By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé launched the process of adopting the 2027-2030 PNRI on 12 November 2026, aimed at reducing informality and creating 290,000 formal jobs. The Ivorian government wants to incorporate proposals from informal economy actors, according to Linfodrome.
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé has announced that Abidjan’s Line 1 metro is 66% complete and is due to enter service in January 2029, with 540,000 passengers a day expected. More than 2,000 Ivorians are already working on the project, which is expected to create more than 5,000 jobs in total, according to Ivoire Actu.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Ivoire Actu ·
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 ·
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 ·
Rwanda estimates that $12 billion in investment is needed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 53% by 2035. Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva presented the funding requirement on 12 November 2026 at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, according to Umuseke.
🇷🇼 Rwanda · Source: Umuseke ·
AFCON 2027: Yan Diomandé starts against GambiaYan Diomandé is in Ivory Coast’s starting eleven to face Gambia on the third matchday of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers. The match is played on Thursday 12 November at the Stade de la Paix in Bouaké, between the two co-leaders of Group C, according to Africa Top Sports.
IMF respects Senegal’s budget decisionsThe IMF says it respects the budget decisions of Senegalese institutions after the rejection of the 2026 supplementary finance bill and the blocking of the 2027 budget. The institution nevertheless expects a budget framework consistent with agreed commitments and is continuing its economic support, according to its spokesperson Julie Kozack, cited by Leral.The week in Africa
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