Sunday 16 August 2026

15 result(s) for “Palmier à huile”

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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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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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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 daring industrial adventure, based on an ambitious ten-year plan, a resolute openness to foreign capital...

par Mohamed Fofana
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