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Blockchain Technology Can Help Africa Bridge Green Energy Accessibility Gap, Says Expert
This Day
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July 15, 2025
New funding models are urgently needed to help Africa fast-track development and reduce the accessibility gap to green energy, according to experts. The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the Sustainable...
Ivory Coast Launches US$800M Fund to Drive Tech Innovation
News Ghana
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July 12, 2025
Ivory Coast has established a 450 billion CFA franc ($800 million) innovation fund to accelerate startup growth and strengthen digital sovereignty. The initiative, announced by Digital Transition Minister Ibrahim Kalil Konaté at the Ivoire Tech...
Cote d'Ivoire to establish 800 mln USD fund to support tech innovation
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire plans to establish a 450 billion CFA francs (about 800 million U.S. dollars) fund to support startups and technological innovation in the country, Ivorian Minister of Digital Transition and Digitalization...
Ivory Coast Inaugurates Major Cocoa Processing Plant to Boost Value Addition
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire has commissioned a $233 million cocoa processing facility, marking a strategic advancement in its plan to transform from raw cocoa exporter to industrial producer. The newly opened complex represents one of the largest such...
Cote d'Ivoire inaugurates China-backed cocoa complex
Global Times
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Vice President of Cote d'Ivoire Tiemoko Meyliet Kone (3rd L, front) and Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani (2nd L, front), minister of state and minister of agriculture and rural development, attend the handover ceremony in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, June 26,...
U.S. aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact
The Hindu
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July 13, 2025
Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history's deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived. Stop all work, it said....
Green energy and protecting nature get the thumbs up in climate change study in 68 countries
The Conversation
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July 16, 2025
Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare occurrences for the place and time, and which pose a danger to large...
Wafcon: 3 signs that African women’s football is finally starting to thrive
The Conversation
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July 16, 2025
Women’s football in Africa has been through radical changes over the past few years. From small beginnings in the late 1990s, it has grown to the point that its biggest competition is receiving considerable global attention. The 2024 Women’s...
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Road Engineers And Transport Experts Conduct Working Field Visit To Dakar-Diamniadio-Thies Highway & Dakar Ter
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The ECOWAS Commission, as part of the final technical review workshop for the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan Corridor Technical Studies, conducted Regional Road Engineers and Transport Experts drawn from ECOWAS Member States to a day's...
Cote d'Ivoire inaugurates first archaeological museum
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire on Monday inaugurated its first archaeological museum, located between the villages of Singrobo and Ahouaty in the southern part of the country, marking a significant step toward preserving and promoting...
Lekki Port begins transhipment to Ghana, Togo, Abidjan
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria’s first deep seaport, Lekki Port, on Thursday announced that it has commenced transhipment operations to some Nigerian neighbouring ports like Ghana, Togo and Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire. Speaking with newsmen during a media parley at the...
Ivory Coast inaugurates first archaeological museum
The Peninsula
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June 30, 2025
Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (second left) cuts an inaugural band flanked by Ivorian Minister of Culture and Francophonie Françoise Remarck (centre), Ivorian Minister of Health Pierre Demba (right) during the inauguration of...
Cote d'Ivoire inaugurates China-backed cocoa complex
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Vice President of Cote d'Ivoire Tiemoko Meyliet Kone on Thursday thanked China for its support during the inauguration of a cocoa processing industrial complex backed by Beijing. "I seize this opportunity to thank the...
Ivory Coast youth, a giant majority, await their turn in politics
African Insider
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June 26, 2025
Abidjan – As Ivory Coast heads for presidential elections this year, the heaviest hitters remain two octogenarians who have dominated its politics for decades – but three in four citizens in the African dynamo are under 35. At age 83, President...
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire formalise cross-border electricity project with MoU signing
GhanaWeb
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June 27, 2025
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have taken major steps toward the implementation of their 330kV interconnection project with the official adoption and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish two key governance structures. According to...
Africa: Digital transformation accelerates with investment, innovation
Business Day
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July 16, 2025
Africa’s digital transformation is accelerating, with growing investment, innovation, and expanding access. But infrastructure and investment gaps impede the scale and scope of progress. Expanding the continent’s digital future requires urgent and...
Neutron Engineering Expands Operations to West Africa Following Strategic Delegation to Côte d'Ivoire
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Neutron Joins U.S. Chamber of Commerce/Africa Business Center's May 2025 Delegation, Announces Key Investments in West African Market COLUMBIA, Md., June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Neutron Engineering, a leading provider of innovative IT services...
Liberia: Community Land Protection Program Coordinator at SDI Calls on Actors in Land Sector to Take Advantage of NELGA Alumni Program
Front Page Africa
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July 16, 2025
Mr. Daniel B. Wehyee: Photo Credit: The event organizer ACCRA, Ghana – The Coordinator of the Community Land Protection Program (CLPP) at the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) is calling on CSOs and individuals working in the land sector of...
What Abidjan’s SICA Market Said About the Future for African Film, TV
Variety
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July 4, 2025
The third edition of the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA) wrapped last week, bringing together creators, government officials, and industry stakeholders from across the continent and beyond for a content market that blended...
How to engineer a ‘swift and silent’ rescue of a container line
Riviera
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July 3, 2025
The sixth of June was another banner day in the renaissance of Pacific International Lines (PIL). The Singapore-based liner company launched the 8,200-TEU dual-fuel container ship, Kota Ocean, at PSA Singapore’s Keppel Terminal, marking a...