Accra, Ghana vs Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Arguably, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire stand as two of West Africa's finest countries, their only distinction being the arbitrary line drawn by Britain and France. They share not just mutually intelligible languages and similar physical features, but also a deep bond that transcends borders. With a 720-kilometre border, Ghanaians and Ivoiriennes refuse to let the European border divide them. They stand together in times of joy and sorrow, celebrating each other's milestones and mourning together at funerals. This shared camaraderie is a testament to their shared history and culture.
Accra, a city of peace and progress, is a shining example of the rapid development in West Africa. It has opened its doors to all descendants of the Transatlantic slave trade, offering a new home and opportunities. In the past, Ghanaians were known as nomads, seeking better lives across the continent. But now, the tide has turned. Ghana no longer sees its people leaving; instead, it welcomes all of Africa into its vibrant capital, Accra, a testament to the country's growth and potential.
Côte d'Ivoire, as it wants to be called, is a country that has enjoyed stable economic progress with a solid infrastructure. Its economic stability attracted endless immigration from its northern neighbours through the tolerance of former president Félix Houphouët-Boigny. As soon as the father of the country passed, xenophobia took over the peaceful Côte d'Ivoire. Black African I, attacking black African B. I identify as Ivoirien, while B identifies as Burkinabe. The two brothers fought each other over who is the true bearer of the European identity imposed on them.
Fast-forward a decade, and Côte d'Ivoire is peaceful again. It has excellent beaches, five-star hotels, and a plethora of French and Westerners who call Abidjan home. It is safe, has a high standard of living (probably the highest in West Africa), and has above-average law-abiding citizens. I strongly recommend Abidjan.
Let us know your thoughts in the comment section, and we will engage.
Congratulations Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 👍
I really enjoyed this video bro 💪🏿💙
Thank you!
I really liked your video. ❤
Thank you!
Wow Mr youtuber you're the real deal. Proper experiential, well researched even eye witness accounts of the comparisons you speak of. Nice one
Thank you bro for talking about my hometown abidjan .
And my country Ivory Coast.
Miss home
Good ones. I like your video
That's my country you talk about 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮 ❤❤❤ Thank you so much for speaking of the truth , when we tell some people they don't believe us. But our government are really trying for our country 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you very much for your report!
I'm German
I see rhe progress since 1975-76. At this time I lived in Abidjan. And I love the City. I worked as engineer and sales Manager. For whole western Africa. I had a wonderful time there and I can see the progresses all over. I love Africa. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@berndhofmann752
We are glad you stopped by.
@@BantuCityDiaries I love Africa and the people ❤
Thanks bro.That’s a good show
Thanks for watching.
I love your videos.one love from kenya
Thanks so much
You did well bro. This is fare and objective.
🇨🇮🇨🇮🇳🇬We Thank you, Africans need to accept criticism to improve Ours living standards, socioeconomic inequality, mediocracy, injustice ect..it's time for African to change with human and natural resources African can achieve anything,
You’re not lying
Yes... From my childhood I have heard Abijan was the best city in West Africa and competed in the top 20 in Africa...
I've enjoyed the video immensely, next time if you talk about megachurches, am sure there would be a lot of positive things to say about Nigeria😂😂see you soon in Addis Ababa brother
@fredrickdenga7552
"megachurches" 😂
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As an Ivorian, I'm shocked at the point that Nigeria lacks those commodities. How comes that they don't have clean water, electricity,... ?
@jeankevin3707
Simply put, incompetence, greed, and the need for ethnic dominance come before 230 million Nigerians.
Don't be shocked! They claim on social media to be the giants of Africa and everyone is beneath them. They are clearly happy with the status quo!
I barely comment on social space such as this, I get angry sometimes when i see ur post talking down on Nigeria bt the moment I realised u also a Nigerian like me then i think we need more criticism like this so our leaders can sit up.
