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Côte d'Ivoire
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Hien Yacouba Sié, General Manager, Autonomous Port of Abidjan (Port Autonome d’Abidjan, PAA): Interview from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
Articles & Analysis | Côte d’Ivoire's increasingly competitive market and growing middle class drive retail growth and foreign investment from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
Political stability and continued economic growth are bringing about significant development in Côte d’ Ivoire’s retail sector. The Ivorian middle class is growing, currently representing over 2m of the country’s 23m inhabitants, according to government figures, and is attracting large flows of foreign direct investments to the consumer goods...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jean-Louis Menudier, President, Large Industrial Firms Union of Côte d’Ivoire: Interview from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
Articles & Analysis | Economies around the world prepare for the opportunities and challenges of the next industrial revolution from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
The global economy is entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), or Industry 4.0, based on the application of new digital and automated technologies in production processes and service delivery. These changes are presenting emerging markets with opportunities such as improved productivity, as well as risks, namely reshoring and the...
Articles & Analysis | Côte d’Ivoire recognises the importance of transport and logistics for economic growth from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
Since the return of political stability to Côte d’Ivoire in 2011, the country has gone through extensive public infrastructure works with a notable focus on transportation. In fact, the transport sector accounted for 9% of Côte d’Ivoire’s GDP in 2018, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Articles & Analysis | Local processing in Côte d’Ivoire encourages industrial development and diversification from The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
Although civil conflict in the early 2000s led to years of deteriorating infrastructure, Côte d’Ivoire reversed the trend back to economic growth after the country stabilised its political situation in 2011. The economy has grown at a rate of 9% per year since 2011, in part due to the emergence of its burgeoning industrial sector. Côte d’...