Wednesday 11 November 2026

128 result(s) for “Afrique”

Investment

Ivory Coast-World Bank: Abidjan is already laying the groundwork for post-2027

Received on Thursday, September 10 in Abidjan by the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, the Administrator of Africa Group II, Harold Tavares, pleaded for a rapid definition of Ivorian priorities in water, electricity and artificial intelligence, with a view to the next Country Partnership...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Aquaculture

Aquaculture: MIRAH and JICA court new investors

The Ministry of Animal and Fishery Resources (MIRAH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are intensifying their offensive to attract private capital to Ivorian fish farming. Regional seminars, financing support and regulatory reforms are increasing to transform a still underexploited sector into a com...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Maritime

Port security: Abidjan closes ranks in the face of maritime threats

From August 31 to September 4, 2026, a United States Coast Guard mission stayed on the Ivorian port platform to strengthen security systems, in partnership with the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs (DGAM). A technical exercise with highly strategic issues for the security of trade in the Gulf of Guinea.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

Ivory Coast - Canada: 27 billion CFA francs to boost SMEs

The evolution of cooperation between Côte d'Ivoire and Canada also involves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On August 6, 2026 in Abidjan, on the occasion of her first official working visit to Eburnia, the Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, FinDev Canada formalized financing of 65...

par Chalysa Brou
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Commerce

Ivory Coast - Canada: trade reached nearly 500 billion CFA francs in 2025

Nearly $1.2 billion. This is the value reached in 2025 by trade between Ivory Coast and Canada. The figure was communicated by Anita Anand, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, during her working visit to Ivory Coast.

par Chalysa Brou
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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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Maritime

Port modernization: San Pedro stands up for the future

The Autonomous Port of San Pedro has officially received a new handling machine of the latest generation, symbol of an assumed ambition to raise the seaside city to the rank of the most competitive port places in the sub-region.

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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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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Agriculture

Digital Farming: Digital Farming School to open soon

A delegation from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) led by its Secretary General, Dr Palé Sié, and the Director General of the Digital Farming School, Dr Louis Koko, was recently received at the Office of Professor Adama Diawara, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. On...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Aquaculture

Côte d 'Ivoire - Japan: strengthening aquaculture cooperation

Côte d 'Ivoire and Japan are strengthening ties around a strategic project to reform the aquaculture sector, led by Minister Sidi Tiémoko Touré and a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who came to prepare large-scale financial support.

par Franck Oulaï
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