Wednesday 11 November 2026

15 result(s) for “Kalil Konaté”

Industry

Industrialization: Congo draws on the Ivorian experience

On a courtesy and working visit to Abidjan, the Congolese Minister of Industrial Development, Michel Djombo Balombelly, came to be inspired by Ivorian policies. Local transformation, value chains, industrial areas, the office of his counterpart Kalil Konaté detailed a strategy that puts cocoa and cashew in the forefron...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

Ivorian-Italian Forum: a win-win partnership to boost industrialization

Abidjan hosted the first Ivorian-Italian Investment Forum on October 15, 2026. Organized by The European House – Ambrosetti (TEHA Group) in partnership with the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Italy, this meeting focused on investment opportunities in agro-industry, infrastructure and energy. An envelope of 639 million eur...

par Chalysa Brou
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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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Industry

Cashew: Guinea Bissau is inspired by the Ivorian model

The local processing of cashew nuts is gradually becoming a lever for industrialization in West Africa. Inspired by the Ivorian experience, Guinea Bissau shows its ambition to create more added value around cashew, a culture that is the pillar of its economy.

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

Qatar-Africa Business Forum: Abidjan, the countdown is on

In less than four months, Abidjan will become the business capital between Qatar and Africa. The city will host the 5th edition of the Qatar-Africa Business Forum, scheduled for November 2 and 3, 2026. An edition that will mobilize 95 Qatari companies, more than 300 economic actors and major international institutions,...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

Industry: Strategic Pact between Abidjan and Winning International Group

Côte d 'Ivoire has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Winning International Group, laying the groundwork for a strategic dialogue on mining, energy, industry and infrastructure. Three Ivorian ministers initialed the document in the presence of Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé. This was on the sidel...

par Franck Oulaï
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Sidérurgie

Steel sector: APACI in consultation with Minister Kalil Konaté

The Association of Steel Producers of Côte d 'Ivoire (APACI) was recently received by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté. On the menu of exchanges, the operational difficulties encountered by manufacturers in the sector.

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

Biochar: Côte d 'Ivoire has a production unit

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, inaugurated in Attinguié, in the PK 31 industrial zone, the first large-capacity commercial unit for the production of biochar from cashew hulls in Africa, carried by the Valency International group, on June 18, 2026. A technological feat that trans...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industrial zones

Adzopé SEZs: Cap on 51,000 jobs and 225 billion CFA francs in investments

The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Kalil Konaté, visited the site of the Adzopé Special Economic Zone (SEZ) this Wednesday, June 17, 2026. In the presence of local authorities, including Mayor Yolande Achi, this field visit made it possible to assess the progress of a colossal project spanning 432 hectares...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Industry

Ivory Coast: 14 SEZs and IZs to further industrialize the country

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, announced on Thursday, June 11, 2026 the deployment of 14 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) across the country's districts, as well as the creation of industrial zones in the 31 regions to develop the national agricultural potential. An ambitious roadma...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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