The amount of money you need to live comfortable in Ghana (weekly)
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I have moved to Elmina Ghana. 1 month ago today. I am loving it. I got a place right on the Ocean. $200 a month. I really don't spend to much. Because I cook most days. I may spend 500 Ghana cedis a week.
Hope you are enjoying their humility and patience
500ghc a week is too much
200 a month sounds like a lot. I think you should be paying 1400 - 1500 dollars a year for rent.
Hi I’m thinking to move there how far is Elmira from Acura and the airport I’m interested can you send me any info
@LorraineKidd-sd6co from Accra to Elmona is 3 hours ,there os no airport in Elmina,you have to go buy drive or by bus,ghanaian busses are like aeroplanes,very neat ,beautiful and safe.
YES!! We need y’all to interview locals! We need to hear how they talk, how they process information. Let TH-cam know how friendly, funny and beautiful the locals are!
Yes I have been trying to add them in some of my videos. Well the ones that are not shy lol stay tuned there will be many more. Thanks for watching 😊
Some locals are extremely rich. Some spend, 1000ghs a day, some people spend more. It depends on how much a person generates and their life style.
@niiamu3300 yea are some people here that have big money.
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Maybe 1% can afford to spend 1000 ghc/day.
The average salary is 800 ghc/month. The minimum wage is 14 ghc/day
I’m living in Ghana 🇬🇭 and I spent 0 cedis most days cuz I’m in the house cooking my own food🇯🇲😋
Yes me too a can also go many days without spending anything. This amount is for people that like to go out to shop and do other things. Here I always say it costs money to go outside and it’s free to stay inside lol
Did the ingredients cost anything?
@@ajwatson9974 yes but obviously I don’t buy ingredients everyday
Very cheap with $10 you can buy lots of ingredients for a week .
You need what you can afford…There is no specific cost of living in Ghana 🇬🇭 it depends on where you eat and what you buy ..
You are correct about that.
Clear good information right from the source! This is what we need - simple truth - thank you for sharing!
You are welcome and thank you so much for watching.
My daily spending goes...
10 cedi data
10 cedi breakfast
25 cedi lunch
25 cedi dinner
20 cedi transport
15 cedi juice or drinks
20 cedi charity/misc.
That 100-125 cedi/10usd to live like a king and right now 100 usd is 1300 cedi so you can live for atleast 10 days for 100usd.
Yea that’s true. I have house help so I spend 700 Cedis a week on all my food for her to cook and I pay her 1000 Cedis a month. She also eats from the 700 Cedis a week.
@@webelonginafrica44 house help eh?interesting...I Never thought of that.
Yea I don’t have to eat out unless I’m traveling within Ghana or going on an outing.
Brother I'm Jamaican and i been watching tons of videos on where to go long term Asia or Africa. And this video give a down to earth break down on the real deal. Best video so far
Be blessed..
Wow thanks a lot my brother. I’m glad that it could be helpful and give you a ballpark figure of what it takes to live comfortably on a budget. Thanks again bro.
Thank you for showing us the Real Life in Ghana, not the tourist life. We need information how everyday life like you provide. Keep sharing.
Thanks so much for subscribing. I’m here to share with everyone the good, bad and the ugly. I hope my information helps someone transition smoothly. Will do.
Bro keep it up, these videos are like fresh oxygen for us who dream of going. I have a ways to go before I’m ready but videos like this are the next best thing
Thanks a lot fam, I’m trying to break the ice for those who don’t have a clue. Hoping to give them hope and inspiration to make the next step. My job is to bring Africa to their front door lol
I get more excited with each video I see on Ghana. I can’t wait to visit & explore. I absolutely hate western culture and living. Be blessed & safe everybody!
We are hoping these videos shed some light on the parts that people don’t see. I’m also fed up with the western culture. That’s why I must stay here by any means necessary.
I'll be there soon my brother.
Welcome home! We welcome u with open arms, there's no place like home! Prepare, but don't overthink it.
Hope to see you soon bro. Hopefully we can go on a business venture. Rainbow3649. You are so right. Don’t overthink it. The main thing is getting boots 🥾 on the ground.
@@webelonginafrica44 bro we need to get that business venture start now. Lol
You always welcome
Very very interesting the way you do your videos makes me want to watch more and more, you have have sense of humour ❤
Thanks so much for watching. I’m glad you like them. Please watch more and more lol
Great info! Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Love your channel. Your channel is on a higher level. Love it.
Wow, thank you sir. Thanks for your support my brother 😎
Thank You!!! You are among the rare few that is giving up this information.... This information is necessary for success🎉🎉
You are more than welcome. Thank you so much for being a subscriber that engages and actually loves the content. I hope it helps many people prepare for their journey.
