Côte d'Ivoire 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. Amounting more than 23 billion CFA francs over five years, this investment illustrates the industrial dynamic that the country intends to boost in the agri-food sector.

This project strengthens the attractiveness of the South Comoé region as an emerging industrial hub and should generate several hundred direct and indirect jobs. On a sectoral level, it contributes to reducing dependence on bottled water imports and increasing the competitiveness of the Ivorian beverage industry, in line with the ambitions of the National Development Plan.