Living in Accra Ghana (the Cost of Living in Ghana's Biggest City) Just say NO!

Ghana is hot and people are bustling to get to Accra. Wait... is this capital city of Ghana really the best place for you? We have some serious things you'll want to consider as you plan your blaxit. Join us for this live and share your experiences or ask questions. Let's do this!
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[@amencal]

I really don't get it. Why r u protecting companies & ppl u had a bad experience with? And yet, u continue complaining & asking if its still 2024? Expose dem, so we no not 2 patronize dem. Dat's why gogle & other listing sites have ratings..

[@KenyanRon]

Hello from Columbus Ohio you were the first family that moved that I watched. Me and my wife have decided to move also, were going to Kenya. Thank you for being my first stepping stone along the path.

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Thanks for sharing!

[@skywilliams323]

My advice to anyone traveling from America to the continent of Africa should leave their American mind set in America and adapt to the culture and what ever else 😊

[@Akos885]

Exactly ,

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

stayed at a African Hotel. The rooms were round made of all wood. Sevice was absolutely fabulous.❤❤️

[@AngieR82]

All i can remember is when it was almost as if we, African diasporans, were scolded like children when conerns were raised about catering to/patronizing the same people and issues we were running away from. We were told, "Do not bring this attitude to Africa!" What some of us fail to realize is, these people will never change. We never fail to come to their defense, while our issues are forced to take a back seat. Enough of the nonsense. 😏

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

I really appreciate your knowledge re people traveling to Ghana. You are such a lovely couple ❤️. I went to Ghana about 15yrs ago. Absolutely wonderful trip ❤️

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Thank you so much!!

[@jahrelsjourney3672]

Thanks for the video. I got a good chuckle from Tony’s nonverbal comeback and whether he’s wearing it for black history month attire

[@anitacasely-wilberforce8120]

Hello guys. I am new to your channel. I love your channel already. I appreciate your candor. This channel is quite refreshing. Guess what? I am a Ghanaian who resided in Mexico for 8 months. You are spot on, Mexico is very similar to Ghana. Keep up the Good work!

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Welcome aboard!

[@johnnyxx2500]

i left Accra just last Thursday. Place was expensive as hell

[@Akos885]

Yea, I'm a Ghaianian and I agree with you

[@jenniferturkson278]

Jenifer watching from Minnesota, I love your content. You guys keep'em real

[@timhunter1914]

Happy New Year Ayo and Tony! Cairo was cool but by wife and I were done after 2 days. Dubai is great, we lived there for 4 years. Trying to plan Ghana for next year. Peace and Blessings!

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@timhunter1914 - Thanks for the heads up and thanks for the comment 😊!

[@jaealexandria5357]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@sampsongbogboh495]

Great conversation, being watching you guys for a while now

[@mowarsame]

First time I have seen this channel and after few seconds I knew I am gonna subscribe cos this two are cool

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Awesome @@mowarsame! Thanks for subbing and welcome to Expat Life ❤️️!

[@mowarsame]

I was born in Somalia but I grow up in Europe I really do miss home

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

Amber Ruffin already did video on *W'ite History month.* ❤😂❤

[@violatebah]

Come to think about the white history joke that’s pretty damn good. Maybe we should probably have a month like that in Africa whereby we talk and discuss how colonialism affected Africa.

[@nefertemur8951]

Greetings Expat Life Ghana, great conversation and or discussion. Continue to enjoy your vacation and I look forward to your next live once you return to Ghana. 🇬🇭. Thanks for sharing.

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Thank you.

[@itscyberqueen13]

What you need to understand is it's a way to make you feel inferior. The most ignorant yt person will still try and feel supreme and when they feel insecure then they try and make you feel inferior. It's a sign of insecurity. It's yt supremacy.

[@jamesmorrison5580]

Yes please I’m retiring next year. Moving to Ghana I need a visa

[@tonyeneanya7808]

Hello from Twin Cities Minnesota!

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Hello there!

[@wordsofcheresie936]

I watched the entire video and they never said where they were on vacation, even though people kept asking in the chat. It seems that this is information that they don't want to divulge for some reason.

