The Imonga Blog

Preparing your rental application: put the odds on your side

Which documents to gather, how to stand out honestly, the traps to avoid: the application that reassures the landlord.

Renting furnished or unfurnished: how to choose

Comfort, rent, lease term, inventory: what sets furnished apart from unfurnished, and how to decide for your situation.

The viewing checklist: what to check before you rent or buy

Structure, damp, utilities, neighbourhood, documents: what to check during a viewing so you can decide with confidence.

The rental lease: rights, security deposit and notice

What the contract says, what you can require, how to get your deposit back: the essentials of the lease before you sign.

Property scams in West Africa: documented frauds and what to check before you pay, country by country

Fake landlords, plots sold twice, forged papers, unapproved off-plan schemes: the scams tried or flagged in Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana, and the official checks to run in each country before you pay anything.

Koffi A. Hounnou

Real estate in Lomé: renting, buying, asking prices, leases and land titles

Renting or buying in Lomé: what 115 Imonga listings in Greater Lomé show, the three-month caps on deposit and rent guarantee, the land title required by the 2018 Code, fees published by the OTR and the traps to avoid.

Koffi A. Hounnou

Accra real estate: Ghana land law, buying, renting, licensed agents and traps to avoid

Buying or renting in Accra: leasehold and customary land under the Land Act 2020, a 50-year lease cap for foreigners, the Lands Commission official search, the six-month rent advance limit, REAC licences and the Bank of Ghana rule on dollars. No invented prices: Imonga has no listings in Ghana.

Koffi A. Hounnou

Renting a villa in Lomé: what you need to know

Budget, neighbourhoods, lease, deposit, charges: the practical guide to renting a villa in Lomé without surprises.

Rent or buy in West Africa? Our analysis

Rental yields, mortgage rates, professional mobility: we break it down to help you decide.