10 result(s) for “Prix du Stand d'Or”
Ivory Coast made history at the 2026 Paris Fair, held from April 30 to May 11 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. For the very first time, the Ivorian pavilion won the prestigious Golden Stand Prize in the “World Riches” category, an award which recognizes the excellence of its commercial and cultural representation on...
The Ivorian government recently adopted three decrees defining 25% of the main aeronautical charges at the country's airports. A reform calibrated to strengthen the competitiveness of the national company and position Côte d'Ivoire as an essential regional hub.
Founded more than 60 years ago in Abidjan, the SIFCA Group has established itself as the first private agro-industrial group in Côte d'Ivoire and one of the most influential players in the West African economy. Specializing in palm oil, natural rubber and cane sugar, this Ivorian behemoth now operates in five countries...
Launched in 2010 in the wake of West African agro-industry, Africa West Industries (AWI) has established itself in 15 years as one of the flagships of Côte d'Ivoire's manufacturing industry. Specializing in the production of Marseille soaps and edible vegetable oil, this 100% Ivorian company, with more than 400 employe...
On January 12, 1994, a decision from Dakar shattered the monetary certainties of 14 African countries. The CFA franc suddenly loses 50% of its value against the French franc. For Ivory Coast, the largest economy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), it is both a painful electric shock and a structura...
In the 1990s, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank exercised unprecedented control over the Ivorian economy and politics. Between imposed remedies and deep social fractures, the results of this decade remain, even today, a subject of controversy.
Ivorian industry has gone through one of the most decisive periods in its history, from the devaluation of the CFA franc to the first privatizations. Between shock therapies imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, renewed competitiveness and persistent structural fragilities, the country's industrial fabric has been...
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...
After two decades of an “Ivorian miracle” driven by industrial growth of 9% per year, Ivory Coast entered the 1980s like a colossus with feet of clay. In the space of ten years, the industrial sector, which had been the pride of the country, collapsed under the combination of a global crisis, an economic model on its l...
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 bold industrial adventure, based on an ambitious ten-year plan, a resolute openness to foreign capital an...