Wednesday 11 November 2026

36 result(s) for “Global Burden of Disease Study”

Maritime

Port of San Pedro: Top 10 Africans, a historic performance

The San Pedro Autonomous Port rose to the 9th rank of the best performing container ports in Africa and 211th in the world, according to the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2025, published on June 10, 2026 by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. A consecration which reflects a profound transformat...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Africa

Simandou 2040: Guinea wooing the financial markets with Bloomfield

The Minister Director of Cabinet of the Presidency and President of the Strategic Committee of Simandou 2040, Djiba Diakité, received Stanislas Zézé, CEO of Bloomfield Investment Corporation, the first African financial rating agency, a few days ago. At the heart of the exchanges, the improvement of Guinea's sovereign...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Santé

Health: a new intervention changes the management of arrhythmias

West African patients suffering from severe heart rhythm disorders will no longer have to travel abroad for treatment. A new therapeutic option is now available in Abidjan. The Abidjan Cardiology Institute successfully carried out the first ablation of atrial fibrillation in sub-Saharan Africa, a procedure recognized f...

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

Côte d 'Ivoire - GGGI: towards an extension of green financial instruments

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently granted an audience to Olola Vieyra, Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Côte d 'Ivoire. This meeting reaffirmed the common commitment to accelerate the transition to green growth, in line with the ambition...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Énergie

Thermal energy: Côte d 'Ivoire secures more than 423 billion CFA francs

A financing agreement was signed between Côte d 'Ivoire and the Chinese group Energy China for the construction of a combined cycle thermal power plant in Songon on 2 June 2026. With a capacity of 372 MW, this project with a total investment of 423.166 billion FCFA aims to meet the growing demand for electricity linked...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: the Minister of Planning and Development mobilizes AFD

On the sidelines of the 61st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Brazzaville, the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, held a working session with Sandra Kassab, Africa Director of the French Development Agency (AFD). On the menu of discussions, the financing of the N...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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IA

Generative AI: Côte d 'Ivoire, the digital locomotive of Francophone West Africa

In its Global AI Adoption in 2025 report, published in early 2026 and covering 147 countries, Microsoft provides an unprecedented mapping of the global spread of generative artificial intelligence. In Africa, the ranking redistributes the maps of digital competitiveness. And Côte d 'Ivoire is doing well.

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: Abidjan, Paris to raise 11,138 billion FCFA

The Ivorian Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, received in audience, Mrs. Ihssane Slimani Houti, Minister Counsellor for Economic Affairs and Head of the Regional Economic Service of Abidjan, a week ago. At the heart of the discussions, the mobilization of French funding to support the N...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industry

PND 2021-2025: Five years of betting on transformation

At the end of an ambitious five-year cycle, Côte d'Ivoire takes stock of its third National Development Plan (PND). With an overall envelope of 59,000 billion FCFA, the PND 2021-2025 had the vision of “placing the Ivorian at the heart of the economic and social development” of the country. With a strategy structured ar...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

PND 2016-2020: Between industrial ambitions and social realities

In 2016, Côte d'Ivoire launched its second National Development Plan (PND), with a colossal investment program of 30,000 billion FCFA. Driven by a clear vision, to make the country an emerging economy with a solid industrial base from 2020. This five-year plan was a continuation of the 2012-2015 PND, the results of whi...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

PND 2012-2015: the challenge of economic rebirth after the crisis in Ivory Coast

At the end of a decade of political-military crises, Côte d'Ivoire launched in 2012 an ambitious development plan of 11,076 billion FCFA to revive its economy, restore social cohesion and lay the foundations for emergence by 2020, according to the vision of the Head of State H.E Alassane OUATTARA. Four years later, the...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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