Côte d'Ivoire

Funds needed

Côte d’Ivoire seeks $7bn for development plan

Côte d'Ivoire will seek to raise 4.425trn CFA francs ($7.65bn) during a meeting with donor partners next month to help fund an ambitious 5-year ... development programme, the government's spokesman said on Wednesday.

United we stand

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s cooperation to fight crises

Joint projects could help boost regional interconnectivity and allow Ghana to meet production shortfalls until its new projects come on ... line.

Africa’s cultural heritage: The long road home

The continued contentious trade of Africa's cultural heritage puts Western museums and galleries under fire as African collectors fight ... back.

More bills than thrills for Africa’s middle class

A new study by Africa-focused distribution company CFAO argues that Africa's middle classes are smaller, more conservative and more fragile than ... others have claimed.

Technology: Qelasy tablets target the Francophone education market

By the end of 2016, businessman Thierry N'Doufou hopes that around 20,000 children across Africa will have one of his Qelasy tablets in their ... backpacks.

Democracy: Vote and vote again but forget the term limits

Back in January, 2015 was being hyped as the year of African elections – not because of any great democratic dispensation but because of the ... neatness of the five in 2015 coinciding with the end of one term of office or another.

Lost negatives bring back the Ivorian miracle

One man's quest to rescue the work of photographer Paul Kodjo reveals the importance of archiving and documenting the continent's post-independence ... history

Are you talking to me?

A photographer – one who found himself accidentally on purpose at the back of a room booked by South Africa's delegation at the AU's Addis ... Ababa headquarters in January 2012 – emerged with an instructive vignette about regional relations.

Côte d’Ivoire’s grind hits a bump

Processors say the government must offer incentives if it wants to increase local grinding to 50% of the cocoa crop. An announcement is expected ... in November

Cote d’Ivoire: Henri Konan Bédié backs Ouattara for second term – interview

For former Ivory Coast president Henri Konan Bédié, the incumbent Alassane Ouattara deserves a second term in office. ...