Kuyo Pipeline, the company that Vanessa Kuyo runs with a firm hand, operates in pipeline transport infrastructure, a link as discreet as it is essential in the energy chain. Far from the fires of the oil plateaus, these underground arteries ensure the distribution of hydrocarbons with surgical precision. A strategic sector, certainly, but also demanding on a technical, regulatory and financial level. Vanessa Kuyo understood this before many others.

Her vision and managerial rigor were solemnly recognized at the 2025 Employer Awards, where she won a historic double coronation as Manager of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year, both in the female category. A rare, almost unprecedented double distinction, which says everything about the trajectory of a woman who refuses to choose between operational excellence and entrepreneurial audacity. In an Ivorian context where energy sovereignty is becoming a major issue, Vanessa Kuyo's work takes on a particular resonance. Developing local pipeline transport capacities means participating concretely in the structuring of an autonomous and competitive national industry.

Note that beyond the trophies and the columns of results, Vanessa Kuyo represents something deeper. She is proof that female leadership in so-called "hard and masculine" sectors is no longer an exception in Côte d'Ivoire. It is now a reality that is imposed, pipeline by pipeline.