Sunday 17 May 2026

14 result(s) for “CFA”

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. But its role remains unknown to the general public.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Briefs

Agro-industry: an investment of 23 billion CFA francs for a mineral water unit in Bonoua

Ivory Coast has granted an operating permit to a private operator for the development of a mineral water production unit in Samo, in the commune of Bonoua. In the amount of more than 23 billion CFA francs on...

par La rédaction
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Factories

AGROCI: Ivorian bet to transform its fruits into an industrial locomotive

Born from the alliance of the Senegalese group Kirène and the Farès group, Agro-Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (AGROCI) has established itself in a few years as one of the most dynamic agri-food companies in the country. Located in Bonoua, around fifty kilometers from Abidjan, this modern factory intends to reduce Ivorian...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Factories

Africa West Industries: the Ivorian ambition that gives local industry a boost

Launched in 2010 in the wake of West African agro-industry, Africa West Industries (AWI) has established itself in 15 years as one of the flagships of Côte d'Ivoire's manufacturing industry. Specializing in the production of Marseille soaps and edible vegetable oil, this 100% Ivorian company, with more than 400 employe...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industrial zones

ZI Koumassi: Rehabilitate for better impact

With nearly 300 companies active on 120 hectares, the Koumassi industrial zone (ZI) is one of the pillars of the Ivorian economic fabric. Having remained without real renovations for a long time, this strategic enclave of the Abidjan district is today getting a second lease of life thanks to an ambitious rehabilitation...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industrial zones

Industrial zones: An archipelago of the national factory

Ivory Coast is accelerating its industrial transformation by structuring the territory around a constellation of zones dedicated to factories, long concentrated around Abidjan and now extended towards the interior of the country. From the old Koumassi area to the new Akoupé-Zeudji PK24 platform, via Yopougon, Bouaké or...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

Devaluation of the CFA: A decision that reconfigured the Ivorian economy

On January 12, 1994, a decision from Dakar shattered the monetary certainties of 14 African countries. The CFA franc suddenly loses 50% of its value against the French franc. For Ivory Coast, the largest economy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), it is both a painful electric shock and a structura...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry story

Ivory Coast under supervision: When Bretton Woods dictated its law in Abidjan (1990)

In the 1990s, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank exercised unprecedented control over the Ivorian economy and politics. Between imposed remedies and deep social fractures, the results of this decade remain, even today, a subject of controversy.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: the difficult dawn of a renaissance (1993-1999)

Ivorian industry has gone through one of the most decisive periods in its history, from the devaluation of the CFA franc to the first privatizations. Between shock therapies imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, renewed competitiveness and persistent structural fragilities, the country's industrial fabric has been...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industry story

Ivorian miracle: When Abidjan defied the laws of African growth

From independence to the late 1970s, Ivory Coast had accomplished what few developing nations could claim. Sustained, spectacular economic growth, envied by its neighbors and celebrated in the capitals of the world. This “Ivorian miracle”, driven by coffee, cocoa and a liberal political will, remains one of the most da...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: The sector under perfusion (1990-1993)

From the recession inherited from the 1980s to the fragile hope of recovery, the Ivorian industry went through, between 1990 and 1993, one of the most trying periods in its history. Under pressure from the Bretton Woods institutions and the leadership of a technocratic Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, the country's i...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: The sector bends under the weight of the crisis (1980-1990)

After two decades of an “Ivorian miracle” driven by industrial growth of 9% per year, Ivory Coast entered the 1980s like a colossus with feet of clay. In the space of ten years, the industrial sector, which had been the pride of the country, collapsed under the combination of a global crisis, an economic model on its l...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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