Côte d'Ivoire

Offshore hydrocarbons exploration constitutes the final frontier in the oil and gas sector. Offshore drilling involves targeting hydrocarbons deposits trapped beneath the ocean floor – or in some cases beneath inland lakes and seas – is the most complex and expensive way of exploiting deposits. And while the returns have the potential to be...

With low levels of banking penetration and chronic challenges facing entrepreneurs wishing to access credit, one would have expected Côte d’Ivoire to be fertile ground for microfinance. However, it has not had as big an impact in Côte d’Ivoire as in some other developing countries. The nation only has 75 approved microfinance institutions (MFI)...

In recent years, Côte d’Ivoire has performed better in macroeconomics and in the management of its public finances compared to what was forecast in the economic and financial framework established with the IMF and the World Bank in 2011.

The world’s largest producer of cocoa, Côte d’Ivoire is an ethnically, linguistically and religiously diverse West African nation with a rich culture. Once one of Africa’s leading economic powerhouses, the country was afflicted by civil war for much of the past 10 years, including extended unrest following elections in late 2010. However, peace...