List of all articles filed under “ivory-coast-topics” category.
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.
My current objective is to set up our national strategy for exports that has been approved by the government. This strategy identifies certain priority sectors for exports and a certain number of means and support systems, through what we call horizontal activities, to support exporters and particularly SMEs.
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.
Guy M’Bengue, Managing Director and CEO of APEX-CI (Côte d’Ivoire Export Promotion Agency), presents the agency and talks about upcoming forums and events.
Bouaké Fofana, General Director of Ageroute, talks about the main infrastructure projects recently inaugurated in Ivory Coast, and mentions some upcoming projects.
Today, the new challenge is how we will go from a situation where we had 2 or 3 projects every year to a situation where we have to manage a lot more projects. Right now, we have more projects in our portfolio for the 2015-2017 program than what we have managed in the past 12 years.
Stéphane Eholie, Chief Executive Officer of SIMAT (Société Ivoirienne de Manutention et de Transit)
Stéphane Eholie talks about the recent partnership between SIMAT (Société Ivoirienne de Manutention et de Transit) and Nile Dutch, and presents one of the company’s new services: SIMAT Express.
Dr. Edouard Fonh-Gbei, General Secretary of CNTIG (National Committee of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information)
Edouard Fonh-Gbei gives an overview of CNTIG, the National Committee of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information in Côte d’Ivoire, mentioning some of the institution’s main projects, partnership opportunities, challenges and goals for the years to come.
Yves Yakayoro, Adviser to the Director General at INIE (Institut Ivoirien de l’Entreprise)
Yves Yakayoro gives an overview of INIE, the Ivorian Institute of Entrepreneurship. Mr Yakayoro mentions some success stories, projects and partnerships, as well as his vision for the future of Côte d’Ivoire in the next few years.