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@wordsofcheresie936 Can we have some privacy? Thanks for the comment 😊!

[@FreedomQuests]

I have not experienced lights out but one quick second and it was back on.

[@itscyberqueen13]

Why can't it be "Visa Free for African & African Descent in 2024."

[@Akos885]

They are working on it

[@JamesBond-44]

ON THE VISA FREE: . THE PRESIDENT SAID, VISA FREE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DECEND. BOTH THOSE LIVING IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA. I SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM. HE SAID BY THE END OF 2024.

[@attajacob]

My fellow Ghanians ❤

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@attajacob - Love that! Thanks for the comment ❤️️🇬🇭❤️️.

[@tyionallen6357]

Thanks for sharing 😎

[@markfrance293]

The visa free for Africans is in line with the Africa Free Trade Agreement signed last year. This is to make movement for business people especially easier.

[@Ablathev19]

I agree with Tony....also the unity part ..I live in Ghana, Ho. More then a year...did the visa on arrival.

[@Debraclark900]

How much is the visa on arrival cost?

[@Ablathev19]

@@Debraclark900 in 2022 $150

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

Hello from Georgia

[@ayodeler39]

I wish Ayo had replied to the lady on the beach with a complement about how friendly and sociable her own little one is …. Your feedback on that one? If her original statement was meant to be back handed what would she respond?

[@dawnbrown1794]

Were you approached with "give me something small, small? Are prices posted for locals listed as cheap prices and prices for diasporans inflated? Is it true?

[@sewahakoto5825]

Re visa free for Africans, as the diaspora is the sixth region this visa free must include the diaspora, the government should be made aware of this.

[@santos5140]

I Am From Jamaica , Living In Baltimore Maryland and I thinking about moving to Ghana , can you help me with finding a plot or two to build my house

[@islyrevans295]

Hey there's a some you tube channel like cindi marvelous, Audrey Appleby,the bodley's and more

[@eagle_eye7734]

White history month is auch a good idea...

[@karenwright8491]

I agree because it will really tell the story😢😢. We love our cousins but the truth hurts if it is told.

[@BernardAsare-bh9gp]

"You speak so well" The lady on the clip indicated she used to be a teacher and knows "bad" English has no color so perhaps can say the lady saying that your son speaks "so proper " didn't mean it in a racial context

[@EssamSeb]

Can I live in Ghana on $150 a month, other than housing, $150 food, drink, and cigarettes?

[@kehindeemiabata4032]

East Legon ..we've been wirhout water for a month now.

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@kehindeemiabata4032 -Sorry to hear that, and thanks for the comment 😊!

[@jamikaparks468]

I'm sorry, did I miss the cost of living? Can someone let me know the start time of that specifically?

[@airborneranger-ret]

The "english" comment was a compliment. My wife and I were in Hungary - had the same compliment. Perhaps you are trying to hard to be offended?

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@airborneranger-ret - Do they say that to white kids, NO!! So why wouldn't we be offended, and thanks for the comment 😊!

[@airborneranger-ret]

I grew up in Japan, France, Germany. It's absolutely said to white kids - and adults.@@ExpatLifeGhana

[@darlenebreitenbach9325]

Hello, haven't seen you in a while, looking great

[@diaspora1960]

Did he just say that he plans to vote for Trump just to see what's gonna happen? That's sad.

[@darlenebreitenbach9325]

And it continues....

[@darlenebreitenbach9325]

Do you!.....thats the problem, a compliment

[@istekgroups1526]

Tony, you are getting looking like .. big business man

[@tonyeneanya7808]

Hoping to meet you guys this year 2024!

[@k.o.y.stands7001]

In Ghana biting your tongue?

[@Mr.Patrick_Hung]

At this conference here in southern China there was a racial minority man from Xinjiang. People kept complimenting him on his Putonghua (Mandarin China). Of course it was his first language and what really annoyed him was that the people complimenting were Guangdonghua (Cantonese) speakers. Also as a research professor he spoke better English than most native English speakers. Just saying...

