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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Other

How much was the rent per month?

450

Where was it located?

Ngor, almadies

How can someone find this place?

Website

Would you recommend it?

Yes it’s a big house with a good location, near of the bar and club but far of school

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Dakar by night, so we have the Seven club, basilic, copa Cabana, Baia, Jungle, full moon…

🎓 Uni life at BEM Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

You cant choose your classes but they are chill

Do you have some tips?

Yeah you haven’t that much classes and people are very kind

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Cabo verde, Gambie…

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Negociation

💡 Other Tips

Its the best exchange really, under rating

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

600

Where was it located?

Cité Keur Gorgui

How can someone find this place?

Would you recommend it?

Yes it was really lovely, i'd choose it again, even though we're 15 minutes away from the university (without trafic), the apartment is about 150 square meters and we had a lot of fun there.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Top bar : Jungle Top events : Oceanium, Basilic Top nightclub : seven seven Top beach club : Copacabana surf village. Overall there is not a lot of events going on (every saturday)or bars available for an afterwork. But we still managed to have fun and we decided to throw more house parties than go outside since after a month it was already repetitive.

🎓 Uni life at Groupe ISM

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

I chose finance classes, overall it was easy since we had alerady seen the majority of concept in IESEG, the only minus is that it's in french and so you had to learn all the vocabulary and the different ways of doing the exercises. I'd recommand english classes, easier and a lot of fun

Do you have some tips?

The campus was cool, it's a new campus especially for management. The registration was super easy, once you arrive even if you're at the wrong campus they lead you to where you're supposed to go and after they take care of everything. Everyone is super nice here, i'd say i would definitely pick ISM again, i really liked it.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

If you're staying in Senegal traveling is not that expensive, you can go to Lac Rose, Lompoul, Saly. If you want to travel outside of Senegal and go to cape verde or gambia etc it is extremely expensive.

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

The cost of living at first seems extremely cheap, but don't get fooled, it gets expensive really quickly. Transport : you'll use a taxi everytime you need to go somewhere (yellow taxi or Yango app) Food : Auchan or Casino are available, but if you want high quality food you'll see that the groceries are expensive quickly Living in Dakar: Find an appartment near a supermarket and a few restaurants / street food restaurants, youll find that eating outside is almost better for your wallet than doing your groceries every 4-5 days. (You can also use Dakar Food Delovery or Yango food apps to order takeaway)

💡 Other Tips

Dakar is a really chill and out of the ordinary place, don't stress just enjoy the trip and this once in a lifetime experience

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

900

Where was it located?

Mermoz

How can someone find this place?

Airbnb

Would you recommend it?

The rent is very high and you have to pay for everything (electricity, Wi-Fi)

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Beach club : The Jungle, Night-club : Basilic, Oceanium, Seven

🎓 Uni life at Ism

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Take English classes it’s very easy and you will not have that much hours

Do you have some tips?

The campus is ok

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Pink lake, Saly but prepare yourself to negotiate every price

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Every price has to be negotiate, download Sendwave, Orange money Senegal, Yango

💡 Other Tips

Always have cash on you you never know

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

350

Where was it located?

In Almadies, near bars and ocean but far from schools

How can someone find this place?

Whatssap

Would you recommend it?

The house is really nice because we have a swimming pool on the rooftop, and we’re six friends living together, so it’s pretty good. But we only have three rooms for six people, so we sleep two by two. In Senegal, there are a lot of insects, like cockroaches and mice, but that’s normal in this country.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Bars, clubs, and events are really good, but the problem with this destination is that there aren’t many exchange students, so we usually stay with French people — just a small group. But the places are beautiful to have fun, enjoy the sunset, and admire the sea. We go to basilic every satutday night ( a bar on a rooftop with afro-house music and a view on the sea). There is few night-clubs but it’s not the Same as is France ! It’s fun and you will enjoy it

🎓 Uni life at BEM

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

You can’t choose your courses at BEM

Do you have some tips?

The campus was good but courses are really easy. The registration was really easy

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

We went to « le désert de Lompoul » and it was really good we sleep in the desert. Really fun experience. We went to la réserve de Bandia which is good too to se animals like lions.

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Senegal is la teranga, which means “the land of hospitality.” It’s a very safe country, and people are super nice and welcoming. The cost of living is quite cheap, but food in places like Auchan can be expensive because most of the products are imported from France. You can easily eat outside for around 1,000 FCFA (about €1.50), and it’s actually really good! We use Yango all the time it’s like Uber, and it only costs around €4 for a 25-minute ride, which is awesome. We take Yango almost every day to go to school or to do activities.

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

350€

Where was it located?

Almadies, far from the school (30min)

How can someone find this place?

Website

Would you recommend it?

Yes the house is great and I recommend it. But it’s far from the school.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Best parties in Almadies : Basilic and Seven Night Club

🎓 Uni life at Ism Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

I recommend Marketing and Communication program

Do you have some tips?

