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International oil companies continue to invest in Côte d'Ivoire
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Since the end of civil unrest the authorities have made efforts to attract investment into the sector. Côte d’ Ivoire’s geographic position bodes well for an increase in oil and gas discoveries: it lies on an area between two tectonic plates called the West African transform margin, which has been the source of several oil findings in the past, although these have mostly benefitted Ghana. Furthermore,…

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Land access is obstacle to new agricultural development in Côte d'Ivoire
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While having a central role in the Ivorian economy – accounting for 25% of the country’s GDP and 60% of its exports – agricultural expansion over the medium term remains limited by the ineffectual allocation of agriculture land plots. Disagreements between growers and herders regularly leads to violent localised conflicts. Furthermore, the availability of adequate farming land in some…

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Côte d'Ivoire's national carrier expanding fleet and connections
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Flag carrier Air Côte d’Ivoire (ACI) began operations in 2012 to replace its insolvent predecessor, Air Ivoire. The airline is now well established and serves Abidjan, Bouaké, Korhogo, San Pedro, Odienné and Man domestically, as well as 20 cities throughout West Africa. Taking Off ACI launched at the beginning of a period of strong economic expansion following the country’s political…

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Uban transport plans for Abidjan progress
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Transport authorities in Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital of Abidjan are working on a medium-term plan to replace and expand the city’s public buses and boats, raise the number of bridges in the congested city from three to five and construct a metro network. Bus Service Public transport in Abidjan is operated by the state-owned Abidjan Transport Company (Société des Transports Abidjanais,…

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Investments aim to establish tourism as leading sector in Côte d'Ivoire
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Côte d’Ivoire is actively seeking investors, both public and private, from home and abroad, as part of a broader aim to transform the tourism sector into one of the top three income-generating industries in the country. Creating investment opportunities is one of the four principle elements of Côte d’Ivoire’s tourism development strategy (see overview), alongside promotion of the destination,…

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Fines implemented to improve telecoms service standards among Côte d'Ivoire operators
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As the telecoms industry has undergone a period of rapid change, the government has put improving the quality of service at the centre of its ambitions for the market. To this end, the Telecommunications/ICT Regulation Authority of Côte d’Ivoire (Autorité de Regulation des Telecommunications/TIC de Côte d’Ivoire, ARTCI), which oversees the sector, has been running annual service quality…

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Côte d'Ivoire pushes accommodation expansion to meet visitor targets
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As part of its vision to welcome 5m visitors in 2020, up from 1.5m in 2016, Côte d’Ivoire is actively seeking to increase hotel capacity, and especially the amount of higher-quality and properly licensed accommodation. According to government data, as of January 2017 only 12.28% of hotels operating in the country held an official hotel licence. Given that business tourists account for 60%…

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Côte d'Ivoire tourism performs well despite security risks
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In March 2016 an attack at the beach resort of Grand-Bassam killed 19 people, of which the majority were civilians. The Jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility. Following the incident, the government disbursed a CFA300m (€450,000) support package to the town of Grand-Bassam, with CFA200m (€300,000) going towards affected hotels. In April 2016 the government…

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Strengthening of supply chain management system in Côte d'Ivoire's health sector
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Following an announcement made in March 2017, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a CFA24bn (€36m) programme to strengthen Côte d’Ivoire’s health care supply chain management system. Known as Integrated Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance (IHSC-TA), the programme aims to increase the capacity of supply chain managers, and support the collection, use and…

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Reforms to instructor training and pay in Côte d'Ivoire's education system
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Instructor quality is a major driver of students’ educational experiences, and often teachers play an important role in maintaining satisfactory retention rates. Although a February 2017 World Bank report highlighted teacher training as an area of comparative weakness in Côte d’Ivoire, the government is working diligently to address it. One suggestion comes from Francis Ndem, an education…