List of all articles filed under “ivory-coast-economy” category.
Côte d’Ivoire, or Ivory Coast in English, is a country located in West Africa. It receives its name from the European traders of the 19th century because it was one of the chief centers of the ivory trade. The nationals of Côte d’Ivoire are called Ivorians.
For Ivory Coast that’s an 8 to 9% growth that should last for a few years, but I think that we, the Central Bank and regional authorities, should make more efforts to further strengthen banks’ equity, so that we have the real capacity to support the economy.
Pour la Côte d’Ivoire, on connait une croissance de 8 à 9 % et cela devrait durer au cours des prochaines années, mais je pense que nous, la Banque Centrale et les autorités de la région, devrons faire plus d’efforts pour demander à ce que les fonds propres des banques soient encore renforcés, de sorte que nous ayons la capacité réelle d’accompagner l’économie.
In Abidjan, we have focused on the state’s e-governance project, with an ambition to start this year the portal for all administrative procedures, at first informational, then secondly provide e-services that will allow interaction with the citizens. Those also allow us to provide electronic ways to request birth certificates, copies of diplomas, etc.
Notre stratégie est de capitaliser sur les segments où notre expertise est reconnue, sur la grande clientèle. C’est également de descendre d’un cran et d’aller sur le marché des PME. Bien entendu en ne sacrifiant pas notre politique des risques.
Jean-Marie Ackah, President of SIPRA and President of UGE (Union des Grandes Entreprises Industrielles de Côte d’Ivoire), gives an overview of the industrial sector in Ivory Coast.
The field of logistics is now industrial. There are two important areas to improve: one being the state of the roads, and the other one being the customs regulations regarding new equipment that is more productive and secure. In my opinion these are the two main things that need to be addressed so that the transport and logistics sector can be more dynamic and for it to represent a larger percentage of the national GDP.
Our strategy is to capitalise on the sectors where our expertise is well known and we have the most clientele. Secondly we want to address the SME market. Thirdly we want to accompany all of the smaller SMEs, i.e. the very small companies and individuals.
Bruno Nabagné Kone, Minister of Post and ICT of Côte d’Ivoire and Government Spokesman, gives an overview of Ivory Coast, mentionning the country’s main potentials.
Souleymane Diarrassouba, Managing Director of ABI (Atlantic Business International), talks about the evolution of Cote d’Ivoire over the last few years.
