As usual things take longer than expected, but increasingly, my experience is that they also work out at the end. Now the cars just need to be registered, fitted and painted for taxi service and pass the vehicle inspection, and then they can hit the road. Last time these things took a bit over a month, but were never a problem. The big thing is getting the cars out of the port. Posted in My Projects. The Real E...
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Time for some Afro-optimism | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. February 27, 2012. Time for some Afro-optimism. The Remarkable Part of the Chicken Republic Story. However, the most remarkable thing about Akinjanju’s story is that something like this didn’t happen:. For example she hangs out with rock stars like Sting and even duets with Julio Iglesias: http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Gulnora’s interest meant taking over Interspan’s assets and business. And this was not going to be by making an attractive offer. The com...Washi...
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Flights to Abidjan May 2012 | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. April 15, 2012. Flights to Abidjan May 2012. I’ve been looking at flights from Europe to Abidjan. Basically if you want a single ticket to Abidjan – and not do more adventurous stuff like flying to Accra and taking the bus from there – you’ll have to pass by one of these cities:. Here are the cheapest economy prices I found from some European cities with an outbound flight in May and return in June:. 615 with TunisAir (stop in Tunis). 870 with Air France (direct).
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Car prices | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. March 18, 2012. Latest news is that both cars have arrived to Abidjan Port and the import process is underway. So it looks like they will make it before any import restrictions take effect. Ship with second car moored at Abidjan Port. Before any import restrictions are enacted (if they will be at all – it’s not written in stone yet), I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison of second hand car prices in the Ivory Coast vs Western Europe. Let’s l...
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Import limits on used cars | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. January 15, 2012. Import limits on used cars. I’m saying it again: Come on Ouattara, don’t disappoint now! Quite a lot of West African countries have these kind of restrictions, from a quick surf I see:. Senegal – 5 years since 2003. Guinea – 5 years since 2011. Ghana – No limit but penalty fees for cars older than 10 years (just like in the Ivory Coast right now). Nigeria – 15 years (according to the Import prohibition list. The case for a restriction. Cars up ...
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Podcast with the Finance Minister | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. May 6, 2012. Podcast with the Finance Minister. Charles Koffi Diby speaking. Today I listening to an IMF podcast. In French] with the Ivorian Finance Minister Charles Koffi Diby. Quite interesting – at least for readers sharing my somewhat geeky interest in Ivorian economics and politics. I like that he stresses transparency, and the budget is really available – in reasonable detail – at the Ivorian government’s website. Dooo -ing eeeh bisness. Diby: In 5 years ...
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A very long view on house prices | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. August 29, 2010. A very long view on house prices. The Herengracht house index. One of my favourite pieces of academic research is a study of house prices along the Herengracht canal. So what does the Heregracht index show? 1628 – 1633. The economy soars. Herengracht house prices doubles. The index begins at 100 in 1628 and reaches 212.7 in 1632. 1635 – 1636. Plague hits Amsterdam, kills about 20% of the city’s population. 1640s – 1660s. France and England decla...
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Getting there | Hotel Ivory
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Investing in Africa Lifehacking Adventure. June 10, 2012. Time for an update on the new taxis. They are still not running, but it’s getting close now. The lead time from buying the cars to actually have them running have been frustratingly long:. 1) Buying the cars – Finding a suitable shipping company – Having the cars picked up at home: 1 month. 2) Car leaving home – Arriving at Abidjan Port – 1.5 months (including a long stop in Antwerp). 3) Getting the cars out of Abidjan Port: 1.5 months. Now I got ...
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