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Bancassurance: BGFI Bank Côte d'Ivoire and SAAR Assurances Côte d'Ivoire forge partnership
Atlas Magazine
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BGFI Bank Côte d'Ivoire and SAAR Assurances Côte d'Ivoire have entered into a strategic partnership to launch two new bancassurance products. The first, “Garantie Perte d'Emploi – Joker Emploi”, provides coverage for bank loans in the event of...
Maritime Resources: A Low-risk Path to Gold Production in One of the World’s Top Mining Jurisdictions
Investing News Network
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July 10, 2025
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710272213/en/ Figure 1: Road Cut Zone Drill Hole Locations and Simplified Geology The Company also completed an initial test of the gap...
Lekki Port resumes transhipment to Ghana, Togo, Abidjan
New National Star
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July 10, 2025
BY SAM OTUONYE Nigeria’s first deep-seaport, Lekki Port, has announced that it has commenced transhipment operations to some Nigerian neighbouring ports like Ghana, Togo and Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire. Lekki Port Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Mr....
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 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...
Why Evolution Mining, Orthocell, Platinum, and Turaco shares are charging higher
The Motley Fool Australia
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July 10, 2025
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Drug manufacturer Novartis gets nod for first malaria drug to treat babies
The Week
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In a breakthrough, drug company Novartis received approval in Switzerland for its malaria drug 'Coartem Baby', which it said was the first drug to treat babies and very young children. Novartis launched Coartem in 1999 to treat malaria, with a new...
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,...
Thane Crime: 37-Year-Old Ivory Coast National Held With ₹2 Crore Worth Of MD Powder In Dombivli
Free Press Journal
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A 37-year-old Ivory Coast national was nabbed with 1.5 kg of MD worth ₹2 crore near Nilje Gaon | File Photo Thane: The Manpada police have arrested a foreign national for allegedly possessing 1.51 kilograms of MD (mephedrone) powder, valued at...
ECOWAS kicks off Lomé phase of Abidjan-Lagos corridor trader empowerment
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 9, 2025
As part of implementing the third edition of the information and awareness campaign for small cross-border traders along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor, the Department of Human Development and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of...
West Africa facing 10% drop in cocoa output in 2025/26: industry sources
Times LIVE
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While a full assessment of the 2025/26 harvest with more precise production forecasts will only be ready by late August or early September, the sources said the initial feedback from field studies confirmed a clear downward trend. The last two...
8 Countries Provide 44% Financial Buffer For Africa Energy Bank Kick Off
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
As the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) prepares to officially launch operations, eight countries have collectively provided a significant financial buffer, contributing 44 per cent of the required minimum contributions for the bank. The AEB, IS a $5...
Bunker Partner Expands Into Physical Bunkering with Ivory Coast Launch
Ship & Bunker
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July 7, 2025
The firm will supply marine fuels using the bunker barge Africa Star 1 at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Image Credit: Bunker Partner Marine fuel trading and brokerage firm Bunker Partner has entered the physical bunker supply market with the launch of its...
Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....
Ivory Coast Approves African Energy Bank Ratification
News Ghana
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July 6, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire’s government has endorsed the ratification of the African Energy Bank (BAE), marking a pivotal advancement for continental energy sovereignty. Government Spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly announced the cabinet’s approval Saturday,...
Cote d'Ivoire approves ratification of African Energy Bank creation
The Malaysian Star
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July 5, 2025
ABIDJAN, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The government of Cote d'Ivoire has approved a draft law ratifying the creation of the African Energy Bank (BAE), government spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly announced Saturday following a Cabinet meeting. The agreement,...
African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) Secretary General To Speak At The African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Africa Energy Bank Prepares For Launch
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa's energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African...
Fifty years since Gowon’s overthrow
Tribune Online
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July 10, 2025
TUESDAY, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...
Chinese firms increase purchase of overseas mining assets
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Chinese companies are rapidly increasing their purchases of overseas mining assets, reaching levels not seen in over ten years, as they seek to secure vital raw materials amid growing restrictions from Western nations. According to...
Harmattan hazards: How coastal west Africa can escape the Sahel’s fate
European Council on Foreign Relations
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July 10, 2025
Summary Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo, are under pressure from two threats: jihadists and putschists. In these west African coastal states, armed Islamist groups increasingly cross northern borders, wreaking havoc. Civilian governments are...