[@poetalegalis3635]

🇯🇲🇬🇭🇰🇪Blessings and one love: WOW!! The African loving couple look sharp. It is time to get married again for the second time in Ghana for the next half of your life.🇰🇪🇬🇭🇯🇲

[@shellyowusu8869]

Greeting from philly!

[@reesereese6510]

I love watching these info channels and I lived overseas good time but its so funny that the bloggers go overseas and always try to bash the US to sell wherever they are at. We live in the states so no need to tell us whats going on here as we are here 24 7 and while there are problems, there are good too. Just like overseas there are BAD AREAS just like any other country, you are just reporting on the place you are at but there are bad areas there too

[@myrnajames1460]

Why visa just for Black American?

[@humblyme7773]

Blessings Family

[@centflicks]

😂FUNNY 😂

[@Debraclark900]

How much is the cost of the Visa on Arrival?

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@Debraclark900 - If you can get it, it's $150, and thanks for the comment 😊!

[@niisaki6757]

U handled the situation well. Are u in the south? They haven't changed n never will.

[@MsArtelia]

Good morning from San Diego California

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

Good morning!

[@rainingzion7601]

You should start you "shorts" online promote promote, people just don't know.

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@rainingzion7601 - Love that! Thanks for the comment ❤️️🇬🇭❤️️.

[@Hailstacy]

Omg ppl need to think before they speak

[@sapphirediva100]

I wish you 2 would complete a sentence and quit laughing so much. I couldn't figure out where you went on vacation?

[@wordsofcheresie936]

I have no idea where they went on vacation. They complain about how they were treated, but who treated them this way?

[@patriciageorge7188]

Good day , happy Monday. Can I have your contact?

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

How can I help you?

[@GettingItDone59]

You should have definitely said what was on your mind

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

Where did you go ei hmmm

[@Mapule150]

What does just say No to Ghana meas ?

[@ExpatLifeGhana]

@@Mapule150 - It's saying no to Accra because it is getting overcrowded, and thanks for the comment 😊!

[@amencal]

About de visa free thang. I don't thnk u get it still. GH is bin taken over by WS. So, makn anythn easy 4 blks worldwide is de last thang on they list (esp blks frm Amurica who're 'bout it - 'bout it). Visa fees r a major income source. So, as long as ur comin frm a dollarized nation.. forget it. De ideal thang wud be dual-citizenship.

[@maakwah1_]

When it's visa free, it's will be free for everyone, not just blacks. Moreover, we pay visas to visit Europe and America, so why should it be free for them? Also, don't make statements you can't prove. Who has taken over Ghana?

[@amencal]

@@maakwah1_ we want it free 4 blk americans (not evryone), b'cos they fought 4 us to visit & stay in USA, incl birthright citizenship. We dont want it free 4 everyone. Just like europe is visa-free only 4 europeans & their allies like usa. Canada, australia, etc. With de takeover: have u seen the penal code? They just had a jim-crow style hangin in Ghana this week. Whytes move freely in Ghana & africa. Yet Africans can't.

[@maakwah1_]

@amencal You are asking for the same thing and still condemning it. Whites do not move freely in Africa. They pay a visa fee before entry. Also, tell me which alley should Ghana let in freely? Check out countries Ghana has visa free policy with. Until we continue paying for Visa to visit the west, they will abe should pay as well.

[@maakwah1_]

@amencal Also, which Jim-crow style hanging took place in Ghana last week? Why did it happen?

[@amencal]

@@maakwah1_ Nkrumah proposed dual citizenship for all Africans in de diasppra just b4 he was taken out. And we need 2 complete it. Kenya has just made it visa free 4 all africans. Ghana just talk.talk.talk.

[@darlenebreitenbach9325]

Still...

[@paulsimon137]

I like you both. I’ve been watching you for a while, but you were wrong. You should’ve said her straight. Both of you should’ve said those people straight, this is what they believe. You have to tell them, please don’t be colonized hurting white people feelings please don’t.

[@kambamazig02024]

What you are talking about with outside Africa tour companies, they take advantages of their clients. This is happening all over Africa. Commercializing and appropriating Africa!

[@thebagnchannel]

Not all of them

[@ceecayrils4081]

RACISM. WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THAT ?