Sunday 16 August 2026

23 result(s) for “République du Congo”

Africa

Guinea: an alumina refinery worth $1.68 billion

The Guinean State is taking a decisive step forward in its policy of local transformation of mineral resources. The signing of a strategic agreement with the Chinese giant Chalco Guinea Company for the construction of an alumina refinery in Boffa marks a key step in the realization of the Simandou 2040 program, which a...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

Ivory Coast: 14 SEZs and ZIs to further industrialize the country

The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, announced on Thursday June 11, 2026 the deployment of 14 special economic zones (SEZs) across the districts of the country, as well as the creation of industrial zones in the 31 regions to enhance the national agricultural potential. An ambitious road...

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

Ivory Coast - Africa50: hundreds of millions of USD for energy and transport

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...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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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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Africa

SIMANDOU 2040: Guinea transforms its subsoil into an engine of continental power

The Republic of Guinea officially launched, in November 2025, the first export of iron ore from the Simandou deposit, marking the start of a fifteen-year development program capable of reshaping the economic balance of the African continent.

par Mohamed Fofana
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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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Industry

PND 2026-2030: Ivory Coast is banking on 175 billion euros to change scale

Drawing on lessons learned from three successive planning cycles, the Ivorian Government under the Presidency of H.E Alassane OUATTARA is launching its fourth National Development Plan (PND), the most ambitious in its contemporary history. With a colossal envelope of 114,838.5 billion FCFA, Abidjan intends to raise the...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

PND 2021-2025: Five years of betting on transformation

At the end of an ambitious five-year cycle, Côte d'Ivoire takes stock of its third National Development Plan (PND). With an overall envelope of 59,000 billion FCFA, the PND 2021-2025 had the vision of “placing the Ivorian at the heart of the economic and social development” of the country. With a strategy structured ar...

par Franck Oulaï
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Industry

PND 2016-2020: Between industrial ambitions and social realities

In 2016, Côte d'Ivoire launched its second National Development Plan (PND), with a colossal investment program of 30,000 billion FCFA. Driven by a clear vision, to make the country an emerging economy with a solid industrial base from 2020. This five-year plan was a continuation of the 2012-2015 PND, the results of whi...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Industry

PND 2012-2015: the challenge of economic rebirth after the crisis in Ivory Coast

At the end of a decade of politico-military crises, Côte d'Ivoire launched in 2012 an ambitious development plan of 11,076 billion FCFA to revive its economy, restore social cohesion and lay the foundations for emergence by 2020, according to the vision of the Head of State H.E Alassane OUATTARA. Four years later, the...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Industry story

Ivorian industry: The founding decade (1960-1970)

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 daring industrial adventure, based on an ambitious ten-year plan, a resolute openness to foreign capital...

par Mohamed Fofana
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