Great video & nice interview with the Ghanaian locals. I really appreciate your great work on your TH-cam. Thank you.👍🙏🏾😇
Thank you so much for watching and liking what I’m doing
Bravo to you Brothu!!!
Thanks fam
Luv your videos, thanks for sharing..this is the 1st time I can see it’s possible🙏🏾👍🏾
You are so welcome. Yes my dear it’s very possible.
It's possible dear
As a dual citizen who grew up in Ghana don’t just abandon everything our ancestors fought for in America to move away. It a good idea to keep one foot in America and still benefit from it in some way 💯🫡
Thanks so much. Our ancestors have been taken to America to work for free so we as descendants should reap the benefits of having the best of both worlds. 😀
Give thanks Bredda for the info much cheaper than Jamaica
Yes bro it is definitely cheap for foreigners but a total nightmare for Ghanaians 😔
A lot of Americans retiring in Jamaica makes it expensive. Ghana is becoming like that, all the real estate developers are focused on building houses for foreigners than locals. All prices quoted in United States dollars
People need to cultivate the habit of buying food stuff in bulk and cook. Roadside food or outside food cost more in Ghana. Here in America, grown folks pack cooked food in lunch box and take them to their places of work. Ghanaians could learn same. In Ghana, they have reduced lunch in lunch bags to school kids.
You have a very valid point. All of my Ghanaian friends buy lunch at their workplace. Between eating roadside food and transportation, many of them are going to work just to get away from home 😔
incredibly sad - and true - for most of africa! @@webelonginafrica44
This was helpful information 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks I’m glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Aaawww man! I was juat at Agbogborshie market early this morning, and for less than 2,000 cedis, I bought "a butt ton of food" 😅 that'll last us a heck of a very long time.
Not a Butt ton of it? 😂 that’s my favorite phrase 😂 I hope that family is cool. I’d love to come out and talk about that boat ride a little more.
@webelonginafrica44 Oh my goodness, so many amazing updates you just won't believe it!
I'll be keeping you posted real soon.
Yea please keep me posted. I’m looking forward to sharing your story.
Another great video 💯
Appreciate it. Thanks for watching bro.
In Ghana what one needs is a house,,a car and a normal bussiness to keep you going.3000 is too much bro.
I don’t think it’s a lot of a person wants to be comfortable. See me I have a motorcycle everyone else that comes here will need transportation and it must be taken under consideration because going 20 minutes away can cost you 50 Cedis. Unless they will stay in the house and have someone bring them items and even that will cost lol
This was very informative and hilarious 😆 😅😅
Thanks and thanks for watching 😂
300 dollars a week?? DOLLARS!!
A man can get himself into a lot of trouble on $300 a week!
That's some crazy 'holiday' spending.
I mean mad good trouble 😂
I totally disagree that you need 3000 per week to survive. That is a ridiculous amount of money.
Maybe you should do a breakdown of what this 3000 is spent on instead of being so general and vague.
@@elaineleslie3006 , it depends on each person's life style. Many ordinary people spend less.
@@elaineleslie3006are you a local? Being a foreigner is different, you eat differently you drink differently, you move different, entertainment different. You can never force yourself to do it the way the locals do it, it’s not even good for your mental health. Plus you can’t haggle too much on prices as a foreigner, it’s too much energy 😂
@@Ahoto_papa_bi
No I'm not a local. I'm a UK born to Jamaican parents living in Ghana nearly 4 years.
So I know what 300 dollars can buy...believe me...
As I say a total breakdown of his expenses would be the more realistic approach.
For example...does he go supermarket or eat organic from local farmers..
Does he eat out at posh restaurants 5 times a week or cook homemade fresh wholesome meals at home.. Does he drive.
Does he own his house or is he renting?
Does he have gym membership..go to high clubs and bars in Accra?
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching.
GREAT INFORMATION
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Ur really doing well
Thank you so much and thanks for watching
Thank you. There are a lot of people making videos about moving to Africa. But they never go into detail about exactly what it cost on a daily or monthly basic. This video is very helpful. Because we hear that it is very affordable to live in Africa. So its great when you break it down for us. So keep making these kinds of videos so that more people can make up their minds about moving to Africa. But please, give us more information about these "SELF CONTAIN" rooms. Exactly, what do you get with this. Do you get internet, satellite TV, shower, air conditioner. Please, this sounds great. And where can one rent these rooms.
Thank you so much for watching, liking and engaging in the videos. Very soon I will do a video on the self contained rooms to give a better understanding.
