Ivory Coast 2016
Diplomacy
Stability locks in future growth
Côte d’Ivoire’s economic renaissance is rapidly creating a new golden era
Economy
Reforms mean that country is open for business
Esmel Emmanuel Essis
Director General of the Investment Promotion Centre (CEPICI)
Economy
Inclusivity at heart of nation’s new growth
Côte d’Ivoire’s march towards a halcyon period is being driven by policies that aim to share the fruits of success
Finance
BRVM makes trades pay for investors across Africa
Edoh Kossi Amenounve
General Manager of Bourse Regional des Valeur Mobilieres
Business Services
Ensuring insurance for growing middle class
Bernard Asso Abouo
CEO of La Loyale and Co-founder of Globus
Finance
Finance fueled by improved services
Jean-Louis Menann-Kouame
Managing Director of La Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie de la Côte d’Ivoire (BICICI)
Telecom & IT
Digital solutions for smart, streamlined government
Nongolougo Soro
Managing Director of the National Informatics Development Company (SNDI)
Energy
Large reserves to maintain energy leadership
To meet mounting domestic and external energy demand, Côte d’Ivoire plans to tap offshore hydrocarbon wealth
Agriculture & Fisheries
World’s cocoa capital gets taste of a more sophisticated sector
Massandjé Touré-Litsé
Director General of the Coffee-Cocoa Council
Logistics
Chinese investors find regional anchor in Côte d’Ivoire’s main port
Hien Sie
Director General of the Port of Abidjan