The campus is totally new so it is great. Teachers are cool but the communication in the school is complicated.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Desert of Lompoul is my best trip Go to Saly, it is 2h from Dakar

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

The Life in Dakar is very slow and people are very nice. The weather is very hot, you can go to the beach every day

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

500 per person

Where was it located?

Ngor

How can someone find this place?

Contact

Would you recommend it?

Sure

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Almadies

🎓 Uni life at Bem Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Do you have some tips?

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Casamances, south of Sénégal

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Negociation is key

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

500

Where was it located?

mamelles

How can someone find this place?

agent immobilier number

Would you recommend it?

en vrai c’était trop cher pour ce que c’était mais il était ok

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

funky monkey, mmx, imbad

🎓 Uni life at bem

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

le prof d’histoire africaine est adorable

Do you have some tips?

pas spécialement, il y avait la clim donc ça va

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

les week-ends sur la petite côte chez les copains

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

les bons restos

💡 Other Tips

on a fait un guide https://experienced-bee-82a.notion.site/DAKAR-tre-tudiant-au-S-n-gal-1271232cd3e880f98293d0e3ebd8ce46

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

650

Where was it located?

ngor

How can someone find this place?

Friends

Would you recommend it?

Yes

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Secret spot Tram

🎓 Uni life at bem

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

RAS

Do you have some tips?

Nop

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Ndayane Somone Toubab dialo Mbour Nianing SALOUM SURF : ngor

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Surf

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

500

Where was it located?

15 minutes de l’école à pied

How can someone find this place?

Airbnb

Would you recommend it?

J’ai adoré le Sénégal, les piscines, les villes autour, le peuple, la nourriture tout vraiment. Il faut savoir que je suis partie vraiment avec aucun espoir d’aimer mon échange et j’ai clairement adoré

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Le seven pour les boites, tram et la full moon pour before

🎓 Uni life at Bem

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Je m’en rappelle plus

Do you have some tips?

Le campus est clairement banal c’est pas nos écoles de France

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

On est allée saly et en casamance les vols intra Afrique sont assez chère

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

La vie n’est pas chère ( cela dépend vraiment de ce que tu fais) personnellement j’étais très souvent en beach club donc un coût de vie plus coûteux mais je regrette absolument pas

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

120 euros

Where was it located?

45min in car from the school

How can someone find this place?

AIRBNB

Would you recommend it?

No, the neighborhood was quite dangerous, far from the school and when it was raining it was impossible to moove

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

several bars in the corniche

🎓 Uni life at BEM

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

geopolitique because it was so interesting to have another pov

Do you have some tips?

not that much cool and the registration was by google form so it wasn't very rgpd friendly

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

all the typical touristic things was very nice, but it's not without prep

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

everything by taxi and you have to negociate all the time (because of the skin color) it was cool but the mood was so strange because of the "expatriate life"

💡 Other Tips

NEGOCIATE EVERYTHING and please be kind with people, there are very very generous and if some of them doesn't like white people, it's because expatriate ones are sometimes very very not nice with them

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

450

Where was it located?

Quartier Mamelles

How can someone find this place?

Demander Alpha : +221 77 731 71 91

Would you recommend it?

Complètement ! Il faut aimer vivre en communauté mais Alpha (le propriétaire et vit sur place) à toujours été très disponible et d’une grande aide. Il faut aussi accepter de vivre dans un confort plus sommaire et vivre une expérience plus « locale »

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

En vrai suivre les locaux c’est bien, ils connaissent les bons évents etc

🎓 Uni life at Bem dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Marketing track - ok

Do you have some tips?

Le campus est assez sommaire et disons qu’il faut accepter une gestion de l’emploi du temps à la sénégalaise ( pas improbable qu’un cours soit annulé en dernière minute en saison des pluies, professeurs parfois plus en retard que nous à cause du trafic etc etc) Mais pas inintéressant à voir, professeurs présents et disponibles pour nous et suffisamment de temps libre pour nous laisser la possibilité de découvrir le Sénégal donc cool

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

En vrai y a vraiment pleins de choses à faire mais quit à voyager les îles du Saloum sont super cools, la casamence incroyable et Saly

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Ne pas sous estimer le coût des transports qui peut vite revenir cher au final ( on en vient souvent à prendre le taxi) // vraiment essayer de se connecter avec les locaux (ils sont supers accueillants et seront toujours dans le partage)

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

500€

Where was it located?

Sacré Cœur 3

How can someone find this place?

Whatsapp agent immobilier attention bcp d’arnaque

Would you recommend it?

L’appartement était bien mais on a eu des frais en plus pas forcément mentionné et pas justifié

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Le soir c’est animé mais il ne faut pas aller n’importe où surtout seule le soir. Les groupes de filles ne rentraient pas seules. La journée la sécurité est bonne dans les quartiers principaux.

