Sunday 16 August 2026

44 result(s) for “Accord”

Agriculture

Cocoa and horticulture: strengthening the link between Abidjan and The Hague

The agricultural partnership between Ivory Coast and the Netherlands reaches a new stage. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Kone, recently received Dutch Ambassador Jeroen Kelderhuis to assess the implementation of the 2023 memorandum of understanding, with a focus on coc...

par Franck Oulaï
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Aquaculture

Cairo seals a blue pact with Abidjan

On Monday June 29, 2026, the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, led a delegation to Cairo for a working session with his Egyptian counterpart, Alaa Farouq. This meeting resulted in a memorandum of understanding intended to intensify cooperation in fishing, aquaculture and the protection of...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Maritime

Port of Abidjan: showcase of excellence

The Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA) recently welcomed a delegation of 47 senior trainee officers from the 5th General Staff Course of the Republic of Guinea. Received by Director General Kassoum Traoré, these soldiers came to draw on Ivorian know-how in governance, security and economic development, as part of a study...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Food sovereignty: Ekobell advances on PRIDA, 3,500 hectares at stake

The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, received a delegation from the Israeli group Ekobell to take stock of the Daloa Irrigated Rice Project (PRIDA), on June 22, 2026. Driven by a clear ambition (to develop 3,500 hectares of irrigated areas), this project could profound...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

Northern Tafiré – Ferkessédougou highway: the IDB injects 130 billion CFA francs

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, and the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, signed a financing agreement of around 130 billion CFA francs, for the construction of the Tafiré-Ferkessédougou section, 60 kilometers long, on June 19, 2...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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Investment

Ivory Coast - Kuwaiti Fund: agreement sealed for the Daloa vocational high school

On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, Minister of Planning and Development, signed on behalf of the government a supplementary financing agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KDEA). This ag...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Briefs

NSIA Banque - BII: €30 million agreement signed for SMEs and female entrepreneurship

NSIA Banque Côte d'Ivoire and British International Investment (BII) have signed a loan agreement worth 30 million euros, intended to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as female entrepreneurship. This agreement marks an important step in strengthening the financing of the Ivorian real economy. T...

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Africa

African Aviation: the AfDB is investing $7 billion to boost the sector

On the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Brazzaville, a strategic letter of understanding between the pan-African institution and the federal government of Nigeria marked the official launch of a $7 billion continental program. Called the Integrated African Aviation Transformati...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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