Sunday 16 August 2026

121 result(s) for “Business Forum Qatar-Afrique”

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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Maritime

Ivory Coast – Brazil: Maritime cooperation agreement

A Brazilian delegation led by the Chargé d'Affaires of the Brazilian Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire, composed of Commander Anselmo, was received by the Acting Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan (PAA), Kassoum Traoré, on May 26, 2026. This diplomatic meeting, held on the occasion of the stopover of the warship...

par Franck Oulaï
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Agenda

SIREXE 2026: Abidjan welcomes Africa's mines and energy for 5 days

From November 18 to 22, 2026, Abidjan will become the strategic crossroads of the African extractive sector. The International Exhibition of Extractive Resources and Energy (SIREXE) 2026 will be held under the theme: “Africa's mines, oil and energy meet in Abidjan”. This benchmark event will bring together political de...

par La rédaction
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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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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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Infrastructures

UNDP - BNETD: a Green Deal

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD) have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding, marking a decisive transition from climate commitments to concrete action. This partnership aims to accelerate the deployment of sustainable, inclusive...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Infrastructures

BNETD - Orange: Smart Building at the heart of a partnership for the infrastructures of tomorrow

The National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD) recently opened its doors to a delegation from Orange Côte d'Ivoire, led by Ferdinand Tra, Director of Orange Business & Broadband and President of OCS. A meeting of high strategic value which lays the foundations for collaboration around smart buildings...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Environnement

Environment: Ivory Coast equips the University of Cocody for more than 110 million

As part of the West African Coastal Management Program (WACA), the Minister of the Environment and Ecological Transition, Abou Bamba, recently made the official handover of cutting-edge scientific equipment worth more than 110 million CFA francs to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University of Cocody. A strategic endowment...

par Jessica Coulibaly
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Environnement

Climate - Migration: Ivory Coast signs the Kampala Declaration

The Nigerian economic capital, Lagos, recently hosted a Conference on Human Mobility and Climate Change, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Political decision-makers, experts and technical partners from Africa and elsewhere met around a critical issue, that of population displacements caus...

par Franck Oulaï
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Investment

Ivory Coast - IDB: $2.7 billion to transform development

Côte d'Ivoire and the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) officially launched, on May 21, 2026 in Abidjan, the Member Country Partnership Strategy (SPPM) 2025-2029. Articulated around the theme “From economic growth to inclusive development”, this new roadmap mobilizes a total envelope of 2.7 billion dollars, includin...

par Mohamed Fofana
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Investment

Ivory Coast: the EBRD bets $60 million on Ivorian cashew

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a $60 million loan to the Dorado company to accelerate the local processing of cashew nuts in Côte d'Ivoire. A strong signal for the industrialization of a strategic sector.

par Jessice Coulibaly
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