THE COMPANY: Unilever CI is the leading manufacturer of household cleaning products, personal and dental hygiene, and food products in Côte d’Ivoire. In December 2008 Unilever CI divested its oil activity to SIFCA Group and acquired Cosmivoire’s (SIFCA Group) soap activities to refocus its business portfolio on the production and...
Articles & Analysis | Unilever CI: Food & beverages from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Articles & Analysis | Bolloré Africa Logistics CI: Transport from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
THE COMPANY: Bolloré Africa Logistics CI is one of the major players in the transport, handling and logistics sector, offering air, road, sea and rail transportation services. In April 2009 the group management decided to change the company’s name from SDV-SAGA to Bolloré Africa...
Articles & Analysis | Secondary market makers: Bond market development is the key to greater regional liquidity from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Host to francophone West Africa’s regional stock exchange, the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), Côte d’Ivoire has a more sophisticated financial services industry than most of its peers in the region, with an impressive geographic catchment area. The sixth-largest of Africa’s 29 exchanges by capitalisation, the BRVM has seen the...
Articles & Analysis | Ecobank: Banking from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
THE COMPANY: Ecobank Transnational Incorporated is a pan-African bank, founded in 1985 in Togo, which operates in 36 African countries via six regional clusters, including Nigeria, francophone West Africa (nine countries including Côte d’Ivoire), the rest of West Africa (five...