Sometimes i feel so ashamed with what's happening in the country😢 God help us 🙏
I'm Nigerian and I approve these messages
He's absolutely right! Nigeria has no emergency calling system and state ambulance system is non existent. The Police, including private businesses, generally either switch off their phones or ignore incoming calls because their lazy and non chalant asses couldn't possibly be bothered with incoming calls.
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Congratulations to these three West African capitals: Abidjan, Accra and Lagos.
Congratulations to lagos for what reason? for no tap water? or no electricity? or no 5-star hotel? Or no electric car charger?
@@aboaboyahciciniko7132 😂😂
Accra Ghana Almighty
If you judge Abidjan by the plateau area, you will be misleading your audience. Abidjan at large....i mean the Greater part of Abidjan cannot match greater Accra at any angle.
I have been to both cities btw
@elegantlady1158
Watch again, and this time, listen well.
Roads (streets, motorways, dual carriage, contraflow, etc), for Abidjan.
Bridges (intersections, changers, etc)
Structures (The achitectural blueprint of a city, its entire urban structure, etc), for Abidjan
Public transportation, for Abidjan
World standard five-star hotel: Abidjan has more, for Abidjan
Average Salary: Abidjan
GDP: Abidjan
Size: Abidjan, more than twice Accra.
I can go on, to come here and pretend otherwise is unreasonable.
Ghanians and their empty boasts.Ghana has never experienced any civil war,why is ivory ocast way above ghana then?Abidjan went through 2 civil wars,yet it is still on top of accra.Now,imagine ivory coast never experienced these wars,where would it be?
Correction to your statement about the inexistence of clean pipe born water in Nigeria. Abuja actually has clean pipe born water that's supplied through a maintained dam. However, it only exists in Abuja, and most people aren't even aware. You're legally not obligated by law to tap into it when you construct your home.
So, many houses still rely on the bore hole system. If you do choose to tap into the system, then you get either a monthly or quarterly bill. I'm not sure about the frequency of the bill receipt but I'm confident that the system does exists in Abuja only because I once rented a house that was connected to the city water system
@XY-rh3if
I referred to Abuja and some cities. Central Abuja is far less than 10% of Nigeria. Some urban areas have them, too, but they come once every blue moon. I know Abuja well, so you are right. Thanks for pointing that out. It is always a pleasure to hear from you.
It's always a pleasure to see your videos about Nigeria which are done in such a very unique way that I've never seen online and I look forward to more. After all, the best Nigeria could become is all our heart desires
In 2020, I reenterd Lagos through the same airport I exited Lagos 3 degades ago and I was shocked and astonished at the same time to observe that the airport was stuck in time. In order words, nothing changed in the last 3 decades. No improvement
Infact, airconditioners were nonfunctional at an international airport for that matter. I couldn't believe it. I sweated more than a loaf of bread in an oven. Suffice to say that Nigeria is not run as legitimate country but as a totally FAILED STATE.
@XY-rh3if
They appreciate church buildings and pastors more than they do their country. Nigeria's failures are unprecedented.
@@newcustomer3033
Sounds like a typical Nigerian. You couldn't put up your invalid and baseless argument without being uncivil with your comments. Who do you think is stupid, is it someone who understands how well a country's international airport should be run or is it someone who hasn't done their research to understand how well other African nation's or overseas airport are run in comparison to how the Nigeria Airport is run before putting up an invalid and baseless argument about the fact?
Until you switch from this mentality of defending the incompetencies of Nigerian leaders, including the governed like your self who're co-conspirators in ruining the country, you'll never get things right. I'll suggest you do your homework and stop being one of those who're defending bad management style, just because they're Nigerians
You were comparing Three countries not two since you added Nigeria. And you also added Nairobi and East Africa at some point??.?.????.
I lived in Accra for five years, trust me you don’t have enough info, people do drink from boreholes once a year
@JJ_Guy
Thanks for the info.
