Category: Ivory Coast

Côte d’Ivoire : AGL launches “YIRI”, the regional innovation center dedicated to african youth

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On March 18, 2024 in Abidjan, Asta-Rosa Cissé, Regional Director of Africa Global Logistics (AGL) for Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, launched the activities of “YIRI”, Africa Global Logistics’ flagship of innovation. This centre, located in the heart of the Ivorian capital, aims to support the digital transformations of Africa’s logistics by stimulating innovation at AGL. “YIRI” will provide a framework for creativity and the exploration of new ideas that can have a positive impact on the logistics industry in Africa. Several specific support programmes will be launched to enable…

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The Port of Abidjan welcomes the CMA CGM ‘Scandola’, a container ship powered by liquefied natural gas

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Thursday 1 February 2024 will go down in the history of the Port of Abidjan, which welcomed for the first time the CMA CGM “Scandola”, a container ship powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The CMA CGM “Scandola”, with its imposing dimensions of 366 m long and 51.11 m wide and a capacity of… read more on maritimafrica.com

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AGILITY SETS AN ECOLOGICAL PRECEDENT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE: FIRST WAREHOUSES IN WEST AFRICA TO ATTAIN “ECO-FRIENDLY BUILDING” STATUS

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Agility Logistics Parks’ warehouses in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, have achieved a major milestone in energy efficiency and sustainability by becoming the first in West Africa to receive the EDGE Advanced certification, awarded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). This prestigious recognition underscores Agility’s commitment to eco-friendly buildings and reflects the growing importance of energy efficiency in the logistics sector in Africa. The global EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) standard is a benchmark for energy-efficient buildings, overseen by the IFC, a branch of the World Bank. The EDGE Advanced…

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CMA CGM launches a ZEBOX hub in Abidjan to support innovation and entrepreneurship in West Africa

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The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions, officially launches ZEBOX West Africa in Abidjan, in the presence of Amadou Coulibaly, Minister for Communication and the Digital Economy and Government spokesperson, Jean-Marc Yace, Mayor of Cocody, Gwen Salley, CEO of ZEBOX, Joseph Olivier Biley, Hub Manager of ZEBOX West Africa and Xavier Collignon, Managing Director of CMA CGM Côte d’Ivoire. This is the fifth regional hub of the ZEBOX startup accelerator, following those in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific.   8 startups…

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Kuehne+Nagel Group opens a centre in Abidjan to cover its activities in West Africa.

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Swiss transport and logistics services provider Kuehne+Nagel Group has announced the opening of a new office in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to strengthen its presence in West Africa. This expansion is part of the company’s strategy to expand its activities on the African continent according to its Roadmap 2026. The new office will be headed by Alexandre Muratore, who until this appointment was managing director of Kuehne+Nagel Qatar. He will oversee the Swiss group’s activities in 12 other West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria,…

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Côte d’Ivoire: The point-based driving license came into force on March 1, 2023

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Logistafrica – In accordance with the measures taken by the Council of Ministers on 18 January 2023, the demerit point system came into force on Wednesday 1 March 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire. The country’s Ministry of Transport recalled this through a press release published on February 28, in which the various offenses and the loss of points to which they correspond were specified. This decision taken to fight against road insecurity and promote good citizenship on the roads, provides for the withdrawal of the license as soon as a driver…

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ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES: RESUMPTION OF DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN ABIDJAN AND NEW YORK IN MAY

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After the suspension of its direct flights linking Abidjan’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny and New York’s John F. Kennedy airports in March 2020, in the early hours of COVID-19, Africa’s largest airline, announces a return of these direct Abidjan and New York routes starting next May 29. read more on africaaero.org

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Launch of the African Association of Urban Transport Authorities (AAUTA) in Abidjan

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  The Greater Abidjan Urban Mobility Authority (AMUGA), in collaboration with the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP, an international partnership administered by the World Bank) organized the founding General Assembly of the African Association of Urban Transport Authorities (AAUTA) from 21 to 22 February 2023 at the Noom Hotel in Abidjan.   This meeting organized to address the challenges of African citizens in urban transport and mobility, in the face of rapidly increasing rates of urbanization and motorization of the continent, was attended by more than 40 leaders of the sector from…

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Côte d’Ivoire-Transport: Following a fatal road accident involving two buses in Yamoussoukro, Minister Amadou Kone shows solidarity with the victims

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The provisional toll is 14 dead, several injured and significant material damage ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, January 6, 2023/APO Group/ -Following a fatal road accident involving two buses in Yamoussoukro on Thursday, January 5, 2023, around 11 a.m., the Minister of Transport, Amadou Koné, expressed in a press release the Government’s sincere condolences to the relatives of the deceased victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. The Minister of Transport once again called on motorists and road users to be more vigilant and to respect the highway code. The…

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FELIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY AIRPORT IN ABIDJAN: PRIME MINISTER PATRICK ACHI LAUNCHES THE THIRD PHASE OF THE EXPANSION

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Abidjan, December 20, 2022 – The Ivorian Prime Minister, Patrick Achi, launched on December 19, 2022 in Abidjan, the third phase of the extension works of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport (FHB), which will enable to meet the increase in passenger traffic. read more on www.africaaero.org

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