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OBG talks to Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Chairman, Aeria and Air Côte d’Ivoire
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Interview: Abdoulaye Coulibaly To what extent can Abidjan be competitive as an air transport hub in West Africa? ABDOULAYE COULIBALY: Abidjan is well-placed geographically to become a West African hub as it is fairly close to West and Central Africa’s high-traffic destinations. The airport is easy to maintain and secure in its location by the coast. Aeria, in which the government has a 10%…
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OBG talks to Adama Toungara, Minister of Petroleum and Energy
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Interview: Adama Toungara What do you expect from new partnerships? ADAMA TOUNGARA: We want more active and dynamic oil exploration to demonstrate the potential of our sedimentary basin and to significantly grow national oil production. Since 2011, our efforts have enabled our partners to conduct 9717 sq km of 3D seismic surveys, eight exploration wells and six development wells for a…
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OBG talks to Hien Yacouba Sié, Director-General, Port Autonome d’Abidjan
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Interview: Hien Yacouba Sié In what ways do current container flows demonstrate a need for a second container terminal? HIEN YACOUBA SIÉ: Abidjan was the first port on the West African coast to build a container terminal in 1982, and because of this success story, many ports in the region have followed suit. There is no reason now that we should be the last to build a second one. The terminal…
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OBG talks to Sangafowa Coulibaly, Minister of Agriculture
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Interview:Sangafowa Coulibaly What specific measures are needed to increase processing rates for agricultural commodities? SANGAFOWA COULIBALY: At the primary stage, the processing rate for cocoa is 35%, but generally for other products it is much lower. The objective of reforms is to reach a 50% rate by 2015 for cocoa. For other agricultural products, the rate is generally below 20%,…
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OBG talks to Dominique Kakou, Director-General, Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricité (CIE)
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Interview: Dominique Kakou How have electricity tariff hikes for industry and a reduction in gas prices affected the sector? DOMINIQUE KAKOU: The tariff adjustments and the renegotiation of the buying price for gas are part of a raft of measures taken by the government to absorb the electricity segment’s structural financial deficit. The tariff increase was necessary despite a reduction in the…
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OBG talks to Yann Caillère, CEO, Accor
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Interview: Yann Caillère Which hotel segments require increased capacity? YANN CAILLÈRE: Currently, demand in Côte d’Ivoire – and in Abidjan specifically – concerns the business world, whether for individual or group stays, such as residential seminars and conferences. We already have a variety of brands present in the Abidjan four and five-star hotel market, and the announced arrival of…
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OBG talks to Didier Acouetey, President, AfricSearch
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Interview: Didier Acouetey To what extent does demand for skilled labour necessitate a return of the African diaspora? DIDIER ACOUETEY: There certainly has been a brain drain and, while data varies, it is estimated that 70,000 to 100,000 qualified Africans leave each year. Human capital is necessary for development, and economic growth in Africa has varied between 5% and 8% per annum. As such, there…
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OBG talks to Michel K Brizoua-Bi and Joachim Bilé-Aka, Founders, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés
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Interview: Michel K Brizoua-Bi,Joachim Bilé-Aka What effect has the creation of commercial courts had on commercial lawsuits? MICHEL K BRIZOUA-BI: Two aspects of Ivoirian justice that have been criticised are the lack of specialisation among judges and the subsequent lack of celerity with which cases are processed. Setting up commercial courts responds to these issues, allocating a specialised…
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OBG talks to Issam Darwish, Chief Executive Officer, IHS Towers
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Interview: Issam Darwish How can sharing infrastructure affect mobile service providers’ capital and operating costs, and do regulatory policies aid infrastructure sharing? ISSAM DARWISH: The economic benefits for mobile network operators (MNOs) can be considerable. Capital expenditure (capex) on passive infrastructure can be eliminated, and operating costs (opex) can be reduced and made more predictable…
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OBG talks to Nongolougo Soro, CEO, Société Nationale de Développement Informatique (SNDI)
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Interview: Nongolougo Soro What is the impact of computerising public tender procedures on transparency? NONGOLOUGO SORO: The government of Côte d’Ivoire has taken bold steps toward improving transparency in public tender procedures. Indeed, by computerising various government processes, there is much more openness. Among the bold steps taken by the government is the development by SNDI, on behalf…