Wednesday 11 November 2026

21 result(s) for “Lacina Coulibaly”

Énergie

Tongon solar power plant: the Ivorian bet at 33 billion CFA francs

Announced to power 300,000 souls, the Tongon solar power plant project in M’Bengué amounts to 33 billion CFA francs for a capacity of 52 MWp. This plant will strengthen national electricity production when it is commissioned, scheduled for mid-2028.

par Chalysa Brou
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Maritime

Logistics: the Port of Abidjan meets Ocean Network Express

As part of his tour of stakeholders in the logistics chain, the Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PPA), Kassoum Traoré, recently visited the premises of Ocean Network Express (ONE). Welcomed by the Ivorian management of the shipowner, he discussed his activities, in a logic of proximity with the partn...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Hydrocarbure

Hydrocarbon: Ivory Coast seals a major offshore bet

This Thursday, September 17, 2026, the Ivorian State, Petroci Holding and the Brazilian Petrobras simultaneously initialed 8 Offshore Production Sharing Contracts. A first in the country's oil history, which opens 34,000 km² of the sedimentary basin to one of the world leaders in deep-water exploration.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Factories

Gold: A 100-ton refinery to dominate Africa

At the close of the coordination meeting on the operationalization of the Ivorian Precious Metals Company (SIMEP), on September 16, 2026 in Abidjan, the Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, announced a refining unit with a capacity of 100 tonnes of gold, operational in the first half of 2027....

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Briefs

SMEs: ADCI support for Sub Saharian Bio, National Prize of Excellence 2026

The Agency for the Development and Competitiveness of Industries of Côte d'Ivoire (ADCI) recently received the Manager of Sub Saharian Bio, Ms. Coulibaly, accompanied by two collaborators, for the signing of a support agreement within the framework of the National Restructuring and Upgrading Program (PNRMN). This agree...

par La rédaction
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Investment

Cosmos Yopougon: Mayelia Group's new challenge

After automobile technical inspection, David Fofana entered mass distribution with the acquisition of Cosmos Yopougon. An operation which allows Mayelia Participations to position itself against Prosuma, CDCI and Carrefour in a very competitive market.

par Chalysa Brou
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Aérien

Civil aviation: Abidjan, future hub like Dubai

A team from the Directorate General of Air Transport (DGTA) spent a week in Dubai, at Emirates Airlines, to refine the Ivorian strategy which should transform Abidjan into a benchmark West African air hub. Reduced taxation on tickets, unrestricted baggage, direct flight under consideration. The negotiations held in Dub...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Mines

Mines: Ivory Coast is inspired by Botswana for an integrated mining industry

By concluding this first cooperation agreement in history, between the two countries in the mining and energy sectors, Côte d 'Ivoire shows its ambition to transform its geological wealth into a real engine of economic development, inspired by Botswana, an African benchmark in the management of mineral resources.

par Chalysa Brou
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Pétrole

San Pedro: future oil lung of Ivory Coast

The government, through the Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, confirms the construction of a second refinery in San Pedro, a titanic project that must triple the national refining capacity before 2040 and propel the country to the rank of West African energy hub. It was in Yamoussoukro a f...

par Franck Oulaï
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Pétrole

Oil storage: GESTOCI reaches a historic milestone

The Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, commissioned the R14 tank with 20,000 m³ of diesel and the first Ivorian loading station for GESTOCI tankers on 24 July 2026. This dual infrastructure brings the total capacity of the depot to 100,700 m³.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industry

Industry: Strategic Pact between Abidjan and Winning International Group

Côte d 'Ivoire has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Winning International Group, laying the groundwork for a strategic dialogue on mining, energy, industry and infrastructure. Three Ivorian ministers initialed the document in the presence of Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé. This was on the sidel...

par Franck Oulaï
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