Sunday 16 August 2026

15 result(s) for “PME”

Investment

Ivory Coast - Canada: 27 billion CFA francs to boost SMEs

The evolution of cooperation between Côte d'Ivoire and Canada also involves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On August 6, 2026 in Abidjan, on the occasion of her first official working visit to Eburnia, the Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, FinDev Canada formalized financing of 65...

par Chalysa Brou
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Industry

Industrial financing: ADCI alongside SMEs in the face of offers from the BNI

On August 12, 2026, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire (CCI-CI), the Agency for the Development and Competitiveness of Industries of Côte d'Ivoire (ADCI) took part in the presentation ceremony of financing offers from the National Investment Bank (BNI), intended for industrial SMEs and ETIs, as pa...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Innovation

Technology: the State boosts the Ivorian unicorns of tomorrow

Since Wednesday July 29, 2026, the dream of every young Ivorian digital entrepreneur has a name and a deadline. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Technological Innovation officially launched the Ivoire Tech Next 15 and Ivoire Tech Scale Up programs at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire, the first concrete measures of the St...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Investment

SGPME - Orange Bank Africa: signature of 2 agreements in favor of VSEs, SMEs and ETIs

In a country where access to financing remains the first obstacle cited by SME bosses, a figure has just brought a breath of fresh air, 17 billion CFA francs. This is the amount that the Ivorian SME Credit Guarantee Company (SGPME) and Orange Bank Africa (OBA) have committed to mobilizing through two agreements recentl...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Entrepreneuriat

CEPICI: Opening the floodgates of financing to women entrepreneurs

One window, five strategic sectors and a thousand women targeted, this is the bet launched on June 29, 2026 by the Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI) to transform female economic inclusion into a lever for industrial growth. A unique system for female entrepreneurship.

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

PND 2026-2030: the Ivorian private sector, a partner of choice

The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, presented on June 22, 2026 the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030 to member companies of the General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d'Ivoire (CGECI). With a total budget of more than 114,838 billion CFA francs, this ambitious plan makes...

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

International cooperation: Côte d’Ivoire establishes itself as a key partner for INTERREG MAC

During a meeting held in early June 2026 in Abidjan, the Ivorian authorities and those responsible for the INTERREG Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) Program confirmed the country's involvement in ten major projects, representing a total investment of more than 25 million euros, or nearly 16 billion CFA francs. A rec...

par Franck Oulaï
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Briefs

NSIA Banque - BII: €30 million agreement signed for SMEs and female entrepreneurship

NSIA Banque Côte d'Ivoire and British International Investment (BII) have signed a loan agreement worth 30 million euros, intended to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as female entrepreneurship. This agreement marks an important step in strengthening the financing of the Ivorian real economy. T...

par La rédaction
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Innovation

VivaTech 2026: Abidjan takes on the world of innovation

Ivory Coast will participate in the 10th edition of the Viva Technology global exhibition, from June 17 to 20, 2026 in Paris, with an unprecedented delegation of 20 startups and 10 technological SMEs, who came to fly the colors of the Ivorian innovation ecosystem.

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

Ivory Coast in the Top 10: industrialization in progress

The African Development Bank (AfDB) confirms the rise of industrial power in Côte d'Ivoire. According to the African Industrialization Index 2025 (IIA 2025), Abidjan joins the closed circle of the ten most industrialized economies on the continent, with a score of 0.6173. A recognition that crowns years of structural r...

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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Investment

Africa CEO Forum 2026: Minister Kalil Konaté places Ivorian industry at the heart of major African decisions

Present at the 13th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, which is being held on May 14 and 15, 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda, the Ivorian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, raised the voice of Côte d'Ivoire loudly during the "Invest in Côte d'Ivoire" panel. He reaffirmed the ambition of Côte d'Ivoire...

par Mohamed Fofana
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