Wednesday 20 May 2026

17 result(s) for “Africa Construction Steel”

Factories

Ivory Coast: These factories which contribute to the industrial development of the nation

The Ivorian industry is experiencing an unprecedented rise in power. With sectoral turnover up 25% at the end of June 2025 and a contribution of 22.7% to GDP in 2024, the country relies on a diversified network of factories (from cocoa to cement, including hydrocarbons) to transform its raw materials into an engine for...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industrial zones

ZI: Yopougon, beating heart of Ivorian industrialization

A true economic lung of Abidjan, the Yopougon industrial zone (ZI) stands out as a strategic pillar of the industrial development of Côte d'Ivoire. Between entrepreneurial dynamism, concentration of key industries and prospects for expansion, it embodies the structural transformation of the Ivorian economy and its ambi...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industrial zones

Industrial zones: An archipelago of the national factory

Ivory Coast is accelerating its industrial transformation by structuring the territory around a constellation of zones dedicated to factories, long concentrated around Abidjan and now extended towards the interior of the country. From the old Koumassi area to the new Akoupé-Zeudji PK24 platform, via Yopougon, Bouaké or...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry story

Ivorian miracle: When Abidjan defied the laws of African growth

From independence to the late 1970s, Ivory Coast had accomplished what few developing nations could claim. Sustained, spectacular economic growth, envied by its neighbors and celebrated in the capitals of the world. This “Ivorian miracle”, driven by coffee, cocoa and a liberal political will, remains one of the most da...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: The founding decade (1960-1970)

At independence on August 7, 1960, Côte d'Ivoire inherited a colonial economy largely focused on the export of raw materials. Faced with such an observation, President Félix Houphouët-Boigny commits the nation to a bold industrial adventure, based on an ambitious ten-year plan, a resolute openness to foreign capital an...

par Mohamed Fofana
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