Well, I’m a Ghanaian living abroad and truly love the criticism portrayed in your video. I hope you were being honest about it. It seems Abidjan won. Indeed, Accra continues to undergo significant construction and is likely to surpass Kenya's exceptional road infrastructure. Thanks for bringing up the corruption of our civil servants. Ghanaian police are fond of doing that, and I hope the government makes some amends to change it. Ghanaians love beautiful things, so the cars you saw were not for a show-off but rather for their enjoyment. It’s not Nigerians who introduced that lifestyle to Ghana. It's probably a common life between the two countries. Maybe Nigerians use luxury cars to show off, but in Ghana, it’s for fun. Ghana has a long way to go, so I hope doing the same comparison in the next five years will be different. I appreciate your constructive criticism, as long as you are not biased. We want the truth, so tell us where we fall short in your experience, as we are striving to become a better nation. Thank you.
Thank you! I will learn from your statement.
Accra's likely to surpass Kenya's roads? I pray it happens. BUT even if that happens, the rains only need fall for just 30 minutes to destroy Accra's roads and also expose it's poor drainage problems
If we don't construct big deep gutters/storm drains, especially in the kaneshie etc areas to channel rain/waste water away from the roads and into the sea, we'd design the most beautiful roads for Accra but they won't last
The VISION and KNOWLEDGE required to MODERNIZE ACCRA, I'm afraid our leaders even engineers don't have it or can't seem to make it happen
@@MarkNtiri lol, the city wasn’t well planned, hence the reason for the poor sewage problems. I’m sure it’s on plan and will be dealt with. The truth of the matter is that Ghanaians tend to litter around too much, causing the gutters to choke. I hope they cease this practice to reduce the frequency of flooding in Accra.
@@philipboateng5667 you're sure there're PLANS to correct Accra's drainage? and you HOPE Ghanaians stop littering? 😂😂. You educated, well traveled, rich abroad Ghanaians can be very hopeful of an improved Accra, it can be quite annoying, especially when everything points to the contrary
Of the few bold sensible VISIONARY leaders around like Mahama(not to do politics ), the former Accra minister etc, what happened to their transforming Accra efforts?
What happened to Mahama's monthly clean up exercises? The Accra minister who relocated yam, onion sellers from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku, CLEANED up makola, SANITIZED our spaces, STOPPED Ramsar site encroachment etc what happened to him?
He was told to stop and eventually reassigned. There lies our problem
New political entrant Cheddar is young, VISIONARY and would tremendously transform our spaces. But who'd give him the chance?
@@philipboateng5667 Accra NEEDS to be REPLANNED. Dry season circle, kaneshie etc the roads look great.let it rain just 20 minutes, same places would be flooded with no drains for water to get into. I've lost massive respect for Accra. If a city cannot handle normal rains, not abnormal rains, then it's not fit for purpose, no matter how impressive it looks
And we've city planners who can't solve small Accra's problem. Can't do public transport. Overcrowded Lagos runs a BRT system with DEDICATED LANES FOR BUSES ONLY. We can't solve Accra's traffic etc etc. shame on us
As ivorian, I'm supprised that there are no water supply and electricity for people in Nigeria. It suppose to be the first economy in African.
Sorry for my English
@seydoutraore2867
Your English was great, brother, and yes, over 90% of Nigeria has no running water. They dig holes, which are then used to pump water up an overhead tank and, from there, into the house. The water is not fit for drinking. The water on the island of Lagos, which is supposedly the affluent part of the city, smells like poo. After digging the hole, you must treat the water, or you could get poisoned if consumed.
Over 70% of Nigerians go to bed daily without electricity. Urban areas in major cities could get up to six hours per day. One last thing: Nigeria is not the number one economy in Africa. South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria (in that sequence) are the largest economies.
Nous vous remercions d'avoir apprécié la vidéo, et merci pour le commentaire.
@@BantuCityDiaries waouh ! I'm desappointed
@ApexKing00
Well, clearly you are pathetic liar, and I will spend no time on you!
