Sunday 16 August 2026

125 result(s) for “Conseil économique, social, environnemental et culturel”

Transport

Mobility: a 640 km TGV to revolutionize the economy

Ivory Coast is preparing to write an unprecedented page in its contemporary railway history. Included in the National Development Program (PND 2026-2030), a High Speed ​​Train (TGV) project linking Abidjan to Ferkessédougou over 640 kilometers is among the country's flagship infrastructures. Estimated at 1,000 billion...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Maritime

Ivory Coast - Belgium: cooperation for sustainable modernization

The Acting Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), Kassoum Traoré recently received a Belgian delegation made up of representatives from Enabel and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. These exchanges paved the way for strategic cooperation focused on ecological transition, digitalization and logistics perform...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

BIDC - Afriland First Bank CI: 10 billion CFA francs to boost Ivorian SMEs

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and Afriland First Bank Côte d'Ivoire SA recently sealed a loan agreement of 10 billion CFA francs in Lomé. This credit line targets Ivorian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with the ambition of accelerating the country's economic transformation in...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Santé

Health: Ivory Coast snatches up WHO vice-president

Côte d'Ivoire has just marked a major milestone in the international health arena. On May 25, 2026, in Geneva, Professor Mamadou Samba was elected vice-president of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly. A distinction that places Abidjan at the he...

par Franck Oulaï
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Africa

Ghana - Canada: Tema, future African crossroads for green aviation fuel

The Ghanaian government has just taken a decisive step towards the energy transition. A few days ago, the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian firm Portage Energy Group Inc. This unique partnership aims to transform Tema's municipal waste into sustainable aviati...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Infrastructures

Ivory Coast: 90 km of bitumen to open up the north of the country

In the Poro region, an ambitious project is underway. The development and asphalting project for the Tioroniaradougou - Guiembé - Dikodougou - Boron axis, nearly 90 km long, promises to profoundly transform the living conditions and mobility of the populations of northern Ivory Coast. Between modernized roads, engineer...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: Abidjan, Paris towards raising 11,138 billion FCFA

The Ivorian Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, received in audience Ms. Ihssane Slimani Houti, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs and Head of the Regional Economic Service of Abidjan, a week ago. At the heart of the discussions, the mobilization of French funding to support the Nati...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Infrastructures

Ivory Coast: 108 km of access to the North

The National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD) contributed to the transformation of the road network in northern Ivory Coast, with the development and asphalting project for the Dabakala-Kong axis. A structuring project of more than 108 km which promises to open up the Hambol and Tchologo regions.

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Infrastructures

South-South cooperation: Côte d’Ivoire, a planning model for Gabon

A high-ranking Gabonese delegation set down in Abidjan for a strategic immersion at the National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD), a few weeks ago. Led by the Commissioner General for Planning, Vulgain Andzembe Tsiegori, this mission illustrates the rise of South-South African cooperation, with Côte...

par Franc Oulaï
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Environnement

Climate - Migration: Ivory Coast signs the Kampala Declaration

The Nigerian economic capital, Lagos, recently hosted a Conference on Human Mobility and Climate Change, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Political decision-makers, experts and technical partners from Africa and elsewhere met around a critical issue, that of population displacements caus...

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

Ivory Coast - IDB: $2.7 billion to transform development

Côte d'Ivoire and the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) officially launched, on May 21, 2026 in Abidjan, the Member Country Partnership Strategy (SPPM) 2025-2029. Articulated around the theme “From economic growth to inclusive development”, this new roadmap mobilizes a total envelope of 2.7 billion dollars, includin...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Entrepreneuriat

TIKERAMA: the Ivorian startup that is reinventing digital ticketing in Africa

Upon its arrival, TIKERAMA shook up the codes of a sector that had long been lagging behind on the continent. With more than 12,000 events supported in just 3 years, this all-in-one event ticketing platform has now established itself as the essential reference in West and Central Africa. Beyond technology, TIKERAMA emb...

par Franck Oulaï
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