By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Illustrative image · Seun Adeniyi · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe Ivorian government has asked insurers to offer users of two- and three-wheelers policies suited to their daily incomes, with subscription and payment by phone. The request was made in Abidjan during the Kenya Re CEOs Summit 2026, according to Linfodrome.
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.
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Ivory Coast's National Civil Protection Office and UNDP on 5 November 2026 raised awareness among pupils at two school groups in Grand-Bassam about risk prevention and emergency management. The campaign, already run in secondary schools, is now extending to primary schools, according to Linfodrome.
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Digital and governance specialists have called for the use of artificial intelligence in businesses to be regulated and for confidential data to be better protected. They made the recommendations at the 14th Ethics Days, held on 27 October 2026 at Orange Village in Abidjan, according to Linfodrome.
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Cocoa outflows to neighbouring countries are disrupting the 2026-2027 season in Indénié-Djuablin, where fewer than ten cooperatives in Abengourou have shipped a truck to Abidjan in two months. Ehora Yao Léonard, president of CSC-ID, mainly attributes the phenomenon to the gap between Ivory Coast's price of 1,200 CFA francs per kilogram and Ghana's 2,100 CFA francs, according to AIP.
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Defence, security and justice receive 1.766 trillion CFA francs in 2027Ivory Coast’s budget committees approved 1.766 trillion CFA francs for the ministries of Defence, Interior and Security, and Justice. Defence will receive 561.57 billion CFA francs, up from 491.59 billion in 2026, according to AIP.
Nigeria releases 30 billion naira for electricity metersThe Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the disbursement of 30 billion naira to the eleven distribution companies to fund free meters, as part of the third tranche of the Meter Acquisition Fund. The allocation targets unmetered Band A and B customers, after 21 billion and 28 billion naira were already allocated in the first two tranches, according to Daily Trust.The week in Africa
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