In September 2018 the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), which is headquartered in Abidjan, will celebrate its first 20 years in operation. The past decade has seen a significant increase in the volume of listings, liquidity, valuations and the number of market participants. A long-awaited third compartment of the equity market was launched in the final month of 2017, while the...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
Supported by strong economic growth, the banking industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, financing public and private sector investment in reconstruction since 2011. Profitability among the top-tier banks remains strong, with shareholders in publicly listed institutions benefitting from attractive dividends. Although there has been an influx of new banks over the past decade, increased...
Having missed out on much of the developing and emerging markets boom that characterised the global economy during 2000-10 due to its domestic political crisis, a more recent period of out-performance has allowed Côte d’Ivoire to bounce back, making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world with a bright medium-term outlook. Strong investment, particularly in infrastructure, has...
Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
Côte d’Ivoire has long been regarded as one of West Africa’s richest and most diverse countries due to its linguistic, ethnic and religious diversity. While agriculture remains a key driver of economic progress, there is an abundance of other natural resources, including crude oil – with proven reserves of around 100m barrels – natural gas and diamonds. As a member of UEMOA, the African Union...
Côte d’Ivoire has seen rapid growth since a decade-long bout of civil unrest ended in 2011, registering an average GDP growth rate of 9.3% in the five years to 2016. By far the biggest economy in the UEMOA and the third largest in ECOWAS, the IMF expects GDP expansion in the West African nation to be sustained, forecasting growth of above 7% through to 2019.
Economic update | Le gouvernement ivoirien devrait dépasser ses objectifs en matière de projets énergétiques
28 Feb 2018
En Côte d’Ivoire, dans un contexte de hausse de la demande, des projets destinés à augmenter la capacité de production de trois centrales thermiques, exploitées par les producteurs d’électricité indépendants (IPP) Ciprel, Azito et Aggreko, sont actuellement en cours de réalisation.