Sunday 16 August 2026

14 result(s) for “Air Sénégal”

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
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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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Briefs

AMUGA unveils 11 mobility projects for Greater Abidjan

The Greater Abidjan Urban Mobility Authority (AMUGA) presented 11 structuring projects during an event held on July 8 and 9, 2026, as part of the 2026-2030 National Development Plan. These initiatives, representing a total investment of close to 1,400 billion CFA francs, include in particular 8 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)...

par La rédaction
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Maritime

Gulf of Guinea: material reinforcement of the Ivorian navy

To the National Navy Headquarters, the European Union and Portugal recently handed over two Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIB) and cutting-edge equipment to Côte d'Ivoire. This initiative, backed by the regional SWAIMS project, strengthens the fight against maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Agenda

Golden Business Impact 2026: investing in young African businesses

On June 20, 2026, the Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire will host the 7th edition of Golden Business Impact, around the theme “Investing in young African businesses for the new era”. This benchmark pan-African event will bring together economic actors from Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Benin to promote continental entrepreneur...

par La rédaction
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World

Ivory Coast - CTBTO: a framework agreement for global nuclear surveillance

Côte d'Ivoire is taking a decisive step in its commitment to peace and nuclear non-proliferation. Minister of State Nialé Kaba and the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Dr. Robert Floyd, initialed a bilateral cooperation framework agreement last Friday. This text for...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Maritime

Ivory Coast - Belgium: cooperation for sustainable modernization

The Acting Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), Kassoum Traoré recently received a Belgian delegation made up of representatives from Enabel and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. These exchanges paved the way for strategic cooperation focused on ecological transition, digitalization and logistics perform...

par Mohamed Fofana
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World

Singapore: rain as energy

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a system capable of transforming simple raindrops into electricity. Published last year in the scientific journal ACS Central Science, this discovery is based on a new flow principle and opens a new path for renewable energies, particularly in tro...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Environnement

Environment: Ivory Coast equips the University of Cocody for more than 110 million

As part of the West African Coastal Management Program (WACA), the Minister of the Environment and Ecological Transition, Abou Bamba, recently made the official handover of cutting-edge scientific equipment worth more than 110 million CFA francs to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University of Cocody. A strategic endowment...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Plasturgie

Plastics industry in Ivory Coast: a strategic sector seeking its second wind

At the heart of the Ivorian industrial fabric, the plastics industry is gaining momentum. Driven by domestic demand for packaging, full order books and export ambitions, the sector wants to accelerate. But it is still operating at reduced speed, environmental fragilities, dependence on external supplies, under-exploite...

par Franck Oulaï
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Aérien

Air transport: Abidjan reduces its fees to boost Air Côte d'Ivoire

The Ivorian government recently adopted three decrees defining 25% of the main aeronautical charges at the country's airports. A reform calibrated to strengthen the competitiveness of the national company and position Côte d'Ivoire as an essential regional hub.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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