Thursday 12 November 2026

30 result(s) for “Capital Connect”

Hydrocarbure

Hydrocarbons: Africa is taking a gamble on self-sufficiency

The African Energy Bank was officially launched on October 31 in Abuja, Nigeria. With a capital of $5 billion, this new institution aims to address a funding shortfall that has become a major obstacle to the development of African hydrocarbons. Beyond the announcement, the project reflects a desire to regain control of...

par Chalysa Brou
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Agriculture

Rice and corn: Abidjan courts Chinese Sinomach Hainan

Received on October 27 by Minister Bruno Nabagné Koné, the Chinese group Sinomach Hainan plans to establish itself in Ivory Coast in the rice and corn sectors. Seeds, mechanization, processing, a project which illustrates Abidjan's strategy to make private capital a lever for food sovereignty.

par Franck Oulaï
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Africa

Public finances: Abidjan and Conakry bring their management methods closer together

Received in Abidjan on Thursday October 8, 2026, the Guinean Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, Mariama Ciré Sylla, spoke with her Ivorian counterparts Souleymane Diarrassouba (Plan and Development) and Adama Coulibaly (Economy, Finance and Budget). On the menu of discussions: planning, public investments, projec...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agenda

Territorial development: 7th Edition of Connect Ivory Coast

Connect Côte d'Ivoire will hold its 7th edition from September 30 to October 2, 2026 at the Abidjan Exhibition Center, confirming its status as an unmissable national event dedicated to the promotion of Ivorian territories. Organized by Capital Connect, this edition will bring together the 31 regions and the 2 autonomo...

par La rédaction
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Infrastructures

Urban mobility: 200 MM for new axis between Abatta and Port-Bouët

200,000,000 CFA francs to finally break the wall of traffic jams between the North-East and the South of the capital. This is the central ambition of the 6th Abidjan bridge, a strategic structure designed to directly connect the booming Abatta sector to the industrial communities of Koumassi and Port-Bouët.

par Chalysa Brou
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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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Investment

PND funding: Abidjan and UNDP chart a new course

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently received Ahunna Eziakonwa, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the UNDP Regional Office for Africa on the sidelines of the 2026 African Economic Conference. This meeting sealed a convergence of views on new levers f...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Pétrole

PETROCI - SOCAR: Ivory Coast seals a strategic rapprochement with Azerbaijan

A delegation of PETROCI HOLDING led by its General Management carried out a working mission to Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, at the invitation of SOCAR and its subsidiary SOCAR Trading, a few days ago. This visit marks a key step in the Ivorian oil company's internationalization strategy.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: Côte d 'Ivoire issues its financing objectives

The development partners of Côte d'Ivoire announced, on the first day of the Consultative Group, financial commitments of 80 billion US dollars, or 47,820 billion CFA francs, to finance the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030, this July 8, 2026 at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire. This amount represents approximately fou...

par Franck Oulaï
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Santé

Health: Côte d 'Ivoire mobilizes nearly 125 billion CFA francs for early childhood

The Government of Côte d 'Ivoire has ratified three agreements with the International Development Association to fund the second phase of a comprehensive programme on health, nutrition and early childhood development.

par Chalysa Brou
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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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Investment

Ivory Coast - Kuwait Fund: sealed agreement for Daloa Vocational High School

On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, Minister of Planning and Development, signed on behalf of the government a supplementary financing agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KDEA). This ag...

par Mohamed Fofana
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