Sunday 16 August 2026

Innovation

Satellite: towards cooperation between the Ministry and RASCOM

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, recently made a strategic visit to the Abidjan headquarters of the African Regional Satellite Communication Organization (RASCOM), the pan-African satellite communications organization. The objective is to transform African space infrast...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Technology: the State boosts the Ivorian unicorns of tomorrow

Since Wednesday July 29, 2026, the dream of every young Ivorian digital entrepreneur has a name and a deadline. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation officially launched the Ivoire Tech Next 15 and Ivoire Tech Scale Up programs at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire, the first concrete measures of the St...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

IA: Geneva welcomes the Ivorian voice

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, represented Côte d'Ivoire at the 1st United Nations Global Dialogue on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence, held on July 6 and 7, 2026 in Geneva, carrying a clear message. Namely, AI should not be a privilege, but a lever for share...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Technologie

PAGDS: the Ivorian State is banking on a second phase to complete the digitalization of the administration

Six years, 23 digital platforms, 495 million dollars mobilized, the first chapter of the Project to Improve Governance for the Delivery of Basic Services to Citizens (PAGDS) closed on Monday in Abidjan, but the Ivorian State immediately reopened the file. The Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget, Adama Coulibaly, an...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Digital: the State sets the course for a secure ecosystem

Opened on June 25, 2026 in Abidjan-Cocody, the Digital Law Days (JDN) served as a framework for the government to reaffirm its desire to build a secure and supervised digital ecosystem. At the heart of the discussions, the governance of artificial intelligence, data protection and the modernization of the legal framewo...

par Chalysa Brou
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Innovation

World AI Film Festival Africa: Ivory Coast will host the 2027 edition

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...

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

Digital: Starlink officially arrives in Ivory Coast from July 2026

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...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

VivaTech 2026: Abidjan takes on the world of innovation

Ivory Coast will participate in the 10th edition of the Viva Technology global exhibition, from June 17 to 20, 2026 in Paris, with an unprecedented delegation of 20 startups and 10 technological SMEs, who came to fly the colors of the Ivorian innovation ecosystem.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Innovation

Digital: Ivory Coast is banking on seven pillars for 2035

Côte d'Ivoire intends to adopt a new vision of digital transformation by 2035. Unveiled on June 1, 2026 in Abidjan by the Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, this roadmap is based on seven pillars and 40 projects intended to accelerate the modernization of the country, as well...

par Chalysa Brou
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Innovation

Digital: Ivory Coast wants to draw inspiration from Estonia

The Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, recently made a discovery trip to Estonia, the most digitalized country in the world, on the occasion of the Europe-East Africa session devoted to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Tallinn. A mission rich in technological lessons fo...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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IA

Generative AI: Ivory Coast, digital locomotive of French-speaking West Africa

In its report Global AI Adoption in 2025, published in early 2026 and covering 147 countries, Microsoft draws up an unprecedented map of the global diffusion of generative artificial intelligence. In Africa, the ranking redistributes the cards of digital competitiveness. And Ivory Coast is doing well.

par Franck Oulaï
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Innovation

FONSTI: the discreet engine of Ivorian technological innovation

By financing scientific research since 2018, the Fund for Science, Technology and Innovation has established itself as a strategic pillar of technological development in Côte d'Ivoire. Mais son rôle reste encore méconnu du grand public.

par Mohamed Fofana
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