Sunday 16 August 2026

Factories

San Pedro: When cocoa farmers become industrial

The foundation stone of CADESA Processing SA was recently laid in Djirognepahio, on the outskirts of San Pedro. Supported by more than 4,000 producers united within the CADESA cooperative, this future factory embodies a strategic turning point for the Ivorian cocoa sector, long confined to the export of raw beans.

par Franck Oulaï
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Mines

Mining: Ivory Coast draws inspiration from 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 is displaying its ambition to transform its geological wealth into a real engine of economic development, taking inspiration from Botswana, an African benchmark in the management of miner...

par Chalysa Brou
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Investment

SGPME - Orange Bank Africa: signature of 2 agreements in favor of VSEs, SMEs and ETIs

In a country where access to financing 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 mobilizing through two agreements recentl...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Agriculture: the Academy of rubber trades is born

Africa's leading producer of natural rubber, Côte d'Ivoire is entering a new stage in the development of its rubber industry. With the creation of an Academy of Rubber Trades, professionals want to train a qualified workforce in order to support industrial transformation and meet the new demands of the global market.

par Chalysa Brou
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Agriculture

Digital agriculture: Upcoming opening of the Digital Farming School

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

Ivory Coast - Japan: strengthening aquaculture cooperation

Ivory Coast 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 Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who came to prepare large-scale financial support.

par Franck Oulaï
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Maritime

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

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 interim Director General, Pascal Dally, AGL officials unveiled their 2027-2030 strategy for the port, s...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

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

The National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) and the National Federation of Professional Rural Youth Organizations of Côte d'Ivoire (FENOPJERCI) recently signed at ANADER headquarters in Plateau, a 5-year framework partnership agreement intended to strengthen the training and socio-economic integration of you...

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 which should triple the national refining capacity before 2040 and propel the country to the rank of West African energy hub. It was in Yamoussoukro...

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 tank trucks, on July 24, 2026. This double infrastructure brings the total capacity of the depot to 100,700 m³.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Aérien

Air transport: removal of taxes by Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire becomes the first and only ECOWAS country to have removed the taxes targeted by the regional decision on air transport, according to an observation drawn up by the Heads of State of the region meeting in Lungi.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Automobile

Kpandji Automobiles: heading towards the Thai market

Made in Ivory Coast is now attracting South-East Asia. Kpandji Automobiles received the Thai Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Nipa Nirannoot, accompanied by a Thai economic delegation. This meeting concluded with a strong commitment. The diplomat said she was ready to mobilize her network to open new commercial prospects for...

par Franck Oulaï
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