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African Development Bank 2025 Annual Meetings: "Making Africa's Capital Work Better for Africa's Development."

The African Development Bank Group’s 2025 Annual Meetings open next week amidst shifting winds of global trade.

Published on May 25, 2025

C2D Joint Review: Côte d’Ivoire and France Welcome the Outcomes

Since the launch of the first projects in 2013, the Debt Relief and Development Contract (C2D) has enabled the completion of numerous modern works and infrastructures across almost all sectors. These achievements required the signing of 45 allocation agreements: 14 for the 1st C2D, 15 for the 2nd C2D, and 16 for the 3rd C2D, for a total amount o...

Published on May 22, 2025

Air Côte d’Ivoire: BADEA funding for two Airbus A330 Neo aircraft and long-haul flights from Abidjan

Thanks to an agreement totaling 76.6 million US dollars (approximately 47.913 billion CFA francs) signed between Côte d’Ivoire and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), the airline Air Côte d’Ivoire will acquire Published on May 22, 2025

Abidjan hosts Africa–United States mortgage roundtable on housing credit access

Abidjan, May 19, 2025, On May 15, 2025, Abidjan hosted the first Strategic Roundtable of the Africa–U.S. Mortgage Initiative, aimed at improving access to housing credit and developing innovative financing mechanisms.

The event brought together high-level authorities, including Patrick Achi, Minister of State and Special Advisor to...

Published on May 19, 2025

Côte d’Ivoire leads HDI growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and ranks 4th worldwide in 2023

Abidjan, May 16, 2025 – In terms of Human Development Index (HDI) progress between 2022 and 2023, Côte d’Ivoire ranks first in Sub-Saharan Africa and fourth globally, with an increase of +0.017 in one year (3%), placing it 157th out of 193 countries. This marks a five-place jump compared to the previous year. T...

Published on May 17, 2025

2024–2027 National Multisectoral Nutrition Plan: Minister Nialé Kaba Outlines the Specific Objectives

Abidjan, May 15, 2025 – The implementation of the 2024–2027 National Multisectoral Nutrition Plan (PNMN) will help reduce the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 from 21.6% to 18%, lower the prevalence of global acute malnutrition in the same age group from 6% to 5%, decrease the prevalence of underweight c...

Published on May 16, 2025

Nialé Kaba hails opening of ebid's first office in côte d’ivoire

Abidjan, May 14, 2025 – Nialé Kaba, Minister of Economy, Planning, and Development, welcomed the signing, on Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire, of the host country agreement between the Ivorian government and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID).

This marks the...

Published on May 14, 2025

AFRICA CEO FORUM 2025: prime minister robert beugré mambé highlights côte d’ivoire’s economic growth and stability

Abidjan, May 12, 2025 – Since 2012, Côte d’Ivoire has undertaken a profound transformation of its economy under the leadership of President Alassane Ouattara, yielding significant results, recalled Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé during the “Invest in Côte d’Ivoire” Side Event h...

Published on May 13, 2025

AFRICA CEO FORUM 2025: robert beugré mambé praises strong public-private partnership as key to côte d’ivoire's economic success

Abidjan, May 12, 2025 – Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé praised the solid and structured public-private partnership as the foundation of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic success. He made this statement on Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Sofitel Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan, during the side event &ldquo...

Published on May 12, 2025

Côte d’Ivoire / Banking Sector: BDA Becomes AFRIKA BANQUE CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The Banque d’Abidjan (BDA), a subsidiary of the Afrika Financial Group operating in Côte d’Ivoire since 2017, has officially changed its name to AFRIKA BANQUE CÔTE D&rsquo...

Published on May 07, 2025

Closure of the Workshop on Small-Scale Mining in Côte d'Ivoire: Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly Announces the Construction of a Gold Refining Plant

At the closing ceremony of the workshop held under the theme “What is the Contribution of Small-Scale Mining to the Development of the Mining Sector in Côte d'Ivoire?”, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Abidjan, the Minister of Mines,...

Published on May 02, 2025