Tag: Ivory Coast
Independent Africa
President of Ivory Coast pushing for implementation of common regional currency by 2026
Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, is urging members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to launch a common currency one year...
News
Cocoa smuggling surges due to global market volatility – COCOBOD CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahene Aidoo, has attributed the trend of cocoa bean smuggling in the country...
News
Ivory Coast’s Agric minister announces 20% increase in cocoa prices
Ivory Coast has increased the price it offers cocoa farmers, surpassing what Ghana pays, despite growers in both nations still receiving significantly less than...
Sports
Former Leeds defender Bamba dead at age 39
Sol Bamba, the renowned Ivorian centre-back who graced the fields of clubs like Leeds United, Leicester City, Cardiff City, and Hibernian, has tragically passed...
Business
Ivory Coast’s credit rating affirmed by S&P post eurobond sale
S&P Global Ratings affirmed Ivory Coast's sovereign credit rating following a eurobond sale earlier this year, which improved its financial position.The world's leading cocoa...
Sports
Laryea Kingston want ‘praise’ from Ghanaians for win over Ivory Coast
Coach of the Black Starlets, Laryea Kingston, is urging Ghanaians to savor the team's impressive 5-1 triumph over Ivory Coast in the opening...
Independent Africa
Ivory Coast court sentences 13 to prison in major cocaine trafficking case
In Ivory Coast, a court has sentenced 13 individuals involved in a significant cocaine trafficking network to 10 years in prison each.Among them...
Business
Akufo-Addo urges Ghana, Ivory Coast to brace themselves for the new cocoa prices
President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on regulators of the cocoa sector in Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast to “devise new strategies” to cope with...
Business
Cocoa prices spike due to shortage in Ivory Coast – Report
Cocoa prices surged in New York amid ongoing concerns regarding shortages that have disrupted the market and propelled prices to unprecedented levels.Futures experienced a...
News
GIS arrests ‘fugitive’ Ivorian taxi driver who reportedly killed his girlfriend
Elubo Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has apprehended a 32-year-old Ivorian taxi driver suspected of fleeing to Ghana to evade prosecution...