Wednesday 11 November 2026

163 result(s) for “Ministre Alaa Farouq”

Industry

Cashew sector: Côte d'Ivoire and the CICC prepare for the future

The cashew sector seeks to strengthen its value chain and its contribution to the national economy. To this end, Minister Kalil Konaté received, on October 7, 2026, André Randjiekpon, executive secretary of the International Cashew Consultative Council (CICC). This meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of the d...

par Chalysa Brou
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Innovation

Digital identity: Côte d 'Ivoire wants to put an end to repeated identifiers

Launched recently in Abidjan, the feasibility study for a national authentication platform and a digital identity wallet should simplify the lives of citizens and businesses. Ministers Vagondo Diomandé and Djibril Ouattara want a unique identifier, without new application. The project is supported by the African Develo...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: IFC and Abidjan continue structuring value chains

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, received Josiane Kwenda, regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), on Tuesday October 6, 2026 in Abidjan. National champions, agribusiness, financial institutions and public-private partnerships were on the menu. The aim...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Briefs

Yamoussoukro: 21 buildings for 420 housing units

Yamoussoukro is taking a new step in its urban development. The Prime Minister, Robert Beugré Mambé, launched work on a program of 420 social and economic housing units on Thursday, October 1, 2026, in the Morofé Résidentiel district, near the Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica. The project includes 21 R+4 type buildings,...

par La rédaction
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Apiculture

Beekeeping sector: a potential that is still underexploited

The beekeeping industry attracts the attention of public authorities. According to the Ministry of Commerce, it can support Ivorian agricultural diversification, create new rural income and open up export opportunities.

par Chalysa Brou
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Agriculture

RNA: Ivory Coast and FAO lay the first statistical stone

Ten years after the last agricultural census, Côte d'Ivoire is relaunching its rural statistics. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production Bruno Nabagné Koné recently signed an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launching the TCP/IVC/4101 Program, a...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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Hydraulique

Drinking water: Abidjan and Stockholm strengthen ties

The Minister of Hydraulics, Sanitation and Sanitation, Dr Amédé Koffi Kouakou, received Katrin Mansson, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, accompanied by Raymond Sauhi, Consul of Sweden in Côte d'Ivoire, in a working session on September 17, 2026. The discussions focused on strengthening bilateral c...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Élevage

Animal economy: Abidjan wants to mobilize 2,300 billion CFA francs

Ivorian livestock breeding is entering a new phase of structuring. The government and its partners want to transform the constraints of the sector into investment opportunities, with an announced objective of more than 2,300 billion CFA francs.

par Chalysa Brou
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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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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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