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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Yann Caillère, CEO, Accor from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
Articles & Analysis | Deeper pockets: Significant state investment pledged to help energise the sector from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
In 2012, a new programme was launched to reposition the tourism industry as an engine of economic growth. Consisting of five axes of development, the state pledged CFA3.22bn (€4.8m) in 2012 and CFA1.1bn (€1.65m) in 2013 to fund the programme’s priorities, which aim to attract 500,000 tourists annually by 2015 and create jobs to integrate women and...
Articles & Analysis | Bridging the digital divide: The government is working to expand coverage and computer literacy from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
After a decade of underinvestment and neglect, Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities are keen to make up for lost time and leapfrog the country into the digital era, expanding activity in IT services, improving infrastructure and boosting computer literacy. However, it is an ambitious goal in a country where 2.4% of the population has regular access to the...
Articles & Analysis | Sweetening the deal: Reforms to pricing in the cocoa sector aim to support farmers and improve quality from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
In a bid to tackle the main problems facing the cocoa sector – flagging production, mediocre quality and growing numbers of farmers quitting the crop – the government launched a sweeping reform programme in November 2011 that seeks to remedy the underlying cause of the structural problems in the segment: low prices for farmers. The sector’s new...
Articles & Analysis | Top of the heap: A look at the sector’s major players from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
While the Ivoirian banking system is characterised by a diversity of service providers, it is dominated by a few players. The top three banks control 41% of all resources, the top eight control 83.3%, while 13 of the 23 banks marshal resources of less than CFA100bn (€150m). With the exception of state-owned Banque Nationale d’Investissements (BNI)...
