Ivory Coast

After Morocco at the end of 2018, will Ivory Coast be the second country on the African continent to have a high-speed train? The government of this West African country indeed wishes to build a high-speed line between Abidjan, the economic capital, and Yamoussoukro, the political capital created by the former...

The official inauguration of Air Côte d'Ivoire's Abidjan-Paris flight took place on 15 October. The following day, a ceremony was organised in Paris for the return flight, a celebration under the banner of "Ivorian elegance", and to mark the occasion the airline is offering - until 15 November - the possibility of travelling with 3 pieces of...

Air Côte d'Ivoire is preparing to write a new and very important page in the history of the airline created in May 2012. The Paris-Abidjan flight finally looks set to take off. On 6 August, Air Côte d'Ivoire unveiled its new Airbus A330-900 Neo, confirming its short-term ambitions on the Abidjan-Paris route...

The ibis brand is giving a new look to its ibis hotels in Abidjan. Opened in the early 1980s, these establishments located in the heart of the Ivorian capital, in the Plateau and Marcory districts, underwent a long renovation phase before reopening in the last few days completely transformed. Now under the ibis Styles banner,...

The Abidjan Exhibition Centre (PEA) was officially inaugurated on 17 July by Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, Vice-President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Strategically located at Abidjan Port-Bouët, next to Félix Houphouët-Boigny airport, it occupies no less than 16 hectares. And it lays claim to the status of the largest exhibition centre...

Since 24 December, business travellers on the Air Côte d'Ivoire network have been able to discover a new in-flight entertainment system. Called Flymingo Box, this portable system (W-IFE) was developed by the start-up Moment. It has the advantage of offering seamless access to a wide catalogue of content - whether...

Pure chance? Probably not. Last April, Qatar Airways announced the launch in June of three weekly flights between Doha and Abidjan by Boeing 787, inaugurating its fourth route since the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The Qatari carrier also took the opportunity to sign an interline agreement with local carrier Air Côte d'Ivoire....

Will business travel to Africa quickly return to its pre-Covid form? Despite advances in vaccination, the shadow of PCR tests, quarantines and closed borders continues to haunt short business trips to the continent. It's an uncertainty that struck as early as 4 March 2020...

How have your West African hotels coped with the Covid 19 crisis? Daniel Karbownik - From April 2020, we were initially affected because the European, American and Asian outbound markets were closing. A lot of hotels were closed and there was absolutely no traffic. But from July onwards, we...

Report and photos Florian Guillemin The people of Abidjan have long been proud of Plateau, of the image of "little Manhattan" with which the city's business and institutional district is often associated. But the modernity that radiated from these towers, symbols of the "Ivorian miracle" initiated by President Houphouët-Boigny in the 1960s, has well...

His green cycling helmet has become his signature look, now recognised throughout Côte d'Ivoire and beyond. From his daily TV show to official receptions and trade fairs such as VivaTech in Paris, the costume changes, but the headgear never does. Yet Andy Costa wears many hats. "Ecologist, eco-reporter, eco-entrepreneur, ambassador for cycling in Africa",...

Le Plateau is like La Défense in Abidjan! Why did you open an HEC office in Abidjan? Alexis John Ahyee - We had already been operating in the region for a number of years, particularly in Abidjan, using the hotel infrastructure. Today, by opening an office, with integrated classrooms, we are serving the needs of the...

If you have an hour... Easily accessible between two meetings, Abidjan's Saint-Paul cathedral is the main architectural attraction in the business district. Another option is to take a look at the cultural programme at the Institut Français de Côte d'Ivoire, where exhibitions, lectures and film screenings are regularly organised. [gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="89865,89867,89869"] ......

Pullman HOTELS [tararama ids="89839,85749,31523,85759,85937,85751" auto="true" pause="4000"] After two years closed for renovation work, the Pullman's return to the forefront of the hotel scene was eagerly awaited by business travellers, but above all by the whole of Abidjan. The establishment's ambition goes far beyond mere hospitality: it intends to become 'the place to be'...

After having to close its doors for twenty months and more than two years of renovation work, the Pullman Abidjan hotel is clearly intent on making up for lost time. Cultural and festive events have been taking place at a frenetic pace since the hotel reopened. And you'll be surprised to see the Plateau come alive at last, to a tune rarely heard before...