Kpakpato ki ta appelé là-bas 😂😂😂
@@valentincamara7719Don't worry yourself that's how some blind and untruthful Nigerians behave
This guy is an Igbo guy I can bet my life on it
Truth has been told
Is this a comparison between Ivory Coast and Ghana or Nigeria and Ghana. Your video is all over the place. You need to be focus. It is not making sense.
My point exactly. It's a deliberate effort to paint Nigeria as black sheep
@animalworld1471 you need to take stock.
@ochiegodfrey6428 you refuse to be criticised?
I saw Accra Ghana vs Abidjan as the title, I decided to click and watch the new development in other Africa cities. Only to be disappointed with the narrator. What does Nigeria has to do with your post?
The people of ivory cost came from the Ashanties in Ghana ,same names ,same language and same culture
Some people or the people ? I'm ivorian and i don't belong to.
Some people or the people ? I'm ivorian and i don't belong to.
@inzadosso-rz3xb
You are right, 100%. Sometimes, when you speak in general terms, it can come across totalitarian-like. What I meant was that both countries have some mutual ethnic groups and languages.
Thank you for stopping by and pointing out the correction.
Abou a 1/3 of the ivorians
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On est ensemble 🇨🇮
As a Ghanaian, I can tell you that most of the parameters you used in your comparison were misleading. You did not explore Ghana well and had limited information in your comparison. Look at the top 10 cities in Africa with GDP and you would know your comparison is misleading. Abijan is not developed than Accra bro.
Accra is wonderful. But please don't tell me accra is far head of Abidjan. Be fair to Accra but Abidjan is ahead.
1 🇿🇦 South Africa $401B
2 🇳🇬 Nigeria $395B
3 🇪🇬 Egypt $358B
4 🇩🇿 Algeria $239B
5 🇪🇹 Ethiopia $192B
6 🇲🇦 Morocco $157B
7 🇰🇪 Kenya $115B
8 🇦🇴 Angola $93B
9 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire $87B
10 🇹🇿 Tanzania $86B (NOMINAL GDP FOR 2023) source WB
Don't lose your voice dear, i know their plateau is quite good but Accra at large is way ahead of Abidjan. I have been to both cities. I guess thier new roads has also uplifted the face of the city. İf you judge Abidjan base on the plateau, your conclusions will be misleading.
Accra as in Greater part of Accra looks and feel better than Abidjan. Mind you i love Abidjan. My opinion
@UnitedAfrica-uw9ct
How disingenuous!
IMF 2024 and World Bank records.
Africa's largest economies:
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South Africa - $401 billion
Egypt - $348 billion
Algeria - $267 billion
Nigeria - $252 billion
Morocco - $157 billion
Joker!!!
@@elegantlady1158 people tend to judge developments by high rise buildings. But those are not indicators of development.
Concerning the economy, kindly check again pls. Ghana GDP is 77 Billions and Côte d’Ivoire is 70 Billion.
@abrahamopokuzumaro6884
South Africa: $373 billion
Egypt: $347 billion
Algeria: $262 billion
Nigeria: $252 billion
Ethiopia: $205 billion
Morocco: $152 billion
Kenya: $104 billion
Angola: $92 billion
Ivory Coast: $86 billion
Tanzania: $79 billion
Ghana did not even make the top 10.
Below is one of many sources.
businessday.ng/news/article/africas-gdp-giants-top-10-largest-economies-of-2024-imf/
The high Ghana debt took some money out of the economy, reason for its poor performance. Ghana used to be the 9th economy in Africa and number 2 in west Africa for sometime
Côte d'Ivoire 86 milliards de dollars et Ghana 77 milliards de dollars selon le fmi informations 2024
S'il vous plaît, prochainement faîtes une traduction en français en sous titre
Il faut apprendre l'anglais.... ça t'aidera beaucoup dans la vie
@s.tanh9818
Apprendre une langue n'est pas facile, surtout quand on a déjà dépassé l'âge de 16 ans. Alors, faut pas dire apprendre l'anglais comme si c'etait un menu à la carte.
