Dr. Tiémoko Yo, Director Géneral de CNRA
Le CNRA est une société principaux de recherche agricole en Côte d’Ivoire. La société se concentre sur la production agricole. Comme le résultat d’une recherche continue, le CNRA a mis au point des innovations importantes telles que les plantes commerciales résistantes à certaines maladies.
In January 2003, the index of the stock market was 11,000 points, and today it’s 56,000 points. An investor who invested money in 2003 – almost nine years ago – would have his assets five times bigger now – not too many countries provided this kind of opportunity.
Many Brazilians want to be entrepreneurs. However, Brazil is still a very complicated country for entrepreneurs, the cost of bureaucracy here is very high, as is the time needed to start or improve a business – there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007, talks about major problems in Brazil.
Fabrice Desgardin, PDG de CFAO Automotive
Le Groupe CFAO – Groupe Compagnie Française de l’Afrique Occidentale – a été en Afrique depuis plus de 120 ans. Côte d’Ivoire est un exemple idéal de ce que tout le Groupe CFAO fait l’Afrique. Le Groupe CFAO a quatre principaux domaines d’activité; l’automobile, la distribution pharmaceutique, la technologie et, enfin, l’industrie.
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Innovation in Brazil
Brazil needs to invest much more in innovation. Nonetheless, Brazil can be one of the leaders in the green economy. It uses renewable energy at the level that no other country does in the world; around 10 to 12 million cars use biofuels in Brazil.
Brazil has an equilibrium of energy production – we are self-sufficient in energy and food, which is a major advantage.
Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007, talks about free trade and the rise of protectionism. He argues that “we see today firm protectionism all over the world”.
Bahrain Government is to broaden access to the media by engaging French experts. Bahrain Government moves forward on media issues as recommended by the BICI Report.
Top British QCs appointed to help Bahrain push reforms and give the country recommendations on human rights.
