By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Illustrative image · Claire · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe international organisation Solidaridad launched its 2026-2030 agricultural strategic plan in Abidjan, aiming to support more than 100,000 new producers in Ivory Coast. The programme seeks to strengthen the sustainability of agricultural value chains after more than 17 years of activity in the country, according to Linfodrome.
Ivory Coast’s security forces have launched Operation Epervier 12 in Bouaké, mobilising the police, gendarmerie, armed forces, Water and Forestry services, Customs and Civil Protection. The operation aims to dismantle criminal networks, according to Linfodrome, which places its launch on Thursday 29 October 2026.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
An investigation into suspected corruption and money laundering is targeting Ivory Coast’s Economic and Financial Criminal Division in Abidjan. The case comes after Ivory Coast was removed from the FATF grey list, according to Connection Ivoirienne, which relayed a report by a fellow outlet.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Connection Ivoirienne ·
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara met the World Trade Organization’s director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Geneva on 29 October 2026. They discussed Ivory Coast’s trade and economic prospects, according to L’Intelligent d’Abidjan.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L'Intelligent d'Abidjan ·
Ivory Coast is targeting 1.6 trillion CFA francs in private investment in the livestock and fisheries sectors by 2030, the minister for animal and fisheries resources announced in Abidjan. The target should help cover 75% of national food needs, according to the Ivory Coast Press Agency.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
Former informant accused of extortion around Ivory Coast’s criminal divisionJournalist Fernand Dédeh presents Cheick Berthé, a Malian national and former detainee, as a former informant for Ivorian justice accused of using the name of the Economic and Financial Criminal Division to extort operators. Ivory Coast’s Justice Ministry disputes Jeune Afrique’s reports, while accounts differ over the arrests and search mentioned in the case, according to Connectionivoirienne.
OPay cancels New York Stock Exchange listingNigerian fintech OPay cancelled its New York Stock Exchange listing after pricing its shares at $19, in a deal that was expected to raise $304 million. The company cited an unspecified foreign regulatory investigation, according to Reuters, and said its shares would not be traded.The week in Africa
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