Wednesday 11 November 2026

157 result(s) for “Afrique de l'Ouest”

Africa

Simandou 2040: Guinea arms its SMEs to win markets

November in Conakry will not be a month like any other for Guinean entrepreneurship. Banks, Fintech and small businesses will meet there for a major national first, the SME and Banking Show of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), while the government increases signals in favor of the private sector.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

Ivory Coast-Italy: Cassa Depositi e Prestiti sets up shop in Abidjan

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently received the Ambassador of Italy, Roberta Di Lecce, and the Director of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Riccardo Rossi Van Lamsweerde. The Italian financial institution, armed arm of the Mattei Plan on the continent, has just opened an office in...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Factories

Cashew: More than 42 billion FCFA to promote the shell

The cashew shell is about to change its status in the Ivorian cashew sector. Long considered a processing residue, it must now serve as raw material for a cardanol industry. This is what emerges from the agreement between the Shea Cashew Cotton Council, CEPICI and the Indian group Essar Future Energie paving the way fo...

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: IFAD confirms its contribution of more than 629 billion FCFA

Côte d'Ivoire and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are taking action. Meeting on September 14, 2026 in Abidjan, the two parties defined an operational framework to materialize the 1.1 billion dollars, or more than 629 billion CFA francs, of investments promised under the National Development P...

par Chalysa Brou
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Africa

Ivory Coast: State visit of H.E Mamadi DOUMBOUYA

The President of the Republic, H.E Mamadi DOUMBOUYA set foot on the tarmac of Abidjan, on September 11, 2026, for a 48-hour state visit. Welcomed with honors by the President of the Ivorian Senate Kandia Camara, the Guinean Head of State sealed, alongside the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane OUATTAR...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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Maritime

Dry port of Ferkessédougou: Good progress of works in the tchologo

The Minister of Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Yacouba Hien Sié, recently visited Ferkessédougou to assess the progress of the future dry port. At his side, Kassoum Traoré, Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, whose presence confirms the strategic importance of this logistics platform called to con...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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Agenda

Technology: 2nd Edition of the Ivoire Tech Forum

The Ivoire Tech Forum returns for its 2nd edition. An event organized by the Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation. It will take place from November 11 to 13, 2026 at the Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire, confirming Abidjan as a West African technological crossroads. Three days will be dedicated to in...

par La rédaction
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Gaz

San Pedro: the liquefied natural gas bet takes shape in Poro

Ivory Coast has chosen to rely on liquefied natural gas to electrify the great west of Ivory Coast. The official launch of the work, made in the village of Poro, located at the gates of San Pedro, marks the concrete starting point of a large-scale energy project, carried out by the Ministry of Mines, Oil and Energy (MM...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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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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