By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Vice Prime Minister and Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara inaugurated the Koné gold mine, operated by Montage Gold Corporation in Fadiadougou, Kani department. With an investment of more than 580 billion CFA francs, it is now the largest gold mine in Ivory Coast, according to Linfodrome.
Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé has announced that the Abidjan BRT will begin operating in early 2029, after works estimated at CFA francs 316 billion and including 20 stations. Traffic between Bingerville and Yopougon is now estimated at 80,000-100,000 vehicles per day, according to the AIP news agency.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
The BIOVEA biomass power plant, located in Ayébo in Aboisso Department, was inaugurated on 5 November 2026 with an installed capacity of 46 megawatts. Built on a turnkey basis by China Energy Engineering Corporation, it is presented as West Africa's largest biomass power plant, according to AIP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: 7info ·
Ivory Coast’s budget committees approved 1.766 trillion CFA francs for the ministries of Defence, Interior and Security, and Justice and Human Rights for 2027. Defence will receive 561.57 billion CFA francs, compared with 491.59 billion in 2026, according to AIP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
The draft Ivory Coast state budget for 2027 stands at 18,466.1 billion CFA francs, 6.4% higher than in 2026. Economy and Finance Minister Adama Coulibaly presented it to the National Assembly’s Economic and Financial Affairs Committee, which adopted it, according to Fraternité Matin. The budget forecasts growth of 6.6% and a deficit reduced to 3.5% of GDP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Fraternité Matin ·
Ivory Coast launches PNRI to create 290,000 jobsPrime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé launched on 12 November 2026 the process of adopting the PNRI 2027-2030 at the Abidjan Exhibition Centre, with the aim of reducing informality and creating or consolidating 290,000 formal jobs. The programme provides for a gradual transition of informal-sector actors into the formal sector, according to AIP.
Ghana plans 389.2 billion cedis in spending in 2027Ghana’s budget provides for 389.2 billion cedis in spending in 2027, including 30 billion for the first year of the New Economy programme. The government also plans to repay 29 billion cedis of restructured bonds three months ahead of maturity, according to Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson.The week in Africa
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