Meha Desai is a writer and documentary photographer who has been featured in international publications and exhibitions for work covering food and culture from Mauritius to India and beyond. Part of ...

They say anything can grow in Côte d’Ivoire – including big ideas. But some fear political uncertainty will stifle its development. “Cocoa is a jewel,” says Ivorian chocolatier Axel Emmanuel Gbaou, ...

A new era of immunisation began this week with the agreement of the Abidjan Declaration – a commitment to self-sufficiency and vaccine sovereignty that sits at the heart of the Gavi model. In a ...

Trade flows are shifting. Two giants of the Gulf of Guinea – Port of Tema (Ghana) and Port of Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) – are locked in a high-stakes contest to become the logistics hub for land-locked ...

Touting himself as the prime mover behind the transformation of Ivory Coast's economy over 14 years in office, Alassane Ouattara hopes that revamp can help secure him a fourth presidential term ...

Abou Fofana spent his student years making the most of the opportunities on offer in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's bustling economic capital of six million people. But after finishing his studies and newly ...

In the shade of a tarpaulin by the side of the road, three young women are seated at a table in front of a pile of envelopes that contain voter cards for the Ivorian presidential election on October ...

The new bridge over the Ebrié Lagoon linking the residential Cocody neighborhood to the business district of Plateau, in Abidjan on August 12, 2023. SIA KAMBOU / AFP Since its opening on August 12, ...

Despite the high transit levy, the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor is generating more than 200,000 200,000tons of goods per year, The PUNCH reports. The Vice President in charge of National and International ...

From our correspondent in Abidjan – In President Alassane Ouattara’s stronghold of Abobo, a working-class commune in Abidjan’s north, the incumbent’s supporters are convinced that he will win Saturday ...

For many young Africans who have studied in Europe, the dream of returning home to build a career or invest in business is becoming a reality. To support them, Pierre Djemis —a returnee himself, now ...