Batelco Fibre Network 100Mbps
Batelco successfully tests 100Mbps fixed broadband speeds. The fibre network project with 100Mbps speeds goes hand-in-hand with the capability for Triple Play solutions.
GCC and Middle East Banks
Fitch Ratings maintain a stable outlook for GCC/Middle East banks.
Telecommunications in Côte d’Ivoire: Story of Orange Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire was one of the first countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain full internet connectivity. Orange owns an 85% interest in Orange Côte d’Ivoire, which began operating its network in 1996 under the Ivoiris brand, and a 45% interest in Côte d’Ivoire Telecom (CIT), Ivory Coast’s incumbent telecommunications operator, which supplies fixed-line telephone services as well as broadband and wholesale services.
Agricultural Research in Africa: National Agricultural Research Center
Created in 1998, the CNRA has been Côte d’Ivoire’s primary agricultural R&D agency, accounting for two-thirds of the total research capacity and over three-quarters of its agricultural R&D investments.
Agriculture in Côte d’Ivoire: The National Agricultural Investment Program
The new government of Alassane Ouatarra has established a new approach to agriculture in Côte d’Ivoire called the National Agriculture Investment Program (NAIP). Its goals, according to Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Agriculture, are to achieve national food sufficiency, and to increase the agricultural industry’s growth to 8.9%.
Problems in Côte d’Ivoire: Instability, Poverty, Education, Reconciliation
The country was in a crisis for more than ten years; companies were losing jobs and poverty was rising.
The Economic and Political Situation in Ivory Coast
Although the violence of the five-month civil war is over, and the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively peacefully, there is still fear in the country.
History of Côte d’Ivoire
The modern history of Ivorian independence begins with the dynamic personality and leadership of Felix Houphouët Boigny (pronounced Feliks Oufwet Bwajni) (1905-1993)
Côte d’Ivoire Facts and Figures
In 1985 the government officially designated the name of the country as Côte d’Ivoire. This is the correct legal and diplomatic usage., and the name preferred by Ivorians.
Political, Business, and Investment Outlook for Côte d’Ivoire
Those interviewed include ministers of the new government that took office after the end of the civil war that rocked the country from November 2010 to April 2011; including; leaders of trade or business associations, and corporation presidents, CEOs and managers. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Marcopolis Country Report to present their views and outlook for the future.