I have poor money management skills from the USA 🇺🇸 and I’m having the same issues here…I want to eat big and fancy and go to bars and have fun so my money runs out fast and mind you I don’t pay rent only light and buy water sometimes wen it’s slow but if you have good spending skills you’ll be good here
Yes here in Ghana you must have god money management or it will overtake you.
This is great content ☀️😎☀️
Thanks for watching
Thanks for enjoying it
@@webelonginafrica44
Yaw, I think I'm going to try budgeting *$150 USD* a week.
Rent will already be covered; so not an 'extra' expense.
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@@HughJass-jv2lt oh it’s doable as long as you don’t have a significant other lol
Great Video Friend 🎉❤
Thanks and thanks so much for watching
@@webelonginafrica44 You’re welcome
Yes!!;
You can spend 5 cedis for wachee food, 3 cedis for gari souk and 6 cedis for rice and beans. 🍷🍷
Yes you can. I love waakye, but I always get the 7 Cedis one lol
We gonna have interview 1 day
Bro said Ghana no be easy and walks away
I swear he did 😂
Keep it up ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks ☺️
The third guy is a good financial person.
Yes he really is, I need to take some pointers from him.
Good video
Thanks for watching
Can you show what self-contained room look like ? Thanks 👍🏽👍🏽
th-cam.com/video/HLvbjwXoyy0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=IcywLxhmBIMPJqi6 this is a video I did on self contained rooms
@@webelonginafrica44 Thanks 👍🏾👍🏾
You’re welcome
It depends where you live, because there are villages and cities.🍷🍷
You are so correct. There will be more videos where I will ask many of the Ghanaians here the price range they spend daily because of the city and village differences.
I’m currently in Ghana on a visit. There are plenty of young children begging for food and GHS$ Cedi.
Food seems relatively cheap..
Yes food is cheap for foreigners but as for locals. It’s not easy. Some kids only get to eat at school
300 a week is still too much maybe 200
200 can last if a person is not buying 700 Cedis of groceries a week like I do for my house help to cook it for me because I eat 5 times a day. 200 can surely work, but 300 you will be comfortable. No worries at all. You are able to go shopping to buy yourself things like clothes and other miscellaneous things. Of course a person won’t do that every week, but being able to receive 300 a week and you are not spending the whole 300, you will have accumulated some savings. And me personally, I’m all about savings. Let’s say you need repairs at home or need to buy any building materials. The money will be there. 300 is only if you want to live a comfortable life in Ghana. Even a nice blender costs about 450 Cedis or things like a light bulb is 30 Cedis. A taxi ride to the mall is about 80 Cedis going and 80 Cedis coming back. Some weeks things will happen and 2000 Cedis can disappear fast. Again this amount is for where I live. If you live in Accra that amount will barely last you one week lol unless you stay inside.
When I travel to Ghana I stay with family and spent 500 euro a month that is inclusive trips and eating out. Live the local live and you spent not much
For the thinks I like to do on a daily it’s still cheaper than some of my Ghanaian friends here that make my spending look reasonable lol
Thank you very much for this video👌🏽
Please can you make a video of KUBEASE near HWIRESO on ACCRA-KUMASI Highway?
We want to build our house overthere, so if you can help us with some information and about the town* KUBEASE*on ACCRA-KUMASI ROAD and the environments.
Thank you.
You are so welcome. I’m not sure if you have watched any of my videos of the Born Artist but that is the town he lives in
@@webelonginafrica44 ok i will watch it. Thanks a lot for your kindness!
@@webelonginafrica44 ok i have seen it. Nice house of Born artist.
Thanks a lot
The problem is most. Ghanaians like eating on the street they don't cook at home and it costly like that
Yes In these guys case, they are barbers so they have to eat out.
Another great video and of course these prices are based off of 1 to 2 people right?
Thanks alot for watching. Yes it is, however many other Ghanaians dare to spend as much as these guys because many only make 500 to 1000 Cedis a month 🥵
@@webelonginafrica44 yes, I sure they have to make it work with what they have. I do wonder how much a family spends in Ghana.
@@africanqueen1giselle642 I’ll try to get some feedback from a family.
@@webelonginafrica44 oh yes please that would be great. I appreciate it. Because we are a family of 4 not sure if our young folk will join us but just in case they do we will have an idea
@@africanqueen1giselle642 oh ok yes I got you.
Where in ghana is this...
thanks for the info
Kumasi thanks for watching.
@@webelonginafrica44 Hoping to be in Ghana later this year... to live ...
I budget $500 per week when ever I go to Ghana which includes Uber.
500 a week sounds like a pretty good time lol
Too funny !
