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Four people died on Monday in a gunfight between villagers in the department of Alépé, north-east of Abidjan.

A huge fireworks display to create a light show in the skyline of the Ivorian economic capital has been announced in Abidjan for Friday night to mark the advent of New Year 2022.

The line of credit granted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the subsidiary of Ecobank International is expected to boost its trade finance activities in Africa.

Telephone service giant MTN Cote d’Ivoire, which is currently conducting a pilot phase of 5G, is the first telecom operator to operate on this technology in the country.

Cote d’Ivoire and South Africa have signed in Abidjan nine bilateral cooperation agreements, on the second day of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 72-hour state visit.

Cote d’Ivoire will supply electricity to Sierra Leone as part of the Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) Power Grid Interconnection Project.

The president of the Normalization Committee of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), Ms. Dao Gabala, on Tuesday, announced that the Elephants’ coach, Patrice Beaumelle, would retain his post despite the national team’s elimination for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Mathieu Mandeng, a seasoned banker and financier with more than two decades of experience, is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank/Cote d’Ivoire.

The private sector, in Cote d’Ivoire, the first investor and employer, contributes for “80 percent of State revenue,” the Ivorian Prime Minister, Patrick Achi said on Thursday in Abidjan at the opening of the economic forum CGECY Academy 2021.

Cameroonian John Mokom has taken the helm of Standard Chartered Bank Cote d’Ivoire, the first 100 percent digital bank in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the bank reported on Monday.