With eight national parks and six nature reserves, representing 6.5% of the country’s land and a total of 21,038 sq km, Côte d’Ivoire is ranked among the top countries in French-speaking Africa for protected areas. Following a period of economic and political instability, the country is gradually turning to ecotourism once again, as a way of...
With high headline growth opening up new business opportunities, Côte d’Ivoire’s telecommunications sector is continuing to grow on the back of newly inaugurated 4G networks, expanding coverage and a series of regulatory reforms, which include the revocation of some licences for smaller operators and the issuance of a licence for a new entrant...
Africa is a diverse continent, with roughly 1bn people, 54 countries and thousands of languages. Additionally, many of its economies are facing similar challenges. One of the most common obstacles African markets face is a shortage of affordable housing. Kenya has a housing gap of 2m homes, for example, and in Nigeria that figure is as high as...
Côte d’Ivoire has been establishing the necessary infrastructure to improve conditions for the expansion of telecoms and information technologies usage in the country. Critical in this effort is the ongoing project of setting-up a nationwide, fibre-optic broadband network. The National Broadband Project, launched in 2012, will deploy close to...
The cement industry experienced a supply shortage in early 2015, as local producers struggled to meet a high demand in cement fuelled by an increasing number of public works and private construction projects. To stabilise the situation, the government allowed local producers to import cement. While this was successful in balancing prices, many...
As is the case throughout the region, real estate demand in Côte d’Ivoire is generally high, surpassing existing offerings in most, if not all, segments, from housing to industrial, office space and retail. The situation is particularly acute in the housing sector, with a national housing deficit of 400,000-600,000 units. The government has...
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