Sunday 16 August 2026

Plasturgie

Plastics: Plastica CI wants to train the industrialists of tomorrow

During the visit of an official delegation from the French region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to its Koumassi facilities, Plastica Côte d'Ivoire recently announced its project to create the first plastics and packaging school in Côte d'Ivoire. An educational and industrial project designed to prepare Ivorian youth for the job...

par Franck Oulaï
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Hydrocarbure

Hydrocarbon: a new deposit identified

A new exploration campaign carried out in the Ivorian sedimentary basin has led to the discovery of hydrocarbons on the offshore block CI-709. Carried out at a depth of more than 6,000 meters, this drilling confirms the interest in deep water zones.

par Chalysa Brou
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Agriculture

INPHB - Harvard: Ivorian-Ghanaian cocoa at the heart of a scientific alliance

A delegation from Harvard University paid an official visit to the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro on Thursday, June 18, 2026. This meeting opens the way to a large-scale academic and scientific collaboration around a research project on the effects of climate change on c...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Transport

Yopougon-Bingerville BRT: significant progress noted by the World Bank and AFD

A joint delegation from the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), accompanied by the Director General of the Urban Mobility Authority in Greater Abidjan (AMUGA), Romain Kouakou, and the main project stakeholders, recently made a field visit to the Yopougon-Bingerville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) construction...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Maritime

Economic cooperation: Bordeaux turns its gaze towards the Port of Abidjan

Representing 85% of Ivory Coast's trade, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan continues to attract the attention of international business circles. It is in this context that a delegation from the Builders' Club of the Bordeaux region was received by the director general of the autonomous port of Abidjan, as part of an econo...

par Chalysa Brou
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Maritime

Abidjan: the Autonomous Port and shipowners are banking on the fluidity of trade

In a context of intensification of maritime traffic, the Autonomous Port of Abidjan and the Union of Consignees and Shipowners of Côte d'Ivoire (UCACI) discussed the levers for improving the performance and fluidity of port services.

par Chalysa Brou
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Pêche

Fishing: Abidjan and Port-Louis seal the foundations of a strategic partnership

Côte d'Ivoire and Mauritius are embarking on the path of strengthened cooperation in the areas of fishing, aquaculture and the blue economy. During an official visit to Mauritius at the beginning of June 2026, the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, met his Mauritian counterpart, Arvin Boole...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Agriculture

INPHB-SACRI: a partnership to mechanize Ivorian agriculture

The École Supérieure d'Agronomie (ESA) of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) and the Société de Commerce et de Representation Industrielle (SACRI), a specialist in agricultural equipment, recently formalized a specific agreement intended to train students and agripreneurs in mechanizati...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

Biochar: Ivory Coast acquires a production unit

The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, inaugurated in Attinguié, in the PK 31 industrial zone, the first large-capacity commercial unit for the production of biochar from cashew hulls in Africa, supported by the Valency International group, on June 18, 2026. A technological feat that trans...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Agricultural digital transformation: ANADER receives 150 tablets

Wednesday June 17, 2026 marked a decisive step in the modernization of the Ivorian agricultural council. In the presence of the Minister Delegate for Food Production, Bernard Kini Comoé, the National Agency for Rural Development Support (ANADER) received 150 digital tablets offered by the Food Value Chain Development P...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agriculture

Cocoa sector: Abidjan and Accra seal a historic alliance

Meeting on June 16, 2026 in Abidjan, Presidents H.E Alassane OUATTARA and H.E John Dramani Mahama reached a decisive milestone in the rebuilding of the global cocoa economy. At the end of the 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG), the two heads of state endorsed 5 struc...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Maritime

Port of San Pedro: African Top 10, a historic performance

The San Pedro Autonomous Port has risen to the 9th best performing container port in Africa and 211th globally, according to the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2025, published on June 10, 2026 by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. A consecration which reflects a profound transformation of this...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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