Côte d’Ivoire

© Former Ivorian president and chairman of the PPA-CI, Laurent Gbagbo, during a ceremony in Yopougon, a popular district of Abidjan, on March 31, 2023. Sia Kambou / AFP

at loggerheads

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: Laurent Gbagbo’s exclusion from electoral list raises controversy In Côte d’Ivoire, former president Laurent Gbagbo remains off the electoral list for the next local elections scheduled for September, a decision that...
© Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in White Plains, New York, on April 24, 2021. KENA BETANCUR/AFP

Premium badgeCocaine trafficking in Côte d’Ivoire of interest to US DEA The ongoing cocaine case in Côte d’Ivoire has resulted in arrests and incarcerations. Now, the US wants to play ball.
© Since 2018, Unilever Côte d’Ivoire’s turnover has been steadily declining. Unilever

tough times

Premium badgeUnilever falters in its French-speaking stronghold in Côte d’Ivoire With low barriers to entry, the Anglo-Dutch consumer giant is struggling to compete with local and international competitors in the region.

white lines

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Nigeria… How cocaine is making its way through West Africa To meet booming demand in Europe, cocaine production has more than doubled in South America. West Africa, an almost obligatory transit point for the w...

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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top tech

Premium badgeNeobanks, mobile money… Africa’s future fintech leaders Among our 20 future tech champions, fintech start-ups are in the majority with six representatives. They offer neobanks, business management solutions...
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Continental expansion

Premium badgeZipline’s drones set to fly high in Africa on $330m funding Zipline, which has operations in five African countries, has once again hit the headlines by raising $330m, an amount the US start-up will be using to...
© Robert Dussey, Togo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Togolese Abroad. Vincent Fournier for JA.

regional realities

Premium badgeECOWAS cannot ignore ‘popular clamour’ supporting military regimes – Togo’s Robert Dussey Togo’s diplomacy czar Robert Dussey explains why and how the country intends to strengthen its partnerships amid the ongoing regional security situati...

fierce competition

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: Wave ups the game to vie with MTN, Orange, Moov US start-up Wave is expanding its offers through partnerships in the retail and transport sectors, a move that will step up competition with telecom o...
© A proposed view of the entrance to the University of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire.

Medical mambo

Premium badgeCôte d’Ivoire: How one country is making strides to prevent medical brain drain If there is one area in which African states still have a lot of work to do after 60 years of independence, it is health care, where they lag far behi...
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trial and error

Premium badgeCocaine trafficking in Côte d’Ivoire: Businessmen may soon be released While the investigation into a major drug-trafficking network between South America, Côte d’Ivoire, and Europe has concluded, whether some of the main...