Sunday 16 August 2026

Industry

Industrial financing: ADCI alongside SMEs in the face of offers from the BNI

On August 12, 2026, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire (CCI-CI), the Agency for the Development and Competitiveness of Industries of Côte d'Ivoire (ADCI) took part in the presentation ceremony of financing offers from the National Investment Bank (BNI), intended for industrial SMEs and ETIs, as pa...

par Jessica Coulibaly
Read more
Commerce

Ivory Coast - Canada: trade reached nearly 500 billion CFA francs in 2025

Nearly $1.2 billion. This is the value reached in 2025 by trade between Ivory Coast and Canada. The figure was communicated by Anita Anand, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, during her working visit to Côte d'Ivoire.

par Chalysa Brou
Read more
Infrastructures

Yopougon: the challenge of new mobility is taking shape

On Thursday, August 13, 2026, in the premises of the Urban Mobility Authority in Greater Abidjan (AMUGA), a group of experts met to kick off a study called to redesign travel in the most populous of Abidjan's municipalities.

par Mohamed Fofana
Read more
Agriculture

Local rice: Ivory Coast and Japan seal new pact for sustainable supply chains

The Minister Delegate in charge of Food Production, Bernard Comoé, recently signed, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture Bruno Nabagné Koné, the financing agreement for the Project for the Promotion of Local Rice through Sustainable Supply Chains (PRORIL-CAD) with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA...

par Franck Oulaï
Read more
Énergie

Electricity: Washington puts 171.65 billion CFA francs on Ivory Coast

The United States, via the Millennium Challenge Corporation, donated $300 million, or 171.65 billion CFA francs, to Côte d'Ivoire to modernize its electricity network and consolidate its status as a regional energy hub, for the benefit of millions of West African households.

par Jessica Coulibaly
Read more
Maritime

Port modernization: San Pedro equips itself for the future

The Autonomous Port of San Pedro has officially received a new latest generation handling machine, symbol of an assumed ambition to raise the seaside city to the rank of the most competitive port places in the sub-region.

par Mohamed Fofana
Read more
Agriculture

Oil and coconut palm: Grand-Béréby begins the relaunch of the two sectors

The Ivorian Government is going on the offensive on two long-neglected sectors. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, launched the interim program for the development of the oil palm and coconut sectors on July 31 in Grand-Béréby.

par Franck Oulaï
Read more
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 carried out...

par Mohamed Fofana
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more