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...
The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, and the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, signed a financing agreement of around 130 billion CFA francs, for the construction of the Tafiré-Ferkessédougou section, 60 kilometers long, on June 19, 2...
On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, Minister of Planning and Development, signed on behalf of the government a supplementary financing agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KDEA). This ag...
On the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, met with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser. The institution confirmed its commitment to...
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...
The United States and Ivory Coast display a common desire to strengthen and expand their economic cooperation, with an emphasis on intensifying trade and increasing investments. This is what emerged from the meeting on June 4 between the two partners.
The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently granted an audience to Olola Vieyra, Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Côte d'Ivoire. This meeting made it possible to reaffirm the common commitment to accelerate the transition to green growth, consisten...
The Minister of Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Yacouba Hien Sié, granted an audience to the high-level delegation of the China Energy Engineering Group Corporation (Energy China), led by its CEO, Ni Zhen. On the menu, structuring projects in energy, transport and construction.
Ivory Coast and Africa50, a pan-African infrastructure investment platform created by African states and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have laid the foundations for a major strategic partnership. On the sidelines of the AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, on May 28, 2026, a high-level meeting paved the way for...
Still on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, held in Brazzaville, the Minister of Planning and Development, Dr. Souleymane Diarrassouba, met his Canadian counterpart Patricia Pena, 4 days ago. An audience which marks a turning point in the dynamic of cooperation between th...
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...
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...