Wednesday 11 November 2026

81 result(s) for “Première Dame”

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Factories

Cashew: transformation becomes a reality in Tombougou

Long exported raw, Ivorian cashew nuts take industrial root in Boundiali. In Tombougou, the PAN Agro Africa Commodities machines are already running at full capacity, processing tons of almonds every day which, just yesterday, were heading to Asia to be shelled. A symbol of the industrial transformation that the State...

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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