Economic News

La Côte d’Ivoire lance un nouvel eurobond

In English Malgré un renforcement du dollar, la solide reprise qu’enregistre la Côte d’Ivoire et les forts taux de croissance globale ont su restaurer la confiance des investisseurs ces dernières semaines, comme l’illustre le carnet de commandes de près de 4 milliards de dollars qu’a attiré l’eurobond de 1 milliard de dollars émis en février. L’eurobond fait suite au succès…

Country Report

The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2015
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The IMF forecasts over 7.5% average growth through to 2017, but attracting private investment both to large infrastructure developments and lower-profile industrial projects will be key to ensuring social stability. Despite regional competition from Senegal and Ghana in terms of investment attractiveness, Côte d’Ivoire is likely to regain its place as an economic centre if it can successfully r

Analysis

Bolloré Africa Logistics CI: Transport
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The Company Bolloré Africa Logistics CI is one of the major players in the transport, handling and logistics sector, offering air, road, sea and rail transportation services. In April 2009 the group management decided to change the company’s name from SDV-SAGA to Bolloré Africa Logistics Côte d’Ivoire, which helped standardise the name of the group and consolidate its presence on the continent. With…

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Solibra: Beverages
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The Company After 60 years in operation, the Société de Limonaderies et Brasseries d'Afrique ( Solibra) has developed production expertise and unparalleled consumer awareness in the beverage market in Côte d'Ivoire. The company has invested nearly CFA47bn (€70.5m) since 2012 to modernise its four sites – one in Treichville, one in Bouaflé and two in Yopougon. Like other African branches…

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Partnering up: Prominent new international relations were established in 2014
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The unrest that characterised the past decade greatly limited Côte d’Ivoire’s ability to play a diplomatic role, but the country’s continued economic recovery and return to greater political stability has allowed the West African country to rekindle old relationships and develop new, amicable relations with regional and international partners alike. It's Complicated Like many francophone African…

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Regional integration: Central African nations work to combine their individual strengths
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Founded in 1975, ECOWAS has been pursuing its goal of regional economic integration for nearly four decades now. In recent years, as the EU has stumbled and faltered in its attempts to create a common foreign or security policy, and debt crises have stretched the eurozone to its limits, the wisdom of regional integration as a whole has been brought under scrutiny. However, moves in West Africa to encourage…