Thursday 12 November 2026

219 result(s) for “Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine”

Innovation

Satellite: towards cooperation between the Ministry and RASCOM

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, recently made a strategic visit to the Abidjan headquarters of the African Regional Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM), the pan-African satellite communications organization. The objective is to transform an African space inf...

par Franck Oulaï
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Aérien

Civil aviation: Abidjan, future hub like Dubai

A team from the Directorate General of Air Transport (DGTA) spent a week in Dubai, at Emirates Airlines, to refine the Ivorian strategy which should transform Abidjan into a benchmark West African air hub. Reduced taxation on tickets, unrestricted baggage, direct flight under consideration. The negotiations held in Dub...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Mines

Mines: Ivory Coast is inspired by Botswana for an integrated mining industry

By concluding this first cooperation agreement in history, between the two countries in the mining and energy sectors, Côte d 'Ivoire shows its ambition to transform its geological wealth into a real engine of economic development, inspired by Botswana, an African benchmark in the management of mineral resources.

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

SGPME - Orange Bank Africa: signing of 2 agreements in favour of VSEs, SMEs and midcaps

In a country where access to finance remains the first obstacle cited by SME bosses, a figure has just brought a breath of fresh air, 17 billion CFA francs. This is the amount that the Ivorian SME Credit Guarantee Company (SGPME) and Orange Bank Africa (OBA) have committed to mobilize through two agreements recently si...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Digital Farming: Digital Farming School to open soon

A delegation from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) led by its Secretary General, Dr Palé Sié, and the Director General of the Digital Farming School, Dr Louis Koko, was recently received at the Office of Professor Adama Diawara, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. On...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Aquaculture

Côte d 'Ivoire - Japan: strengthening aquaculture cooperation

Côte d 'Ivoire and Japan are strengthening ties around a strategic project to reform the aquaculture sector, led by Minister Sidi Tiémoko Touré and a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who came to prepare large-scale financial support.

par Franck Oulaï
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Maritime

San Pedro: AGL presents at the Port its 4 structuring projects 2027-2030

The General Directorate of the Autonomous Port of San Pedro received a delegation from Africa Global Logistics (AGL) led by its Regional Director, Asta Rosa Cissé, a few days ago. Under the chairmanship of the port's Acting Director General, Pascal Dally, AGL officials unveiled their 2027-2030 strategy for the port, st...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Rural youth: ANADER and FENOPJERCI seal a 5-year partnership

The Agence Nationale d 'Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER) and the Fédération Nationale des Organisations Professionnelles de la Jeunesse Rurale de Côte d 'Ivoire (FENOPJERCI) recently signed a 5-year framework partnership agreement at ANADER's headquarters in Plateau to strengthen the training and socio-economic in...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Pétrole

San Pedro: future oil lung of Ivory Coast

The government, through the Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, confirms the construction of a second refinery in San Pedro, a titanic project that must triple the national refining capacity before 2040 and propel the country to the rank of West African energy hub. It was in Yamoussoukro a f...

par Franck Oulaï
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Pétrole

Oil storage: GESTOCI reaches a historic milestone

The Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, commissioned the R14 tank with 20,000 m³ of diesel and the first Ivorian loading station for GESTOCI tankers on 24 July 2026. This dual infrastructure brings the total capacity of the depot to 100,700 m³.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Briefs

UNDP and AFDB join forces for Africa

Ahunna Eziakonwa, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Africa, spoke with Dr Sidi Ould Tah, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The two leaders explored ways of strategic rapprochement between their respective institutions, in the face of the considerable challenges...

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Briefs

Regional Trade: Ivory Coast, Trade and Logistics Hub

From July 7 to 9, 2026, the Côte d'Ivoire Export Agency represented the country at the 6th Annual General Assembly of the ECOWAS Network of Trade Promotion Organizations (ROPC), held in Dakar. This meeting brought together the national trade promotion agencies of Member States, alongside the ECOWAS Commission and the I...

par La rédaction
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