Thursday 12 November 2026

59 result(s) for “Initiative BIOFIN”

Briefs

CEPICI: Women's entrepreneurship at the heart of IFOA

The Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI) participated in the first edition of the Women's Economic Fair (IFOA), an event dedicated to female entrepreneurship. This presence reflects the institution's desire to get closer to women entrepreneurs wherever they find themselves. Through its spec...

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Agriculture

Cocoa sector: Abidjan and Accra seal a historic alliance

Meeting on 16 June 2026 in Abidjan, Presidents H.E Alassane OUATTARA and H.E John Dramani Mahama took a decisive step in the refoundation of the global cocoa economy. At the end of the 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Cocoa Côte d 'Ivoire-Ghana Initiative (ICCIG), the two Heads of State endorsed 5 structuri...

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Industry

Ivory Coast: 110 billion CFA francs for the steel and medicine sectors

Minister Kalil Konaté recently granted an audience to the promoters of the Ivory Steel and B5 Groups, who are the bearers of a 110 billion CFA francs investment project aimed at providing Côte d 'Ivoire with leading metallurgical and pharmaceutical infrastructures. An initiative hailed by the government as a major leve...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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

African Aviation: AFDB invests $7 billion to boost the sector

On the sidelines of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, a strategic letter of agreement between the pan-African institution and the Federal Government of Nigeria marked the official launch of a $7 billion continental program. Called the Integrated Africa Aviation Transformation Programme...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Maritime

Ivory Coast: inauguration of a Drone Center, a first in West and Central Africa

The Interregional Maritime Security Institute (ISMI) of Yopougon-Niangon recently officially opened the very first regional center dedicated to civilian drone professions in West and Central Africa. Abidjan has thus established itself as a pioneer in training for professional civilian drones.

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Infrastructures

Prize: Fabrice Coulibaly, CEO of AGEROUTE, crowned Builder Trophy 2026

On the sidelines of the 61st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), held from 25 to 29 May 2026 in Brazzaville, the Director General of the Road Management Agency (AGEROUTE), Fabrice Coulibaly, received the Builder Trophy during the Africa Road Builders - Babacar N'Diaye Trophy ceremony, initiate...

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Agriculture

ADERIZ - BARAN: solar power for Ivorian rice

As part of the National Rice Development Strategy (SNDR), the Agency for the Development of the Rice Sector (ADERIZ) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the BARAN Group. This strategic partnership aims to deploy an integrated national system for drying paddy rice with solar energy, for a more competitive...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Briefs

WFP - MINADERPV: creation of a joint team for agriculture and nutrition

10 days ago, the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, received a delegation from the World Food Program (WFP), led by its country director, Olivia Hantz. This hearing marked an important step in strengthening cooperation between the Ivorian government and the UN agency. Th...

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Africa

Ghana - Canada: Tema, Africa's Future Green Aviation Fuel Hub

The Ghanaian government has just taken a decisive step towards the energy transition. A few days ago, the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian firm Portage Energy Group Inc. This unprecedented partnership aims to transform Tema's municipal waste into sustainable...

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Infrastructures

BNETD - Orange: the Smart Building at the heart of a partnership for tomorrow's infrastructures

The Bureau National d 'Etudes Techniques et de Développement (BNETD) recently opened its doors to a delegation from Orange Côte d 'Ivoire, led by Ferdinand Tra, Orange Business & Broadband Director and President of OCS. A meeting with high strategic value that lays the groundwork for collaboration around smart building...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Environnement

Environment: Ivory Coast equips the University of Cocody for more than 110 million

As part of the West African Coastal Management Program (WACA), the Minister of the Environment and Ecological Transition, Abou Bamba, recently made the official handover of cutting-edge scientific equipment worth more than 110 million CFA francs to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University of Cocody. A strategic endowment...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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