Over three days, Abidjan opened a tripartite workshop bringing together the Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources (MIRAH), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The objective was to validate a draft order on the marking of fishing gear....
On the occasion of the visit of an official delegation from the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to its facilities in Koumassi, Plastica Côte d 'Ivoire recently announced its plan to create the first school of plastics and packaging in Côte d 'Ivoire. An educational and industrial project designed to prepare Ivori...
A new exploration campaign carried out in the Ivorian sedimentary basin has led to the discovery of hydrocarbons on the offshore block CI-709. Carried out at a depth of more than 6,000 meters, this drilling confirms the interest in deep water zones.
A delegation from Harvard University made an official visit to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny National Polytechnic Institute (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro on Thursday, June 18, 2026. This meeting paves the way for a major academic and scientific collaboration around a research project on the effects of climate change on cocoa p...
A joint delegation from the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), accompanied by the Director General of the Urban Mobility Authority in Greater Abidjan (AMUGA), Romain Kouakou, and the main project stakeholders, recently made a field visit to the Yopougon-Bingerville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) construction...
Representing 85% of Côte d 'Ivoire's trade, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan continues to attract the attention of the international business community. It is in this context that a delegation from the Builders' Club of the Bordeaux region was received by the Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, as part of...
In a context of increased maritime traffic, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan and the Union of Consignees and Shipowners of Côte d 'Ivoire (UCACI) discussed the levers for improving the performance and fluidity of port services.
Côte d 'Ivoire and Mauritius are embarking on enhanced cooperation in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture and the blue economy. On the occasion of an official visit to Mauritius in early June 2026, the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, met with his Mauritian counterpart, Arvin Boolell Gos...
The École Supérieure d 'Agronomie (ESA) of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) and the Société de Commerce et de Représentation Industrielle (SACRI), a specialist in agricultural equipment, recently formalized a specific agreement intended to train students and agri-preneurs in mechaniza...
The Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, inaugurated in Attinguié, in the PK 31 industrial zone, the first large-capacity commercial unit for the production of biochar from cashew hulls in Africa, carried by the Valency International group, on June 18, 2026. A technological feat that trans...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 marked a decisive stage in the modernization of the Ivorian agricultural council. In the presence of the Minister Delegate for Food Productions, Bernard Kini Comoé, the National Agency for Rural Development Support (ANADER) received 150 digital tablets offered by the Food Value Chain Developmen...
Meeting on 16 June 2026 in Abidjan, Presidents H.E Alassane OUATTARA and H.E John Dramani Mahama took a decisive step in the refoundation of the global cocoa economy. At the end of the 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Cocoa Côte d 'Ivoire-Ghana Initiative (ICCIG), the two Heads of State endorsed 5 structuri...