Thanks for watching 😂
The most important thing is to have a place of yr own I am in the freezer at the moment and I am paying rent of Wich I don't like because I don't know who the creator sold this earth to second thing is there is no way I am leaving the freeze to go to Ghana and pay rent for two years and if I don't have something going I will be stressed no way but look it can be cheap if! you are in a common unity that means you help each other you are on the same page and you don't have reptilian devilish individualistic mindset
I still don’t understand how the average working Ghanaian who for the most part only making 2000 cedis a month. And that’s being generous. How they are able to spend even 50 cedis a day.
Yes that’s definitely being generous. Many don’t even spend that amount. You’d be surprised how many survive off of eating only rice and pepper, or kenkay and pepper or just only bread 😔 because the little money they make go on school fees for the children and prepaid lights.
@nealmariec, everything depends on how much you make. Guys working at the oil fields make tons of money. So, the amount a person spends depends on the amount a person makes. It applies in every country.
Cost of living in Tamale is cheaper than Accra and Kumasi. Cost of living varies from region to region.
Because they don’t rely only on salary. That’s why if you open a business and employ Ghanaians, expect them to take some of the products at the shop/office for themselves for free. They will steal but you can’t fire them because next person will come and do the same. If they work for government, they make more money taking money “under the table” than salary. Unspoken rules 😂
Even where we live which is on the outskirts of Kumasi is cheaper.
Please how much is the minimum amount for self contained apartment in Ghana??
Minimum can be as low as 300 to 400 dollars a year. You will just have to install a AC unit
Thank you very much
You got the coins making it do what it do. 🤣 Ghana is very affordable especially when you eat like the locals. What are they eating that cost so little?
I don’t know what they eating but I need the recipe 😂
Whatever these locals are spending, triple it for yourself as a foreigner
However where I live I don’t get overcharged for anything. The same price they pay is what I pay. They are mostly trained to eat 2 times a day while I take 4 to 5 meals but I eat inside the house. I have house help that cooks and cleans.
@@webelonginafrica44 videos that will go viral 1. You favorite Ghana foods 2. Your favorite Ghana songs 3. Your favorite Ghana slangs 4. Your culture shocks 5. Things you surprisingly caught yourself doing because the culture has influenced you 😅🙏
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Bro in Ghana ,people live like magicians,😂 only budgeting 😂😂
I swear the is some major budgeting going on here. 😂
Please look for people who can at least be fluent and are exposed it’s like me going to third ward or acres home and attempting to have an intellectual conversation with the brothers on the on the corner
You are right though
Bro even 3,000 a week is too much because you live luxury bro.Average ghanian live lesser than 3,000 .😂
That’s why I said it you want to live comfortable 😂 and be free lol
that’s still a low amount because I have some Ghanaian friends that even I can’t go hang out with them. My money isn’t long enough lol however there are many that live a uncomfortable lifestyle. I would say my lifestyle is far far from luxury because I don’t spend that amount weekly because I stay home and sometimes don’t even leave the house. That’s why I also said “sometimes I have to go and find something to do. I have house help that I pay 1000 Cedis a month from my money.
The first guy u interviewed has money.
Yes he’s my barber and also a hustler.
@@webelonginafrica44 cool!
Barbers in Ghana make good money, especially the talented ones with demand
He is lying I spend 250 a week as a single man an am o ok 😮
Really? Only a 50 dollar difference? Are you able to save and let money pile up?
that’s why Majeed will remain single , he doesn’t spent any money on his women.
I ain’t saying she a gold digger but she ain’t messing around with 😂
Many a _MODERN WOMAN_
*LACKS* SELF AWARENESS
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The young man with 100 cedis is too low bro,that means he comes from poor family or he himself is trying to survive so budgeting😂.But I think at leat 2000 cedis is normal .
Eiii 😂
100 cedis a day is too low wtf are you on?.. That's like 3000 a month and the average salary is around 2000 so come again
100 cedis a day is too low wtf are you on?.. That's like 3000 a month and the average salary is around 2000 so come again
@@webelonginafrica44these "eii" reactions are cracking me up 😂😂😂
@@m.cdeborde8483 😂😂😂😂
If he is single. He spends 100 a day. If he is in a relationship. He still spends 100 a day. Ladies. Take notes. Accra is the 2nd most expensive city in Africa 😂😂😂😂. Number 5 or 6 in the world
Yea very expensive lol
But yet the media calling Ghana third world.
He’s young and some rich guy hasn’t collected his girl yet. If them collect his girl and give him broken heart, he won’t talk like that 😆
@@Ahoto_papa_bi eiiii 😂
Accra is not the 5 or 6 most expensive city in the world lol. A simple google search would prove this wrong.