Sunday 16 August 2026

35 result(s) for “Formation”

Briefs

Cooperation: signing of agreement between INP-HB and Accra Technical University

On Friday May 29, 2026, the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro welcomed a delegation from the Accra Technical University (ATU) of Ghana, led by its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Amevi Akakpovi. The two institutions officially signed an academic partnership agreement, marking a...

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Briefs

Digital inclusion: UNDP and Orange Côte d’Ivoire join forces

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Orange Côte d'Ivoire have formalized a strategic partnership focused on the inclusive digital transformation of the country. The agreement was concluded between Blerta Cela, Resident Representative of UNDP in Côte d'Ivoire, and Mamadou Bamba, Managing Director of Orange...

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Investment

PND 2026-2030: the Minister of Planning and Development mobilizes AFD

On the sidelines of the 61st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Brazzaville, the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, held a working session with Sandra Kassab, Africa Director of the French Development Agency (AFD). On the menu of discussions, the financing of the N...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Agriculture

Sustainable cocoa: the Café-Cacao Council trains its agricultural technicians

The Coffee-Cocoa Council is launching an intensive 10-day training course for agricultural technicians to strengthen the implementation of the ARS 1000 Standard, a pillar of the Ivorian strategy for traceable and sustainable cocoa.

par Franck Oulaï
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Plasturgie

Plastics industry in Ivory Coast: a strategic sector seeking its second wind

At the heart of the Ivorian industrial fabric, the plastics industry is gaining momentum. Driven by domestic demand for packaging, full order books and export ambitions, the sector wants to accelerate. But it is still operating at reduced speed, environmental fragilities, dependence on external supplies, under-exploite...

par Franck Oulaï
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Briefs

Neemba reinvents its model: from distributor to industrial partner

The Caterpillar dealership in West Africa, Neemba, is undergoing a major strategic change. Gone is the simple role of equipment distributor, the company is now positioned as an integrated industrial services platform. Its CEO, Jean-Luc Konan, states it unambiguously, “The objective is no longer just to sell machines, b...

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IA

Ivory Coast: sovereign AI to revolutionize cocoa agriculture

The Ivorian government officially announced on May 2, 2026 its ambition to provide the country with national artificial intelligence, designed from its own realities. Led by the Minister of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation, Djibril Ouattara, this initiative primarily targets agriculture and the cocoa sec...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

PND 2026-2030: Ivory Coast is banking on 175 billion euros to change scale

Drawing on lessons learned from three successive planning cycles, the Ivorian Government under the Presidency of H.E Alassane OUATTARA is launching its fourth National Development Plan (PND), the most ambitious in its contemporary history. With a colossal envelope of 114,838.5 billion FCFA, Abidjan intends to raise the...

par Mohamed Fofana
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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 industry: The sector under perfusion (1990-1993)

From the recession inherited from the 1980s to the fragile hope of recovery, the Ivorian industry went through, between 1990 and 1993, one of the most trying periods in its history. Under pressure from the Bretton Woods institutions and the leadership of a technocratic Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, the country's i...

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

par Mohamed Fofana
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