C'est bien vrai que l'anglais est plus utilisé dans notre monde d'aujourd'hui, il faut comprendre que ce n'est pas tout le monde qui a la tête pour les langues.
@@s.tanh9818 c'est quoi ce complexe qui vous font toujours croire que vous les francophones devriez apprendre obligatoirement la langue anglaise pour votre culture ? Et eux ?
I do not agree with everything on here. I have lived in a place in yaba where there were free waters and very clean too. and Nigeria is not that bad bro.
Lol is it Lagos or Abidjan 😂😂😂.
Compare Abidjan with Nairobi
It will be dropping at some point in the near future.
You're too critical of Nigeria.
Neither Ivory Coast nor Ghana comes remotely close to what Nigeria is economically.
Nigeria has a far greater population and any of these two countries, so the infrastructural challenges in Nigeria will be far greater. For example, Ghana's maximum electricty demand is no more tha 2800mw for the entire 90% of its populace connected to its grid. That's less than what Ikeja, a district in Lagos, alone needs, but current electricity demand in Nigeria is estimated at 30,000mw, and that is just the 48% of the country connected to our grid.
Ivory coast has a maximum electricty production capacity of just 2,200mw. Nigeria's stands currently at 16,000mw.
As for water supply, have you thought of what humungos challenge it will be running pipes through the thousands of streets in just Lagos alone? Not saying that's an excuse for Nigeria's failures, but please cut Nigeria some slacks.
@SeptagusFinanceAdmin
Ghana enjoys a higher per capita income than Nigeria. Gross GDP is not a reliable indicator of a country's financial standing. The GDP per capita is a more reliable measure of a country's economy.
Ghana's 5,134 megawatts vs Nigeria's 16,384 MW are, on average, bigger than Nigeria's, given that it is six times smaller. Côte d'Ivoire's average is about slightly lower than Nigeria's, or pretty much the same.
Tokyo has 37 million people. The largest metropolitan area in the world. Water flows into every building. Shanghai, São Paulo, and Mexico City have a larger population than Lagos, yet water flows into every building.
When a critique, firmly grounded in evidential veracity, invokes anger, that should be a prompt to reevaluate one's epistemological framework as it may be flawed. I appreciate your eloquent and insightful contribution.
@@BantuCityDiaries
Nigeria had a GDP per capita of over $3000 in 2014, just before the current APC government came into power. It should therefore be obvious that Nigeria's present underperformance owes chiefly no the bad policies of this adminstration. That doesn't detract from the basic fact that Nigeria is a far better vibrant economy that both Ivory Coast and Ghana. My main grouse with your unrelenting bashing of Nigeria is that you never seem to want to acknowledge that Nigeria holds far more promise that probably any other economy in Africa, a fact that has been emphasized by lots of experts on the subject. For example, the IMF has projected that Nigeria's GDP could hit $1.8trillion in the next five years
@@SeptagusFinanceAdmin You made excellent points there, and I agree to some extent. Thanks.
You were in Assinie enjoying yourself, go back to Ghana 🇬🇭 and check, ur video is too biased
Did you really visited every part of these two cities?
Please, check your grammar!@@KwakuAmo-qi8fj
Chill out, bro! There is no need to get too emotional or sensitive about this. He pointed out Ghana's shortcomings based on his experience. It's a chance for us to see how people view us from an outside perspective. We'll beat them all in the next few years. Ghana is the gateway to Africa, and it will continue to grow for the better.
Where was he biased? Typical Ghanaian. We think we're the best there is and must attract all the positive superlatives
Is Abidjan not prettier than Ghana? Are our roads not poor? Do we have public transport? Etc etc? Admonish us to do better and not for you to be thinking someone's biased
@@MarkNtiri That is his opinion, and it doesn’t mean that it applies to all Ghanaians, so beware of your generalization. I don’t think Ghanaians have that mentality of being the best in everything-that is an overstatement. I’ve traveled around, and I can tell you with certainty that Ghanaians are humble and very loving people.
