Tuesday 10 November 2026

Innovation

Digital Farming School: Minister Bruno Koné focuses on digital agriculture

On Saturday October 31, 2026, the Digital Farming School was inaugurated in Yamoussoukro. Co-sponsor of the ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, pleaded for agriculture driven by data and by hybrid profiles, both agronomists and technologists. A two-year scho...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

Digital identity: Côte d 'Ivoire wants to put an end to repeated identifiers

Launched recently in Abidjan, the feasibility study for a national authentication platform and a digital identity wallet should simplify the lives of citizens and businesses. Ministers Vagondo Diomandé and Djibril Ouattara want a unique identifier, without new application. The project is supported by the African Develo...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

Digital: Ivory Coast relies on 700 public services to change the daily lives of citizens

At the opening of the National Workshop for Prioritization of Digital Public Services and Definition of the Roadmap for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), the Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, set a clear course, increasing the number of digital public services to 700 in t...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Innovation

Satellite: towards cooperation between the Ministry and RASCOM

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, recently made a strategic visit to the Abidjan headquarters of the African Regional Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM), the pan-African satellite communications organization. The objective is to transform an African space inf...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Technology: the State boosts the Ivorian unicorns of tomorrow

Since Wednesday July 29, 2026, the dream of every young Ivorian digital entrepreneur has a name and a deadline. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation officially launched the Ivoire Tech Next 15 and Ivoire Tech Scale Up programs at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire, the first concrete measures of the St...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

AI: Geneva welcomes the Ivorian voice

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, represented Côte d'Ivoire at the 1st United Nations Global Dialogue on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence, held on July 6 and 7, 2026 in Geneva, carrying a clear message. Namely, AI should not be a privilege, but a lever for share...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Technologie

PAGDS: the Ivorian State is betting on a second phase to complete the digitization of the administration

Six years, 23 digital platforms, 495 million dollars mobilized, the first chapter of the Project to Improve Governance for the Delivery of Basic Services to Citizens (PAGDS) closed Monday in Abidjan, but the Ivorian State immediately reopened the file. The Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, Adama Coulibaly, annou...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Digital: the State sets the course for a secure ecosystem

Opened on June 25, 2026 in Abidjan-Cocody, the Digital Law Days (JDN) served as a framework for the government to reaffirm its desire to build a secure and supervised digital ecosystem. At the heart of the discussions, the governance of artificial intelligence, data protection and the modernization of the legal framewo...

par Chalysa Brou
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Innovation

World AI Film Festival Africa: Ivory Coast to host 2027 edition

At VivaTech 2026, the Kaydan Group signed an exclusive franchise agreement with the EuropIA Institute to organize the World AI Film Festival Africa (WAiFF Africa) in Abidjan in early 2027. A global event on artificial intelligence and creative industries that will propel the Ivorian metropolis to the rank of film epice...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Digital: Starlink officially arrives in Côte d 'Ivoire in July 2026

Côte d 'Ivoire is entering the era of satellite internet. The Ivorian government has formalized the authorization granted to Starlink Network Civ, a subsidiary of Elon Musk's SpaceX, to deploy its broadband internet services throughout the national territory from July 2026. A digital revolution that could transform the...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

VivaTech 2026: Abidjan takes on the world of innovation

Côte d 'Ivoire will participate in the 10th edition of the Viva Technology World Fair, from 17 to 20 June 2026 in Paris, with an unprecedented delegation of 20 startups and 10 technology SMEs, who have come to wear the colours of the Ivorian innovation ecosystem.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Innovation

Digital: Côte d 'Ivoire bets on seven pillars for 2035

Côte d 'Ivoire intends to adopt a new vision of digital transformation by 2035. Unveiled on June 1, 2026 in Abidjan by the Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, this roadmap is based on seven pillars and 40 projects aimed at accelerating the country's modernization, as well as s...

par Chalysa Brou
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