Instructor quality is a major driver of students’ educational experiences, and often teachers play an important role in maintaining satisfactory retention rates. Although a February 2017 World Bank report highlighted teacher training as an area of comparative weakness in Côte d’Ivoire, the government is working diligently to address it. One...
In recent decades, pharmaceuticals production has expanded its geographical reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a 2015 survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm Strategy&, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018....
With a 2016 GDP growth rate of 7.9% far outstripping most of sub-Saharan Africa, Côte d’Ivoire has the right economic conditions to bring about substantial and permanent developmental change. However, a February 2017 report by the World Bank titled “The Skills Challenge: Why Côte d’Ivoire Must Reform Its Education System” highlighted that...
Since political stability returned after 2011, Côte d’Ivoire’s transport sector has been undergoing rapid development, and the country is now re-emerging as a leading regional transport centre. A number of challenges persist, however, particularly in regards to the maintenance of the national road network, the state of the country’s sole...
As part of its vision to welcome 5m visitors in 2020, up from 1.5m in 2016, Côte d’Ivoire is actively seeking to increase hotel capacity, and especially the amount of higher-quality and properly licensed accommodation. According to government data, as of January 2017 only 12.28% of hotels operating in the country held an official hotel licence...
As the telecoms industry has undergone a period of rapid change, the government has put improving the quality of service at the centre of its ambitions for the market. To this end, the Telecommunications/ICT Regulation Authority of Côte d’Ivoire (Autorité de Regulation des Telecommunications/TIC de Côte d’Ivoire, ARTCI), which oversees the...
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