Any advice on living and working in Addis would be most welcome!

Hi Suave,

Thanks for your reply.  I hope to first get a short term assignment of about 6 months so that I can get a taste of what working and living in Addis would be like.. then maybe get a longer term assignment.  I have a couple of more questions, if you would allow me..

Looks like cost of living is quite cheap, which is good, but how is social life for expats in general?  For those without families, is it pretty easy to meet other people and are there things to do in the evenings and weekends? 

And how is internet connectivity?  Can I get decent internet connection at home?  Is it easy to get around within Africa?  Like, if you wanted to go to other countries within African, would it be fairly easy?

Thanks so much.. wish you a great weekend.  Gina

I am not sure the cost of living is cheap. It depends of course with where you compare it. If with Switzerland, than it is, but comparing to Austria and Italy its definitely more expensive. Consider that all the products you would want to eat - need to be imported either from UAE, South Africa or Europe. Supermarkets as you know them in Switzerland do not exist. I was shopping today in what is know as a supermarket - Bambie - 1 liter of orange juice - 44 Birr - 3.50 USD.