By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Illustrative image · RDNE Stock project · Pexels · Licence PexelsFIN’Elle, the African Guarantee Fund and HEC Paris signed an agreement in Abidjan on 5 November to launch the HEC Stand Up programme. The scheme will provide free training for 105 women entrepreneurs in managing and developing their businesses, according to Linfodrome.
The Ivorian government is maintaining the prices of petrol, diesel and domestic gas in November 2026. It is, however, raising industrial hydrocarbon prices in the autonomous district of Abidjan, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Ivory Coast's tourism and leisure minister met several hundred leisure venue operators on 5 November in Abidjan to strengthen safety measures before the end-of-year festive season. The meeting was held at the Hôtel des Armées in Plateau, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
The Togolese government is preparing a draft decree to harmonise oversight of public investments, from their design to final evaluation. The system provides in particular for systematic prior assessment of projects and their alignment with national development priorities, according to 24 Heure Info.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
Roger Félix Adom, president of the Regulatory Council of Ivory Coast's Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority, called for citizens' concerns to be better integrated into digital regulation. He spoke on 6 November 2026 in Abidjan during the programme “L’Invité des rédactions”, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
Ivory Coast trains veterinary inspectors in health auditsIvory Coast is training its veterinary inspectors to audit health control systems at fish product canneries. The session, opened on 9 November in Abidjan and scheduled to run until 13 November, covers health control plans and HACCP principles, according to AIP.
Nigeria to begin power grid overhaul in JanuaryThe Nigerian government plans to begin replacing ageing national electricity grid infrastructure in January 2027. Energy Minister Joseph Tegbe says a technical audit has already identified faults on transmission lines, some of which have been operating for 50 years, Vanguard reports.The week in Africa
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