Sunday 16 August 2026

149 result(s) for “Président du Comité Stratégique de Simandou 2040”

Pétrole

San Pedro: future oil lung of Ivory Coast

The government, through the Minister of Mines, Oil and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, confirms the construction of a second refinery in San Pedro, a titanic project which should triple the national refining capacity before 2040 and propel the country to the rank of West African energy hub. It was in Yamoussoukro...

par Franck Oulaï
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Briefs

UNDP and AfDB join forces for Africa

Ahunna Eziakonwa, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Africa, spoke with Dr Sidi Ould Tah, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The two leaders explored ways of strategic rapprochement between their respective institutions, in the face of the considerable challenges...

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Briefs

Boundiali: a new center to boost cattle breeding

The Deputy Prime Minister, Téné Birahima Ouattara, inaugurated at the beginning of July the Panya Cattle Breeding Application and Specialization Center, located in Boundiali, in the north of the country. This infrastructure is part of the government strategy aimed at establishing livestock farming as a pillar of nation...

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Investment

CEPICI-EU: towards a strengthening of sustainable investment partnership

The Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI) recently received a delegation from the European Commission led by Jorge Vitorino, chief negotiator for the European side, before the official launch of negotiations for the Agreement on the Facilitation of Sustainable Investments (AFID). The discuss...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

Private investment: CEPICI provides the country with a GPS

For a long time, the figures for Ivorian private investment resembled a puzzle scattered between several administrations, without an overall picture. CEPICI has just launched the Single Window for Private Investment Declaration (GUDIP), a national system intended to centralize and manage this data in real time, with th...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

PND financing: Abidjan and UNDP chart a new path

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently received Ahunna Eziakonwa, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the UNDP Regional Office for Africa on the sidelines of the 2026 African Economic Conference. This meeting sealed a convergence of views on new levers f...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

Sugar sector: SOMDIA plans to invest 100 billion CFA francs over 5 years in Ivory Coast

Ivorian sugar is about to enter a new industrial era. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, received Olivier Parent, CEO of the SOMDIA Group, who came to present an ambitious contract plan for his subsidiary SUCAF-CI, promising a massive investment of 100 billion CFA fr...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

Industry: Strategic pact between Abidjan and Winning International Group

Ivory Coast has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Winning International Group, laying the foundations for a strategic dialogue on mining, energy, industry and infrastructure. Three Ivorian ministers initialed the document in the presence of Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé. It was on the sidelines...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agriculture

Agriculture: the Minister gives the green light to a Bloomfield study

The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné recently granted an audience to Stanislas Zézé, CEO of Bloomfield Investment Corporation, to examine an economic intelligence project on investment opportunities and risks in the Ivorian agricultural sector. This hearing, held at the...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Pétrole

PETROCI - SOCAR: Ivory Coast seals strategic rapprochement with Azerbaijan

A delegation from PETROCI HOLDING led by its General Management carried out a working mission to Baku, in the Republic of Azerbaijan, at the invitation of SOCAR and its subsidiary SOCAR Trading, a few days ago. This visit marks a key step in the internationalization strategy of the Ivorian oil company.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Santé

Health: Abidjan and Washington seal their health alliance

American Chargé d'Affaires Junaid Munir and Ivorian Minister of Health Pierre Dimba chaired the first meeting of the Joint Steering Committee responsible for the implementation of the five-year memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries a few days ago.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: Côte d’Ivoire sets its financing objectives

The development partners of Côte d'Ivoire announced, on the first day of the Consultative Group, financial commitments of 80 billion US dollars, or 47,820 billion CFA francs, to finance the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030, this July 8, 2026 at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire. This amount represents approximately fou...

par Franck Oulaï
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