Sunday 16 August 2026

222 result(s) for “Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement”

Investment

PND 2026-2030: Abidjan rallies Ottawa for its development

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...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Transport

Ivory Coast: 2 new international airports for the country

As part of the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030, the government under the vision of the President of the Republic, H.E Alassane OUATTARA, plans the creation of an international airport in San-Pedro, in the southwest of the country, and an aerodrome in Bondoukou, in the east. These projects aim to open up strat...

par Franck Oulaï
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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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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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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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IA

Generative AI: Ivory Coast, digital locomotive of French-speaking West Africa

In its report Global AI Adoption in 2025, published in early 2026 and covering 147 countries, Microsoft draws up an unprecedented map of the global diffusion of generative artificial intelligence. In Africa, the ranking redistributes the cards of digital competitiveness. And Ivory Coast is doing well.

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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Hydraulique

Bonoua: inspection of strategic factories by Minister Amédé Koffi Kouakou

As part of monitoring national water infrastructure, Dr Amédé Koffi Kouakou, Minister of Hydraulics, Sanitation and Health, led a field visit to the sites of the Bonoua 1 and 2 water treatment plants a few days ago. A descent carried out in the company of her Ministerial Cabinet, Madame Nabintou Cissé, Acting Director...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Hydraulique

Drinking water: BNETD in charge in Guéyo

The National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD) is leading the project management of a structuring drinking water supply project in Guéyo, in the south-west of Côte d'Ivoire. With a production capacity of 14,000 m³ per day, this infrastructure covers the needs of more than 30 localities. A step forward...

par Franck Oualï
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Hydrocarbure

Whale deposit: 4 billion dollars of investment in Ivory Coast

A decisive step has been taken in the exploitation of the largest hydrocarbon deposit discovered in Côte d'Ivoire. The signing of the Final Investment Decision (DFI) by the ENI-PETROCI-VITOL Consortium commits an investment of 4 billion US dollars, for the third and final phase of the Baleine field, bringing the total...

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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