Headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) serves the members of UEMOA (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo) whose currency, the CFA franc, is pegged to the euro. The BRVM is among the world’s most successful integrated regional exchanges, and is...
While the bulk of retail bank operations in Côte d’ Ivoire are still conducted through traditional branches, digitalisation has already revolutionised the sector, and there is little evidence that this trend will slow down as technology penetration continues to rapidly expand. Individuals have been able to carry out basic transactions using...
Côte d’Ivoire enjoys amicable relations with the major world powers, with no outstanding bilateral issues. During the cold war, Côte d’Ivoire generally favoured the West and had no diplomatic ties with the USSR from between 1969 and 1986. It is a member of the UN and most of its specialised agencies. The international community generally sided...
Supported by strong economic growth, the banking sector has expanded rapidly in recent years, financing public and private sector investment in reconstruction after the return of political stability in 2011. Profitability among the top-tier banks remains strong, with shareholders in publicly listed institutions benefitting from attractive...
As a member of UEMOA, the African Union and ECOWAS, Côte d’Ivoire is an active player in regional politics. While the country’s close ties to France and its distance from pan-Africanism has traditionally strained relations with neighbouring Ghana, the it retains good relations with its other neighbours, namely Burkina Faso, Mali, Liberia and...
Since the end of the civil war in 2011, Côte d’Ivoire has stepped forward into a new era of sustained peace and high economic growth. Linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse, the former French colony is now aiming to regain its historic status as a peaceful and prosperous West African nation state.
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