After I came to Africa, I started to drift away. With a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, I could live like a rich person in most African countries. However, during the two years of working in Africa, I dreamed of returning to the embrace of my motherland countless times.

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In the past few years, my country has provided great assistance to African countries. I am a construction engineer by profession and have participated in construction aid projects in several African countries. I have worked in Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and other African countries. Worked for a while.

What is it like to work and live in Africa? My experience of working and living in the African country of Uganda.

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, straddling the equator, bordering Kenya to the east, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south, Congo to the west, and South Sudan to the north, with a total land area of ??241,550 square kilometers.

Most of the territory is located on the East African Plateau, and is known as the Pearl of Africa.

Uganda is a polygamous country, and the status of women is very low. Women in Uganda are the private property of their parents before they get married. The girls have to obey whoever the parents want to sell their daughters to, even if the man is very old.

After a woman gets married, she becomes the private property of her husband's family.

Once her husband dies due to illness or other reasons, a woman is not allowed to remarry at will.

Even if you want to remarry, you must marry your husband's brother first, and the inheritance will be distributed by the husband's brothers.

Public security in African countries is generally poor. Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is much safer than the surrounding African countries.

Whether it's day or night, you don't have to worry about safety issues when walking on the streets of Kampala. There are basically no thefts or robberies.

Uganda's public security is the best among several surrounding African countries. The local government has very tight control over the country's security. When working and living here, personal safety can be guaranteed. You need to be careful not to go to unfamiliar places and try to stay as little as possible.

It will be fine if you go to a crowded place.

Uganda's per capita income is very low. According to World Bank statistics, Uganda's per capita GDP in 2018 was only US$643, and its per capita daily income was only 12 yuan, making it one of the countries with the lowest per capita income in the world.

Prices in Uganda are not high. After all, where is the income of the people? If the income is so low and the cost of living is high, it will be really difficult for the people to survive.

Compared with domestically, the cheapest food in Uganda is beef, mutton and bananas. The price of pork here is more expensive than beef and mutton.

The reason why bananas are cheap is that they are a local specialty and people here often eat them as a staple food.

To rent a house here, you only need 200 to 300 yuan per month to rent a good house. A monthly income of 3,000 yuan, which is considered a joke in China, is out of reach here.

People in Uganda basically cannot afford rice, so most of them eat bananas. In Uganda, bananas can be made into a variety of delicacies, including banana chips, banana pot stickers, banana rice cereal, banana balls, banana soup, etc.

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The climate in Uganda is simply a gift from God.

The difference between Uganda and other African countries is that in most African countries, the weather is mainly hot.

The temperature in Uganda is basically maintained at 22-25℃ throughout the year. There are no four seasons here, only dry season and rainy season.

During the day all year round, you only need to wear a long-sleeved shirt, or short-sleeved clothes with a thin jacket. This kind of temperature is happy for the poor Ugandan people, and they don’t have to worry about not wearing warm clothes.

Summary: I feel quite happy working and living in Uganda. I don’t have to be so timid about spending money here, and the pressure of life is much easier than in China.

My experience of working and living in the African country of Ethiopia.

The full name of Ethiopia is the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which has a civilization history of 3,000 years.

As of August 2021, Ethiopia's population is 112 million.

Ethiopia is also a member of the African Union, whose headquarters is located in its capital, Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia's economy is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and its industrial base is relatively weak.

The average salary of Ethiopian people is very low. They can only earn a few hundred yuan a month. Those who can get a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan are considered high-income people locally.

However, consumption in Ethiopia is not low, and prices are not cheap either. The country has a large population and is relatively scarce in supplies, resulting in Ethiopia’s consumption level being higher than that of fourth- and fifth-tier cities in my country.

The prices of some rare items are much higher than those in first-tier cities in my country. A bottle of Coke that costs three yuan in China costs ten yuan here, and bagged instant noodles that cost two or three yuan in China cost 25 yuan here. .

My colleagues and I saw the prices of Coca-Cola and instant noodles for the first time in Ethiopia, and we all felt deeply regretful that we had not prepared more from home.

Summary: In Ethiopia, an African country, work and life are not stressful. The high-income people here have not yet reached the minimum wage standard in our country.

My work and life experience in the African country Rwanda.

Rwanda, the full name of the Republic of Rwanda, is a sovereign country in central and eastern Africa.