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Touton cocoa business explores sale of the group to US firm Hartree Partners
Confectionery Production
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French-based cocoa business, Touton, has confirmed that it is exploring a sale of the company to US-based Hartree Partners global energy and commodities trading enterprise, reports Neill Barston. The American business, which has its headquarters...
Ivory Coast cuts cocoa export contracts due to poor weather
BusinessLIVE
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Abijan — Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has cut to 1.2-million tonnes its export contract sales of the main crop from October to March, down from 1.3-million, two council sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The cocoa sector regulator...
Pakistan Rice Roadshow 2025 Opens in Accra to Boost Trade with Ghana and West Africa
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 25, 2025
By Rebecca Ampah Day one of the Pakistan Rice Roadshow 2025 opened in Accra, Movenpick on Monday, August 25, bringing together exporters, importers, producers, and government officials from Ghana, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. The two-day...
Business News | India Exim Bank Signs $40 Mn Credit Line Agreement with ECOWAS Bank to Boost Trade with Africa
Latestly
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August 21, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) and ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed a commercial credit line agreement of USD 40 million. The agreement will create new...
NPA boosts Eastern ports’ operations to drive economic diversification
Premium Times
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August 25, 2025
The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said it is intensifying efforts to revive Nigeria’s eastern ports, as part of the federal government’s drive to expand economic diversification through the blue economy. Speaking during a...
Ivory Coast protesters demand inclusion of opposition leaders in presidential race
Zambian Observer
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August 12, 2025
Thousands flooded the streets of Abidjan on Saturday, rallying against the exclusion of key opposition figures from Ivory Coast’s October presidential election. The demonstration, according to an AP report, began in Yopougon, one of the capital’s...
Will ECOWAS meet its 2027 currency launch goal?
Deutsche Welle
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August 25, 2025
The plan for West Africa's new ECO currency was already adopted back in June 2019 to facilitate trade and economic integration across the region and serve as a unifying medium of exchange. However, plans to introduce the ECO in the very next year...
Ivory Coast ex-leader’s party says two more members arrested
African Insider
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August 11, 2025
Abidjan – The party of former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo said on Sunday that two more of its members had been arrested as part of a campaign of “intimidation” by the authorities. Critics have accused the west African nation’s government of...
How many games Carlos Baleba could miss for Brighton due to AFCON after Man United transfer decision
Sussex World
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September 3, 2025
All the latest team news for Brighton and Hove Albion after the transfer window One of the best pieces of business for Brighton during the summer transfer window was keeping hold of star midfielder Carlos Baleba. The Cameroon international was in...
African Development Bank and JICA Launch $5.5 Billion EPSA6 Initiative to Drive Private Sector Growth and Resilience in Africa
Alexa.ng
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YOKOHAMA, Japan – August 25, 2025 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the sixth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector...
Ivory Coast Hit by Mass Protests
Modern Tokyo Times
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August 10, 2025
Ivory Coast Hit by Mass Protests Noriko Watanabe, Kanako Mita, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Widespread protests have erupted in Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, in response to policies seen as consolidating power under President...
Cocoa Prices Whipsaw as Ivory Coast Slashes Exports, Demand Cools
News Ghana
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August 16, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire’s shock decision to cut 2025/26 cocoa export contracts by 100,000 MT sent markets reeling this week, amplifying volatility in an already fragile sector. Prices swung from $9,300 to $8,600 per metric ton—still 36% below 2024’s peak...
Barrick Eyes Exit from Ivory Coast’s Tongon Mine in $500 Million Deal with China’s Zijin
Yahoo Finance
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Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B) is one of the best cheap growth stocks to buy according to analysts. On July 23, 2025, reports emerged that China’s Zijin Mining is in advanced talks to acquire Barrick’s Tongon gold mine in Ivory Coast for up...
Ivory Coast: thousands protest against Ouattara's fourth term bid
Africanews
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August 10, 2025
Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election. Ivory Coast, the biggest economy of francophone West...
From Kenyan farms to South African tech hubs: How jobs shape Africa’s regional economies
Business Insider Africa
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August 24, 2025
From family-run farms in Kenya and Tanzania to bustling tech hubs in South Africa and Nigeria, employment patterns tell a story of economic evolution, opportunity, and inequality. A recent dataset from the United Nations on Employment by Economic...
Egypt, Ivory Coast aim to strengthening economic and investment cooperation
African Mining Market
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August 14, 2025
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib met with Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kacou Houadja Léon Adom to discuss strengthening economic and investment cooperation between Egypt and Ivory Coast across multiple sectors, as...
Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire discuss boosting economic, investment ties
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib met with Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kacou Houadja Léon Adom to discuss strengthening economic and investment cooperation between Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire across...
IN PICS | Ivory Coast rebel hub Bouake shows boom, burdens of Ouattara era
Times LIVE
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Bullet-riddled buildings still line some streets in Ivory Coast's former rebel capital Bouake, but in the run-up to his third re-election bid President Alassane Ouattara is keen to turn the city into a symbol of recovery. "Bouake is a city of past...
Revived Ivory Coast rebel hub shows boom, burdens of Ouattara era
WKZO - Michigan
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August 14, 2025
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -Bullet-riddled buildings still line some streets in Ivory Coast’s former rebel capital Bouake, but in the run-up to his third re-election bid President Alassane Ouattara is keen to turn the city into a symbol of...
World Reuters Revived Ivory Coast rebel hub shows boom, burdens of Ouattara era
Yahoo News
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -Bullet-riddled buildings still line some streets in Ivory Coast's former rebel capital Bouake, but in the run-up to his third re-election bid President Alassane Ouattara is keen to turn the city into a symbol of...