Côte d’Ivoire

Petrobras Signs Eight Offshore Contracts in Ivory Coast, Crossing the Atlantic

Petrobras signed eight offshore exploration contracts in Ivory Coast, whose seabed shares the geology of Brazil's north. No investment figure...

September 17, 2026

Ivorian Cocoa Cards Record 38,000 Farmer Sales

38,000 Ivorian cocoa producers sold using traceability cards between 1 and 13 September. The system became mandatory when the season...

September 16, 2026

Guinea Offers Ivory Coast Intelligence Sharing in Abidjan

Guinea’s President Doumbouya said in Abidjan on 13 September that his country is ready to share intelligence with Ivory Coast....

September 15, 2026

Cost of Living Abidjan 2026 — What the Lagoon Adds to Rent and Commuting

Rent in Cocody, rent in Yopougon and the lagoon between them. What a newcomer pays in Abidjan for power, food,...

September 13, 2026

Côte d’Ivoire Investment Agency Pushes to Turn Announcements into Real Projects

CEPICI approved 812.67 billion CFA francs in private investment in 2025, but the agency now wants more of that money...

September 11, 2026

Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It

Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...

September 2, 2026

Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo Hands His Party’s Powers to Deputies, Names No Successor

Laurent Gbagbo delegates PPA-CI powers to five lieutenants in May 2026 without naming an immediate successor, reshaping Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition.

August 15, 2026

Ivory Coast Raises Fuel Prices for the Second Time Since May

Ivory Coast fuel prices rose on 1 August, with petrol at 905 CFA francs a litre and diesel at 725,...

August 3, 2026

Côte d’Ivoire Launches $80M Digital-Trust PKI System

Côte d’Ivoire activated a sovereign public key infrastructure on 23 July 2026, anchoring digital signatures, e-government and secure transactions under

July 27, 2026