It's shameful and pointless demarketing Lagos and Nigeria as a whole in a video that's meant to showcase Accra and Abidjan. This has been a deliberate act in all your videos. This is what you get when you let strangers tell your story.
@animalworld1471
I actually think it was excellent. We don't have to agree.
@@ochiegodfrey6428 Why?For stating the obvious?
The owner of this channel is a kindred spirit. He has the same concerns and misgivings as me. Kudos, man. I don't know if there's any hope for Nigeria as it is.
There is no doubt that you hate Nigeria because you are doing a video about Ghana and Ivory Coast but every negative that you said was about Nigeria
Zoo nigeria
@@ochiegodfrey6428 African biggest zoo 🇳🇬 without clean pipe born water shameless people no electricity no electric car charging stations zoo nigeria 🇳🇬
@@ochiegodfrey6428 typical zoo citizen
I don't know where you get your GDP information but they are incorrect. Yes, Ivory Coast GDP is more than Ghana but not the amount that you put there. Please my brother. don't mislead the public. The GDP difference between Ghana and Ivory Coast is 1 Billion.
Ivory Coast 74 Billion and Ghana 73 Billion.
GDP in Ivory Coast is expected to reach 74.78 USD Billion by the end of 2024, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ivory Coast GDP is projected to trend around 79.64 USD Billion in 2025 and 85.46 USD Billion in 2026, according to our econometric models.
GDP in Ghana is expected to reach 78.51 USD Billion by the end of 2024, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ghana GDP is projected to trend around 82.20 USD Billion in 2025 and 86.06 USD Billion in 2026, according to our econometric models.
That 85 Billion is what Ivory Coast is expected in the coming years and that doesn't mean they have that Amount now.
For expectation, you don't do video over it and give Assurance because anything can happen tomorrow. And you never know. You can never be 100% sure, what the state of the economy will be in the next few years.
@nsohayamga2817
You really need some basic Googling.
2024 figures below:
South Africa: $373 billion
Egypt: $347 billion
Algeria: $262 billion
Nigeria: $252 billion
Ethiopia: $205 billion
Morocco: $152 billion
Kenya: $104 billion
Angola: $92 billion
Ivory Coast: $86 billion
Tanzania: $79 billion
Ghana did not even make the top 10.
Below is one of many sources.
businessday.ng/news/article/africas-gdp-giants-top-10-largest-economies-of-2024-imf/
@@BantuCityDiaries Dont mind these ghanians.They dont travel and dont know anything about the rest of africa.They think that their little ghana is the most advanced country in africa.I was shocked when I leant that ghana cocoa wealth came form the cocao seeds stolen from equatorial guinea by a ghanian .😁
Ivory coast is never a second highest GDP in West Africa is rather Ghana.check and come back
it is sad you have not done your home work properly. go and check it again.
@@great7939 Too much fufu I guess?
@alan.imangue yes if you are ghaneen. In Ivory Coast, they have foutou, they have foufou. The foufou they even two types. Foufou like your one in ghana and they have foufou with wonderful taste linked with red oil. SO IN IVORY COAST THEY 3 TYPES. You see, you have much to learn, don't you think? Do you?
I'm not a Nigerian but your video is petty and insulting Nigeria u are comparing Accra to Abidjan but spending time insulting Nigerian with negative nonsense
How can you be nigerian? A country without five star hotel? no electricity no tap water the only choice you have is to denial.
@briantahs1841
Instead of whining and mocking the English language, focus that energy on proving me wrong. What did I say about Nigeria that was untrue?
@aboaboyahciciniko7132
I get it, English isn't your tenth language; but listening I thought was a given. Poor @aboaboyahciciniko7132 !!!
@@BantuCityDiaries what’s going on here mr.man.
@@BantuCityDiaries black people are allergic to the truth.They are too fake and like lies.That is why so many conmen of god thrive in the black world.