Côte d’Ivoire

Hassatou Diop N’Sele, CFO of the African Development Bank

seizing opportunities

Premium badgeSenegal: Hassatou Diop N’Sele drives AfDB’s financial strategy Meet Hassatou Diop N’Sele, the chief financial officer of the African Development Bank and one of the key people in Akinwumi Adesina’s circle.
jad20230622-ass-civ-ouattara-putschistes-1-1256×628 © Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire, Mamadi Doumbouya (Guinea), Ibrahim Traoré (Burkina Faso) and Assimi Goïta (Mali). Montage JA: Phil Magakoe/AFP; AP/SIPA; Ousmane Makaveli/AFP; Olympia de Maismont/AFP

courting the colonels

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: Ouattara spreads his diplomatic net With three of his five neighbours all run by coup leaders, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara must pull off a delicate balancing act.
jad20230621-ass-civ-heritiers-politique-1256×628-1687369697 Jean-Louis Billon, Jean-Marc Yacé, Yasmina Ouégnin, Richard Donwahi and Marcel Amon- Tanoh © MONTAGE JA: Vincent Fournier for JA; Cocody Town Hall; V.Fournier/JA; Facebook Alain-Richard Donwahi; Issam Zejly for JA; Freepik

Nepo Babies

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: The heirs of family-style politics Born into large families with household names, they are now trying to make a name for themselves – often by embarking on political careers in their ow...
© Stanislas Zézé (photo: supplied)

'key player'

Premium badgeStanislas Zézé, the West African face of financial rating In 15 years, Ivorian entrepreneur Stanislas Zézé has managed to make Bloomfield Investment Corporation a model in the sub-region. His strategy, based ...

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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...

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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...

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On his family plantation in Tiassalé, Jean-Eudes Kacou has put his faith in pepper. His land produces berries with a unique and exceptional flavour. © Lougué for Jeune Afrique

beyond borders

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: Organic pepper production sets sights on European market Ivorian producers are reinvesting in the pepper industry to focus on organic varieties. Jean-Eudes Kacou’s family owns a plantation about 100km north-...
© A view of harvested cashews (Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency – AFP)

making headway

Premium badgeHow Côte d’Ivoire plans to double cashew processing capacity With their ambitious factory project, Côte d’Ivoire and Arise IIP aim to valorise the local agricultural chain and develop the industrial zone of Akou...

into the fray

Premium badgeIn Côte d’Ivoire, leading fertiliser manufacturer Solevo faces tough competition Already in competition with Yara, the historical number one on the Ivorian fertiliser market is now under pressure from an aggressive new operator, th...
cocoa

hidden agenda?

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: A bitter season for the cocoa industry As the 2022-2023 intermediate marketing year gets underway in Côte d’Ivoire, both the volume of cocoa beans and harvest forecast continues to fall. Th...
© Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara at the Africa CEO Forum.

navigating crises

Alassane Ouattara, Aziz Akhannouch, Makhtar Diop… This year’s Africa CEO Forum 2023 live More than 1,800 economic and political decision-makers are gathering for the Africa CEO Forum 2023, today Monday, 5 June and Tuesday 6 June in Abidjan...
© Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, April 27, 2023 in Abidjan. ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP

Long game

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: President Ouattara impatient with Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré The Ivorian head of state wants to resume joint operations with Burkina Faso, but for now, Ouagadougou’s transitional president is using delaying tact...