🎓 Uni life at BEM

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Pas d’option particulière à choisir

Do you have some tips?

Petit bâtiment en plein cœur de Dakar. Ce qu’il faut pour étudier rien d’extravagant.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

BCP d’excursions possible, SALY, Saint Louis, Gorée, Casamance, Cap vert, désert de lompoul magnifique

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Il faut être alerte Dakar bouge bcp il y a pas mal d’arnaque pour les toubab (homme blanc), les taxi font x3 sur le prix de base il faut tout négocier. Il y a de très beaux endroits mais aussi des endroits à éviter

💡 Other Tips

Si Besoin de plus d’infos appelez moi je vous parlerai du sénégal avec plaisir. Il y a bcp davantage que je n’ai pas pu mentionner dans le questionnaire. 0681253591

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Classic Apartment

How much was the rent per month?

500

Where was it located?

Sacré cœur 3 à côté du Auchan

How can someone find this place?

Agent immobilier

Would you recommend it?

Très bien placé à 10min à pied des locaux de Bem. Appartement spacieux pour 3 à 6 personnes si vous partagez les chambres. Bien équipé et bien placé avec plein de commerces autour

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Le seven et la fullmoon, sont des bons endroits pour sortir. Restaurants : basilic, jungle, boma sinon pas hésiter les restos locaux type mel anges ou les dibitteries.

🎓 Uni life at BEM Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

African tracks est un bon programme cependant des fois il y avait un manque d’organisation avec notre programme par rapport au parcours associatif ou certaines sorties

Do you have some tips?

Le campus est bien rien à dire

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Tout le Sénégal est à faire du Nord au sud les paysages sont différents et les gens accueillants

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Le coup de vie est très chère donc faut venir avec les moyens en conséquence. Faire absolument l’île de Gorée à Dakar. Impératif: prendre une e SIM la bas et télécharger Wave(moyen de paiement), Yango(uber local) et send wave

💡 Other Tips

Profitez c’est un pays et une ville incroyable

🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Airbnb

How much was the rent per month?

750

Where was it located?

Mermoz, Dakar

How can someone find this place?

Booking

Would you recommend it?

On the first part of this exchange, we need to choose by ourself the accommodation. It’s better to choose exactly what we want but difficult when we don’t know the city. On the second part in Toubacouta, we had an accommodation with other Kedge students. According to me, that was better cause we can sure to be on a good place and the price are really low for two month. If I have to make an advice, I ask Kedge to prepare a student coming for the accommodation but that was a really adventure on this way.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

Drink and surf : Copacabana surf village, Secret spot Drink : different hotel or coffee shop Night : Full moon (be careful to your phone), Ouakam (Quartier with traditional dance, Trames (Rooftop on the south of the city), Copacabana surf village, Secret spot Follow news on TikTok or Instagram if new places are open

🎓 Uni life at BEM Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Overall, the level was not difficult but we need to listen during the course to don’t be lost. In BEM Dakar, the course are focused on Africa and it is interesting because more students, included me, wasn't known African culture.une place

Do you have some tips?

The BEM classroom are correct but dispatch on different street. When you don’t know how the adress are made, it’s difficult to found. There is not a « really campus » where we can have a room but it is not complicated to found an accommodation. Normally, if you want to go in Senegal exchange, it is not difficult because there is more places to pick up this exchange and it is the only one whose propose an associative part during the mobility.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

to visit : - Dakar - Saly - Casamence - St Louis - Guinea (don’t forget to register at custom) - Cape Verde

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Cab: 95% of the time Bus: I didn’t use Walk: never alone

💡 Other Tips

Just enjoy your trip and live the Senegal vibe !

🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

500€

Where was it located?

Amitié 1

How can someone find this place?

Airbnb

Would you recommend it?

Yes, not far from good restaurants, and beach.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

I don't go in club and bars

🎓 Uni life at BEM Dakar

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

African track

Do you have some tips?

Easy registration but it's a pity that we wasn't mixed with senegalese student.

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

Staying in senegal is much easier than traval in whole Africa because it's really expensive.

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

Cost of living expensive because everyday you spend a little bit of money

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🏠 Housing

What kind of place was it?

Coliving / Shared House

How much was the rent per month?

600

Where was it located?

Cité Keur Gorgui

How can someone find this place?

Would you recommend it?

Yes it was really lovely, i'd choose it again, even though we're 15 minutes away from the university (without trafic), the apartment is about 150 square meters and we had a lot of fun there.

🍻 Social Life

What are some top bars, clubs, or events you recommend?

🎓 Uni life at Groupe ISM

Which classes do you recommend… or not?

Do you have some tips?

✈️ Travel

Best trips to do?

🌆 Dakar vibe

What do you absolutely need to know to live your best life in Dakar?

💡 Other Tips

Dakar is a really chill and out of the ordinary place, don't stress just enjoy the trip and this once in a lifetime experience

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