Sunday 17 May 2026

10 result(s) for “Banque mondiale”

Briefs

Finance: Zenith Bank settles in the heart of Abidjan

Nigerian banking giant Zenith Bank officially launched its activities in Ivory Coast recently, establishing its head office at the Wall Street Building, on Avenue Charles Noguès, in Plateau, the business district...

par La rédaction
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Investment

Poro Power raises 42.65 billion FCFA: Ivorian solar energy enters a new era

The company Poro Power 1 SA has completed a historic fundraising of 42.65 billion FCFA (65 million euros) to finance the future largest private solar power plant in Ivory Coast. Carried exclusively by African entrepreneurs and investors, this unprecedented operation in the UEMOA zone marks a decisive turning point in t...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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Industry

PND 2016-2020: Between industrial ambitions and social realities

In 2016, Côte d'Ivoire launched its second National Development Plan (PND), with a colossal investment program of 30,000 billion FCFA. Driven by a clear vision, to make the country an emerging economy with a solid industrial base from 2020. This five-year plan was a continuation of the 2012-2015 PND, the results of whi...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

From crisis to rebirth: Ivorian industry reconquering its destiny (2010-2020)

After a dark decade marked by socio-political crises, Côte d'Ivoire initiated between 2010 and 2020 one of the most spectacular industrial transformations in West Africa. Driven by strong political will, a booming agro-industry and massive investments in infrastructure, the Ivorian economy has made a remarkable recover...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: A lost decade between crisis and resilience (2000-2010)

Ivory Coast, once the economic showcase of sub-Saharan Africa, went through one of the darkest phases of its industrial history between 2000 and 2010. Undermined by political instability, the failed coup d'état of 2002 and its consequences on investment, the Ivorian productive system has retreated, leaving behind close...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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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 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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Industry story

Ivorian industry: When Ivory Coast was building its industrial empire (1970-1980)

In 10 years, Côte d'Ivoire has gone from an agricultural country to a regional industrial power in the making. The 1970-1980 decade remains to this day the apogee of Ivorian industrial ambition, driven by two audacious five-year plans, an assumed political will and growth that would put many of the world's economies to...

par Franck Oulaï
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