Côte d'Ivoire has begun the process of issuing its first Eurobonds, since February 2021 in. He commissioned six international banks to manage this operation

Ivory Coast has chosen BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Société Générale and Co., Société Générale and Standard Chartered Plc as joint leaders to organize a marketing day, including a call to investors, on Monday 22 January 2024. This West African country also plans to launch a tender offer on its outstanding bonds denominated in euros that will mature in 2025, and another takeover bid capped at $300 million on its progressive-rate eurobonds that are expected to mature in 2032. The launch of these tender offers is subject to the success of the new Eurobond issue

For Côte d'Ivoire, the new issue comes in a context of structural reforms initiated after a 3.5 billion dollar financial program signed in 2023 with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).