^{The National Investment Bank (BNI), a state financial body that wants to be a privileged partner of the cocoa sector, organized the 5th edition of its Networking before the opening of the 2023-2024 coffee-cocoa campaign, scheduled for October 1} next. The BNI announced an envelope of just over 165 billion FCFA to support coffee and cocoa players

It was on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the Akwa Palace in Port-Bouët that the ceremony of the 5th edition of BNI Networking opened. On occasion, the BNI wanted to strengthen the partnership with its client portfolio. To this end, Jérôme Ahua, Deputy Director General who represented his Director General Youssouf Fadiga on this occasion, announced an envelope of just over 165 billion FCFA to support coffee and cocoa players. This amount is up compared to the envelope allocated during the 2022—23 campaign, which was 144 billion FCFA

Jérôme Ahua thus declared: “this year, we come with a headcount of 165 billion which allows us to increase by at least 20 billion FCFA francs compared to the style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, “serif""> campaign which is in the process of being completed. So we are rather seeing an increase in the financing offer that we offer to customers in the sector.”