A joint delegation from the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), accompanied by the Director General of the Urban Mobility Authority in Greater Abidjan (AMUGA), Romain Kouakou, and the main project stakeholders, recently made a field visit to the Yopougon-Bingerville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) construction...
During the VivaTech 2026 exhibition, the Kaydan group signed an exclusive franchise agreement with the EuropIA Institute to organize the World AI Film Festival Africa (WAiFF Africa) in Abidjan in early 2027. A global event on artificial intelligence and creative industries that will propel the Ivorian metropolis to the...
On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, Minister of Planning and Development, signed on behalf of the government a supplementary financing agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KDEA). This ag...
Representing 85% of Ivory Coast's trade, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan continues to attract the attention of international business circles. It is in this context that a delegation from the Builders' Club of the Bordeaux region was received by the director general of the autonomous port of Abidjan, as part of an econo...
On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, met with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser. The institution confirmed its commitment to...
In a context of intensification of maritime traffic, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan and the Union of Consignees and Shipowners of Côte d'Ivoire (UCACI) discussed the levers for improving the performance and fluidity of port services.
Ivory Coast is entering the era of satellite internet. The Ivorian government has formalized the authorization granted to Starlink Network CIV, a subsidiary of Elon Musk's SpaceX, to deploy its high-speed internet services throughout the national territory from July 2026. A digital revolution which could transform the...
During a meeting held in early June 2026 in Abidjan, the Ivorian authorities and those responsible for the INTERREG Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) Program confirmed the country's involvement in ten major projects, representing a total investment of more than 25 million euros, or nearly 16 billion CFA francs. A rec...
Côte d'Ivoire and Mauritius are embarking on the path of strengthened cooperation in the areas of fishing, aquaculture and the blue economy. During an official visit to Mauritius at the beginning of June 2026, the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, met his Mauritian counterpart, Arvin Boole...
The École Supérieure d'Agronomie (ESA) of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) and the Société de Commerce et de Representation Industrielle (SACRI), a specialist in agricultural equipment, recently formalized a specific agreement intended to train students and agripreneurs in mechanizati...
The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, 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, supported by the Valency International group, on June 18, 2026. A technological feat that trans...
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...