tips for rookies in africa

14-04-2023 APT AFRICAN RULES TO SURVIVE & ENJOY 2011

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AFRICAN BUSINESS“BASIC RULES

FOR ROOKIES”


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Making business In Angola

“And not breking out your nerves”

MALEMBE MALEMBE

KIMBUMDU/ MEANING= TAKE IT EASY YOU’RE NOT IN A RUSH


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HERE YOU ARE THE EMIGRANT SO DO NOT BEHAVE LIKE U ARE WELLCOMEBY THE WAY U DO NOT LOOK COOL -YOU JUST LOOK FOREIGNERDo not where sock and sandals is jus ugly and you look ….sad


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NEVER LOOSE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR -A WORRIED FACE OR A SAD-ANGRY FACE ANY WHERE MEANS PROBLEMS -SO OFFER A SMILE- PEOPLE WILL FEEL HAPPIER AND YOU WILL BE SAFERTRY NOT TO LOOK JUST IDIOT PLEASE


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TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE A PREVIOUS CONVERSARTION ABOUT RELATIVES EVEN YOU DON´T CARE A SHIT, ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR A HUMAN BEING IS THE ONES THEY LOVE, NO MAN LIKES PEOPLE WHO DO NOT CARE ABOUT OTHERS, SO YOU’RE NOT “THE LONELY RIDER” TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING

Don’t take it too personal, no ones need to know your whole family tree


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RESPECT THE FACT OF THEIR WAY OF LIVING, IS NOT EASY FOR ANY ONE, SO OLDER PEOPLE ARE THE PROVE OS WISDOM, AND A FRAGILE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, SHOW RESPECT AND SOFTNESS, MAKE THEM PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION BY NOT PRETENDING THEY ARE NOT THERE, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT RULES

Even things may look peculiar, just think you spend most of your time watching a box that talks, that is silly?...if is not what is …


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IF YOU ARE TIRED OR TOO STRESSFULL, TAKE A REST, GO ON HOLLYDAYS, A STRESSFULL PERSON IS THE PERFECT TARGET FOR PROBLEMS, EVEN A SINGLE LITTLE TROUBLE WILL MAKE U EXPLOTE SO…TAKE A LOOK TO NUMBER ONE SLIDE….

Have a beer with a friend it will not change the problem but it will change your day


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YES WE ALL KNOW! ANY WHERE IS

BETTER, SO WHY ARE U HERE???

Don’t be the whise guy, time will give you a long wide view of the situation, just do not talk before you have all the info..even then, things just change, you change


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BY THE WAY…DID YOU FINALLY HAD THAT BEER???If so, do not drive, remember roads are not safe and u do not look like one of us, DRINKING AND DRIVING ONLY CARRY PROBLEMS SO… DON’T BE IDIOT


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HERE IS A LONG DISTANCE RUN, DON’T LOOSE YOUR AIM, IF YOU DO STRESS THEY ARE THE WINNERS, DIFFICULTIES MAKES WELL TRAINED PEOPLE FOR THE PATIENCE GAME, REMEMBER, YOU HAVE NOT THE SKILLS THAT LIFE GIVES FOR DAILY EFFORT, SO DO NOT START A WAR YOU’LL NEVER WIN

Only fools get involved in long range battles, be kind be still, repect comes with moral help, not with force, no ones respect the use of force every day.


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DON’T TAKE IT TO RELIGION, NEVER MIND HOW OR WHY OR WHERE OR WHEN, GOD ONLY CAUSE TROUBLES WHEN DRIVEN TO CONVERSATION, IN CASE OF NEED SAY YOU ARE BUDIST, BUDA IS TAKEN LIKE A FAT FUNNY GUY, EVERY WHERE BUT HIMALAYAS, NEVER DISCUSS ABOUT GOD, SOME TIMES MAY TAKE YOU TO NO WHERE, OTHERS YOU MAY BE UNDER SUSPECT AND BIG TROUBLES.

If you are a fanatic be a fanatic of foot ball, at the end of the day all people like a good discussion of sports, please don’t choose to be an ass hole, BE RESPECTFULL, RELIGION IS NEVER A JOKE.


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IF YOU HAVE TO GIVE MONEY DON’T BE SILLY, DON’T SHOW ALL OF IT, DON’T DISCUSS TOO HARD, JUST FOLLOW THE RIDOM AND GET AWAY AS SOON AS YOU CAN, MONEY IS NEED AND NEED IS A BIG PROBLEM IF THERE IS NO ONE ARROUND U……………..

Money troubles with police,,, or locos are usual, so allways try to where some cash spare and be ready to use it.

Avoid trouble making attitudes, dark parking spaces and out of sight streets.


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WHEN NEGOCIATING, FIND OUT WHO IS THE REAL DECISSION MAKER, BUT NEVER LEAVE ASIDE THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SOFTEN THE WAY IN.

Don’t be foolish & remember the basic rule “ malembe malembe”


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DO NOT DRINK TAP WATER OR YOU WILL DESERVE WHAT YOU’LL GET, REMEMBER EVEN ICE SEEMS CLEAN IS ALSO COMMING FROM TAP MOST OF THE CASES, SO KEEP YOUR GIN&TONIC AWAY FROM ICE FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS.

Look, spending a night sitting in the bathroom is not the class of tales you here from adventurers, but belive it or not , I’ve never found a single one who hasn’t done it, and is painfull…


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DO NOT SAKE HANDS ON THE STREET, YES IS BASIC BUT YOU’LL BE COMPELED TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, REPIT , DO NOT DO IT , YOU’LL FORGET IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES AND YOU’LL TOUCH YOUR EYES, FOOD OR WHAT EVER…REMEMBER THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SERVICES, BARS & RESTAURANTS ARE FOR A FEW, SO MOST OF PEOPLE DON’T CLEAN THEIR HANDS during the day… DON’T RISK YOUR HEALTH JUST PUT YOUR FINGER UP, THAT MEANS ALL IS OK, SINCE THE ROMANS CONQUERED THE WORLD….Wash your hands often, and allways when eating.


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WHEN USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS A NEED, BE PATIENCE PEOPLE HERE DO NOT MIND TO BE CLOSE TO U OR STEPPING IN YOUR FEET OR PUSHING YOU A LITTLE TO GET A SEAT…DO NOT MAKE A DRAMA OF IT! SPACE IS SMALL IN TRANSPORTS AND IS RELATED TO DAILY LIFE, TAKE IT EASY BE CALM AND TRY NOT TO CRY FOR YOUR MAMA… is sad in an adult, isn’t it???


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WELL MY SON NOW YOU’RE READY TO ROCK…REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS:

1- Smile, is cheap, is healthy, is human.2-Have a beer, or two, relax, do not over stress.4- Do not use flip-flops with shocks, it sukcs5-No tap water, repit no tap ice.6-Use condoms, is usefull, is safe, is clean, IT WILL SAFE YOUR LIFE.7-Be patient, be cool, but about all, be intelligent, human brain is meant to be the tool…use it.

This is no more than a advice based in my personal point of view, if you desagree is ok, and if you agree is ok too, but please,

if you don’t like it don’t pass it, or do it is as a revenge…


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Sorry I nearly forgot to tell YOU ALL!

very important!!!!! in some countries flip-flops and socks are pusnished with the capital pain so …hehehe

tips for rookies in africa

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