Jean-Marie Ackah: Overview of the Industrial Sector in Ivory Coast
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.
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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.
Our mission is to manage the frequency sector in accordance with our new vision. This means the end user will have a representative which is not necessarily the agency. We call this entity the assignor; it’s our representative to which we make the African frequency ranges available. It demonstrates the wealth and depth of neutrality and equity.
Mamadou Konate, Chief Executive Officer of La Poste de Côte d’Ivoire, the company responsible for postal services in Ivory Coast, talks about the institution’s new ambitions and future plans.
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.
Stéphane Eholie, Chief Executive Officer of SIMAT, gives an overview of the logistics sector in Ivory Coast and mentions the remaining challenges to be faced.
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.
Our objectives at the moment are to increase our processing levels and to transform ourselves from being a country that is an exporter of raw cashew nuts to a country that exports cashew kernels. This will allow us to ensure the stability of the price in terms of the growers and even to perhaps increase the price and create added value as well as reduce unemployment in Ivory Coast.
Nongolougo Soro talks about SNDI’s main mission and project, which is to assist the Government of Ivory Coast in modernizing all the administrative processes and public sector activities by spreading the efficient use of IT and ICT tools.
Nongolougo Soro, CEO of SNDI, talks about exporting expertise and know-how to other French speaking African countries.
Ibrahim Diawara shares his vision for Cipharm in 2015 and the years to come. In Ivory Coast, Cipharm is one of the top pharmaceutical companies.