Travel to Africa, Living in Africa, Relocating to Africa, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://www.expatify.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-expatify-site-logo-32x32.png Travel to Africa, Living in Africa, Relocating to Africa, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com 32 32 Grahamstown: A Haunting South African Experience https://www.expatify.com/africa/grahamstown-a-haunting-south-african-experience.html https://www.expatify.com/africa/grahamstown-a-haunting-south-african-experience.html#respond Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:00:45 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=8549 A ninety minute drive outside of Port Elizabeth will take you to a rather spooky South African colonial settlement. It’s called Grahamstown, a small municipality nestled within the scrubby green hills of the Eastern Cape. It was established in the early years of the nineteenth century, when settlers from England sought to start a new […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/africa/grahamstown-a-haunting-south-african-experience.html/feed 0 World Heritage in Danger–Africa https://www.expatify.com/africa/world-heritage-in-danger-africa.html https://www.expatify.com/africa/world-heritage-in-danger-africa.html#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:34:43 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=4292 The UNESCO World Heritage List is intended to bring attention to and protect 890 sites around the world that the World Heritage Committee considers ‘have outstanding universal value.’ These sites are deemed internationally important and so their care and upkeep are of interest to us all. Civil unrest, lack of good management, poachers, and lack […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/africa/world-heritage-in-danger-africa.html/feed 0 African Cities More Expensive than San Francisco? https://www.expatify.com/africa/african-cities-more-expensive-than-san-francisco.html https://www.expatify.com/africa/african-cities-more-expensive-than-san-francisco.html#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:14:06 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=1632 In looking over the latest Mercer Cost of Living Survey, the folks over at Afrik.com noticed an odd discrepency. According to the survey, African cities like Douala, Lagos, Abidjan and Dakar all ranked as more expensive to live in than American cities like San Francisco or Miami– and even Europeans cities too, like Luxembourg and […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/africa/african-cities-more-expensive-than-san-francisco.html/feed 3 Celebrate Africa with Two Inspiring Sisters https://www.expatify.com/news/celebrate-africa-with-two-inspiring-sisters.html https://www.expatify.com/news/celebrate-africa-with-two-inspiring-sisters.html#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 07:28:43 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=732 Africa often gets a bad rap in the media. Reports pertaining to war, dictators, famine and piracy are commonplace; it’s enough to make the wary traveler or expat stay away. But that’s exactly the perception that Chioma and Oluchi Ogwuegbu are hoping to change. The two sisters have launched a website called Celebrate Africa, a […]

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