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Kenyan President William Ruto and other leaders at the close of the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, 6 September 2023. © Luis Tato/AFP

Leading the way

Premium badgeKenya, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s pioneers in green transition

Following the $23bn investment pledges made at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, we take a look at the continent’s best performers in renewable ene...

Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
File photo of supporters at a party rally to celebrate the presidential candidacy of Henri Konan Bédié for the opposition PDCI-RDA party, September 2020) (AP/Diomande Ble Blonde)

keeping strong

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire’s PDCI party tries to limit electoral damage after Bédié’s death After the death of PDCI party president Henri Konan Bédié, the party has lost key local polls, but remains the leading opposition regarding numbers of...
© A staff member at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture sorts leaves infected with the yam mosaic disease at a yam plantation in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Long read

Premium badgeIsrael’s toxic harvest in Africa Instead of bringing sustainable solutions to Africa, Israel’s agribusiness sector may be threatening food sovereignty on the continent.

Côte d’Ivoire top stories

Kenyan President William Ruto and other leaders at the close of the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, 6 September 2023. © Luis Tato/AFP

Leading the way

Premium badgeKenya, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s pioneers in green transition Following the $23bn investment pledges made at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, we take a look at the continent’s best performers in renewable ene...
Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
File photo of supporters at a party rally to celebrate the presidential candidacy of Henri Konan Bédié for the opposition PDCI-RDA party, September 2020) (AP/Diomande Ble Blonde)

keeping strong

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire’s PDCI party tries to limit electoral damage after Bédié’s death After the death of PDCI party president Henri Konan Bédié, the party has lost key local polls, but remains the leading opposition regarding numbers of...

Côte d’Ivoire top stories

Kenyan President William Ruto and other leaders at the close of the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, 6 September 2023. © Luis Tato/AFP

Leading the way

Premium badgeKenya, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire: Africa’s pioneers in green transition Following the $23bn investment pledges made at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, we take a look at the continent’s best performers in renewable ene...
Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
File photo of supporters at a party rally to celebrate the presidential candidacy of Henri Konan Bédié for the opposition PDCI-RDA party, September 2020) (AP/Diomande Ble Blonde)

keeping strong

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire’s PDCI party tries to limit electoral damage after Bédié’s death After the death of PDCI party president Henri Konan Bédié, the party has lost key local polls, but remains the leading opposition regarding numbers of...

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A woman pours maize into a bucket at a mill in Adjame, Abidjan July 25, 2011. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST – Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

headlong rush

Premium badgeSenegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon… milling industry remains resilient despite pressure Amid supply difficulties stemming from the Ukraine conflict and heightened competition, the milling sector is navigating a challenging path in West an...
© Sebastien Kadio-Morokro while receiving the Young CEO of the Year award during the Africa CEO Forum (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)

clear vision

Premium badgeSébastien Kadio-Morokro boasts regional ambitions with Pétro Ivoire Having increased revenues in the family business tenfold in ten years, the 42-year-old is now preparing to acquire a company in West Africa.
A man works in a rice field in Nanan, Côte d’Ivoire. The country has increased its domestic production but still relies largely on imports. (REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon)

grain pain

Premium badgeIndia’s export cuts threaten West Africa’s rice supplies Export restrictions imposed by India, the world’s largest rice exporter, are complicating supplies to the region, especially Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea.
Migrants repatriated from Dakhla after their boat capsized. Yoff military airport, Dakar, 26 July 2023. SEYLLOU/AFP

long way home

Repatriating migrants: Morocco says it is setting an example On 23 August, another 325 migrants expelled from Morocco returned home to Senegal. Rabat says the migrants were moved in the best possible conditions.
In the CFA franc zones, Côte d’Ivoire has the highest minimum wage (Photo: AFP).

scraping by

Premium badgeWhich African countries have the highest minimum wage? While an increase in the monthly minimum wage is a popular promise for African politicians, wage trends are marked by regional disparities.
Centamin is exploring 300,000ha in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

‘absolute dream’

Premium badgeCentamin eyes new gold mine in Egypt after Burkina Faso exit: Martin Horgan The Canadian miner’s CEO says the company aims to retain its Sukari joint venture with the government and later develop a new mine that it fully owns ...