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Philippe Eponon explique quelles sont les conditions nécessaires à la création de champions nationaux, capables de participer aux grands projets en Côte d’Ivoire, afin que tous les acteurs profitent des retombées.
Ivory Coast is the biggest producer of cocoa in the world. Production is estimated to be between 1.8 and 2 million tons of cocoa per year. This amounts to about 40 percent of world production. In this context, ICP (Ivory Cocoa Products) started its operation during the 2012/2013 campaign launched by the CCC (Coffee and Cocoa Council).
Dans cette interview exclusive, Jean-Marie Ackah nous parle des différentes actions de la CGECI en termes de sujets-clé, tels que le développement du secteur privé, le renforcement des services envers ses membres en matière de formation continue de haut niveau et de prospection des marchés dans l’UEMOA et la CEDEAO, la participation des entreprises locales aux grands projets développés en Côte d’Ivoire par des sociétés internationales, etc.
“C Club was established in 2005 and the concept behind it was to have not only a fitness facility but as well a social club where people can interact, meet, do business and so on. There is the fitness side and the social side. It is rare to find a club in Kuwait that provides both.”
“Our target would be to secure more projects in the oil and gas sector because that’s our main ball game as well as securing more projects in infrastructure and expanding when it comes to maintenance contracts, which is of great interest to us.”
“Our strategy for 2017 and 2018 centers on the retail customer, the corporate customer, banks, our business with international institutions, our stakeholders and shareholders. They are all my customers. This is the number one priority for me, my staff, and the management.”
“We will focus on interdisciplinary cooperation and interdisciplinary ideas. It is hard to see in advance what the result will be, but that is part of the excitement. Right now, we have fourteen degree programs.”
“We do business in over 100 countries, with a strong presence in emerging markets. We are growing by the day. In addition to being the largest logistics company in the Middle East and a heavy-weight in Asia; we are now in 20 countries in Africa.”
“Education at ACK aims to enhance the potential of employability of our graduates; be it self-employment or otherwise. We invite companies to review and comment on our curriculum, so as to tell us what they want in terms of attributes and values from our graduates.”
“55 years is a long time… we started with Arab countries and then moved on to non-Arab countries in Africa and Asia. You know what happened with the Arab Spring in different countries such as Syria, amongst others, where Kuwait Fund started with developmental aid, particularly in terms of building physical projects to enhance the economies of countries that we support.”
