Thursday 12 November 2026

62 result(s) for “Africa Construction Steel”

Entrepreneuriat

CEPICI: Opening of financing valves to women entrepreneurs

A window, five strategic sectors and a thousand women targeted, this is the bet launched on June 29, 2026 by the Investment Promotion Center in Côte d 'Ivoire (CEPICI) to transform women's economic inclusion into a lever for industrial growth. An unprecedented device for women's entrepreneurship.

par Franck Oulaï
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Maritime

Port of Abidjan: towards a strengthened partnership with the cement sector

In a context of strong competition on the Ivorian cement market, marked in particular by the entry of Dangote Cement, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA) and the Association of Cement Producers of Côte d 'Ivoire (APCCI) have chosen to close their ranks. The Director General of the PAA, Kassoum Traoré, recently receive...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Environnement

Ecological transition: Côte d 'Ivoire focuses on more resilient cities

The ecological transition is no longer based solely on environmental policies. With the “Green Cities in Action for Africa” project, Côte d’Ivoire intends to mobilize international funding to sustainably transform its urban spaces and strengthen their capacity to adapt to climate risks. Receiving a delegation from the...

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

Northern motorway Tafiré - Ferkessédougou: the IDB injects 130 billion CFA francs

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, and the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, signed a financing agreement of approximately 130 billion CFA francs, for the construction of the Tafiré-Ferkessédougou section, 60 kilometers long, on J...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agriculture

INPHB - Harvard: Ivory-Ghana cocoa at the heart of a scientific alliance

A delegation from Harvard University made an official visit to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny National Polytechnic Institute (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro on Thursday, June 18, 2026. This meeting paves the way for a major academic and scientific collaboration around a research project on the effects of climate change on cocoa p...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Transport

BRT Yopougon-Bingerville: observation of significant progress by the World Bank and AFD

A joint delegation from the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), accompanied by the Director General of the Urban Mobility Authority in Greater Abidjan (AMUGA), Romain Kouakou, and the main project stakeholders, recently made a field visit to the Yopougon-Bingerville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) construction...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

World AI Film Festival Africa: Ivory Coast to host 2027 edition

At VivaTech 2026, the Kaydan Group signed an exclusive franchise agreement with the EuropIA Institute to organize the World AI Film Festival Africa (WAiFF Africa) in Abidjan in early 2027. A global event on artificial intelligence and creative industries that will propel the Ivorian metropolis to the rank of film epice...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agriculture

Agriculture: What the government plans for the transformation of the sector

How to strengthen food sovereignty and increase the added value created by Ivorian agriculture? It is to this equation that Minister Bruno Nabagné Koné provided answers by presenting the five projects deemed essential to support the modernization of the sector and consolidate its contribution to the national economy.

par Chalysa Brou
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Agriculture

Cocoa: Abidjan and Accra unite for producers

Côte d 'Ivoire and Ghana, which together control nearly two-thirds of the world's cocoa production, held the 7th meeting of their joint steering committee on June 15, 2026 in Abidjan. At the heart of the debates, the improvement of producers' incomes and the construction of a united front to weigh more on a global mark...

par Franck Oulaï
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Africa

Guinea: a $1.68 billion alumina refinery

The Guinean State is taking a decisive step in its policy of local transformation of mineral resources. The signing of a strategic agreement with the Chinese giant Chalco Guinea Company for the construction of an alumina refinery in Boffa marks a key step in the realization of the Simandou 2040 program, which aims to m...

par Franck Oulaï
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Maritime

Ivory Coast - China: towards a strengthening of port cooperation

On the sidelines of the 17th International Forum on Investment and Infrastructure Construction (IICF), which was held from June 10 to 12, 2026 in Macao, China, the Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), Kassoum Traoré, alongside the Minister of Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Hien Yacouba Sié, h...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industrial zones

ZI Yopougon: the Minister of Industry on the ground

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, paid a working visit to the Yopougon Industrial Zone (ZI) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The objective was to assess the progress of the structuring projects carried out by the Universal Industrie group, whose investments reach nearly 200 billion CFA...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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